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Re:China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC r... by zsrxx on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:21AM (#20817877)
Hiding your face in public can be made illegal. This is literally not an issue.
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Re:China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC r... by DuskStar on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:07PM (#20821095)
That's why my example was religious wear, which is a bit harder to ban in the states.
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Re:China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC r... by cobbzilla on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:33AM (#20819118)
Yes! We should just make all crimes illegal, then there will literally be no issues at all!
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Re:China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC r... by GhettoMaestro on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:52AM (#20819735)
Yeah because a bunch of people running around concealing their faces leads to good things.

Oh wait - it doesn't. The reason these laws were mostly passed in the mid-1900s was because of the KKK.

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Re:China’s CCTV network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC r... by cobbzilla on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:23PM (#20821245)
Laws affect behavior only loosely. Particularly behaviors that lack a direct victim. See also: war on drugs, speed limits, gun control.
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