tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post7653220666257467166..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Moscow On The Seine: French Police Arrest Pussy Riot Protesters For Wearing Masksreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-51610344388138460532012-08-19T22:05:30.298-04:002012-08-19T22:05:30.298-04:00Actually France just changed the law in 2011 under...Actually France just changed the law in 2011 under Sarkozy. And of course in the U.S. it's always selectively enforced. Halloween is fine, dozens of Elmos in Times Square are fine - but a couple of masked dudes at Occupy is cause for mass arrests.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-66157646382052236042012-08-19T17:04:25.267-04:002012-08-19T17:04:25.267-04:00You could always be arrested for wearing a mask. P...You could always be arrested for wearing a mask. People used to commit crimes during Carnival while wearing masks. That is why in England the mummers wore blackface or strips of paper. In Spain people committed crimes while wearing huge-brimmed sombreros, and thus these were also banned. <br /><br />I am not saying that demonstrators wearing masks ought to summarily be arrested, but that is the back-story about mask wearing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com