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Love the idea, so long as the implementation is legal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws
by ColanR 8y ago
Love the idea, so long as the implementation is legal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws
- TomMarius 8y agoIf it is not then the law is the problem (thankfully I'm from one of the countries where such ban would be against the constitution).
- stcredzero 8y agoIntent is key. I would be for an extension of anti-gang laws based on intent and patterns of behavior.
- stcredzero 8y agoWell, if the purpose of the device is to protect the wearer on a jobsite while providing rapid access to information, that's fine. If the purpose of the device is to enable group criminal activity with the benefit of anonymity, then I'm fine with that being outlawed. Let's look across world history at people who have used masks to conceal their identity while breaking the law -- especially those whose activities impinged upon politics. Overall, it's pretty skeezy. Even the ones who are still held as heroes in their culture's histories strike me as a bit skeezy. One pattern that seems to differentiate masked heroes from masked villains, is that the heroes generally hold to strict codes of justice, conduct, and decorum. The villains are often foul mouthed and readily reveal bitterness and hate and commit arbitrary destruction and violence. Sometimes, groups start out fitting the former description, then devolve into the latter.