Re: On January 28th, Criminals No Longer Another Face in theTampa Stadium Crowd

From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 16:52:39 MST


At 11:32 PM 2/1/01 +0100, you wrote:

>Unacceptable. I suggest keeping one's identity a private matter by masking
>the face when in public. [Reminds me of a science fiction story in which all
>had masks with specific meanings which you had to live up to - apparently
>written by a precog, it seems.]
>
>I would paraphrase thus:
>
>What is the difference between living in a small village and a police state?
>
>In a police state you are always in prison.
>In a village you can leave it by moving to a city.
>In the police state you have nowhere to run, I'm afraid.
>The police Borg will not allow that.

Illinois law, for example, forbids going in public masked or hooded. Have
not seen many cases of ski masks or parka hoods resulting in jail time,
though...

Chuck Kuecker



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