Clowns, burkini, crimes and terrorists

@vandana7 (100617)
India
October 6, 2016 9:22am CST
We live in an era when crimes are common. We live in an era when terrorism is common. We obviously can't hurt the sentiments of fellow human being, who belongs to another religion. But because it is risky, surely there can be additional licensing and inspection charges for anybody wearing garments that completely make them non-descriptive. And any such license needs to be periodically renewed and displayed on front and back of the garment so that it is captured on cameras should some undesirable event occur... And every 10 kms or may be 20...such a person needs to be inspected. Which are what the charges are for anyway.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
6 Oct 16
No...i don't think making them wear ID's is the solution. There will be an uproar. Terrorism has got nothing to do with what the terrorist wear. If you see the actual terrorist attack videos..90% of them are wearing normal clothes...if they hide the faces it is with scarfs...not elaborate attires. We should be more suspicious of peoples activities than what they wear.
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• India
6 Oct 16
@ms1864 I think this discussion has some inkling to recent clown 'phenomena'...
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
@ms1864 ...sweetie..yes. I have a pedophile living around in our building...he goes and talks to a young child...few days later, the child is raped and killed or missing ...somebody has seen the child...talking to the man, he can describe...or the camera can describe ...if there is one installed. Now look at somebody wearing a clown's garment or bunny's garments talking to the child. He does it, the child would not be able to tell, others would just treat it as yeah..so what bunny talks to many ...right? Ditto for clowns...
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
6 Oct 16
But all this can even be done by someone wearing normal clothes who knows how to lure children and such....
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@MissNikki (5237)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
6 Oct 16
I think it is ridiculous that people don't like the 'burkini'. Let any woman wear whatever the heck she wants when she goes to the beach!
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
I have no issues with them. But some way to describe and make it easy to identify a person who wears it in case a terrorist chooses to wear such clothes. It is not only burkini. Even clown's garments that make it difficult to identify who is in them, and descriptions are hard.
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@MissNikki (5237)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
6 Oct 16
@vandana7 A terrorist can be wearing any type of clothing, and can be anywhere. I don't like how people are stereotyping what a terrorist 'should' look like.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
@MissNikki .. No...I am not saying how they would look. I am asking for something based on which he or she can be identified in cameras, or described by witnesses. It is not only terrorists. There can be rapists, or pedophiles or kidnappers...who can wear something that covers them completely. It is fine. But let them add identification number.
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
6 Oct 16
Not sure about inspection, but the identification should be there. Even for the girls and not-girls who tie scarf all the time due to 'pollution' (even in parks).... I feel uncomfortable.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
I agree! People should be identified ..we can't make our own security jobs tougher by the day..and then cry foul.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
6 Oct 16
Terrorism is common! That is disturbing because it becoming true. I hope the world will return to innocence some day. Legal street type protests came into question too when people decided to wear masks to hide identity. And what about those police helmets complete with face guards? Shouldn't they require inspection in case they become part of the criminal element? Religion might have little to do with this.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
Oh I agree...
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
6 Oct 16
Fake face mask alone would be enough to disguise a terrorist. How can we be able to add ID's to that?
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
True...then the face mask would require the person to wear number on front and back prominently...at shoulder and chest levels. Same size script, same colors...
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
@Daljinder ..Those ..ah well..they are different class...we need to think around them I suppose.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
6 Oct 16
@vandana7 I am talking about the mask, the make up mask which actually changes the features of a human's face to resemble another person.
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• Dhaka, Bangladesh
6 Oct 16
thanks for the idea,but who ready for hear it?
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
Recent spate of so many clowns in the US prompted the idea...I think it is possible...
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
6 Oct 16
@kamruzzaman5ndc .. In the US?
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• Dhaka, Bangladesh
6 Oct 16
@vandana7 it will be extra burden who are from the rural area.
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@jstory07 (139974)
• Roseburg, Oregon
7 Oct 16
What you said makes a lot of sense but will anyone do that is another question.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
13 Oct 16
Yeah...I personally feel it would help curtail some crimes.
• United States
8 Oct 16
thar'd fall 'nder 'profiling' here'n the u.s. 'n 'tis 'gainst the law. folks ought not be judged fer their attire anyhow.
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• Midland, Michigan
7 Oct 16
I doubt that criminals that would wear these garments to hide weaponry would bother with getting licensed. It wouldn't be feasible for the police in any country be made to check anyone wearing any questionable bit of clothing, plus some just wear those to cover up and hide weight on their bodies they're not comfortable with.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
7 Oct 16
Face should be visible..and it should be possible to identify the gender...but you are right it is a great way to hide weight...did not think of that.
@TheHorse (220265)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Oct 16
Is this something you're suggesting?
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
13 Oct 16
Yeah...sort of.. was some folks are not ok...so it is not ok I guess.
@AliCanary (3249)
8 Oct 16
Wow, that seems very labor-intensive--where are all these security inspectors going to come from, and who will pay them? Also, this would most likely lead to unfair discrimination, like the "stop and frisk" policies in the US, which unfairly targeted minorities.
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
8 Oct 16
Just got scared of those creepy clowns..
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@vandana7 (100617)
• India
8 Oct 16
@AliCanary Absolutely..considering the paranoia
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@AliCanary (3249)
8 Oct 16
@vandana7 - I saw somewhere that sales of clown costumes are way up this Halloween--aren't people perverse?
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