Thread: Banned the wearing of hoodies

Originally Posted by bob10

I remember when we were young [sounds like a song] and bodgies and widgies were on the road to damnation, our nation was sliding into anarchy, and ROCK @ ROLL!!!the end of society as we know it. Now those same bodgies/widgies are up in arms about the new generation of anarchists, nothing much has changed. I know, some of these hooded demons are causing much anger and despair in some areas, ... <snip>

So you don't think society has changed since the 1950s?

Have you been in an igloo or somewhere? How often were kids being killed in knife attacks at primary school in the 1950s and 1960s?

And if it did happen in those years, there was a chance of witnesses identifying the face of the perpetrator. Today the identification would likely be "someone about 180cm tall in a dark hoodie"!

There arelots of police wanted posters with a person wearing a hoody. [I often use coolongatta Library and some of these are outside the entrance.]

I have never been a fan of the hoody, but when I worked down the snow so I could go skiing every day, in the 1970's, I wore the hood during blizards. So the garment is aproprate at times--but not everywhere. [I use to walk out on the snow barefoot, when taking the garbage out--to toughen my feet. read sherpas had rally tough feet due to often walking barefoot in the snow, but the head is where the brain is, and we need to look after our brains, hence keep head warm. about 1/4 of our body heat is lost through the head]. However I would agree that a person should not wear something that hides his face in a bank, chemist or service station that are frequent targets of armed robbers.

As far as the Burka goes, the Muslims claim that soon we will all be Muslim--when they have enough votes to take over our government, then we will all have to conform to Muslim law. But until then let the police [and security pesonel] have the right to see a persons face.

Perhaps a person could be made to remove his hoody in-front of a shopping center/bank, etc. security camera, and then once he has had his face videoed, could be allowed put it back on in order to keep warm.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I didn't wear that much when I went to work at Katoomba on a winter's morn.

If my memory serves me correctly , I had seen you walking around in your Stubbies short's at Cooma's landrover 60th Ron I think it was during winter ?

you're a tough Breed Ron...

Imagine the outcry if a Jedi was asked to remove their hood.

TESCO has been accused of religious discrimination - after banning a JEDI KNIGHT for wearing a hood.

Daniel Jones, 23 - also known by his Jedi name Morda Hehol - said: "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.

"I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone." The handbook of the UK Jedi Church, founded by film nut Daniel last year, states: "Jedis must wear a hood up in any public place of a large audience." Daniel added: "I'll advise worshippers to boycott Tesco if it happens again. They will feel the Force."

And in other news

'Star Wars' Fan Wins Apology After Being Thrown Out of Job Center for Wearing Jedi Hood

Chris Jarvis, a 31-year-old member of the International Church of Jediism (yes, it exists), reportedly refused to remove his hood at the center on the grounds that it conflicted with his religious beliefs, according to the paper.


And finally.... Are nijas to be banned from shopping centres too?

Originally Posted by flagg

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ALSO, there is something that is missing in this argument, and that is my face is mine. If I don't want to show it to someone, I shouldn't have to. Now I know that this is going to cause a stir about 'what have you got to hide' etc but I believe that privacy is a basic human right.

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That's right, you don't have to show your face if you don't want to. Of course that means you will have to do without a driver's licence if you aren't prepared to reveal your face to the camera at the RTA. If are not prepared to reveal your face, you might also find it hard to get served at a bank.

We all have to sacrifice some of our liberties and privacy in order for society to function and for us to operate in society. We don't have complete privacy or unfettered rights and haven't for a long time. Get used to it.

Why are people trying to argue that this is about fashion or rights? It makes sense to wear a motorcyle helmet when riding. Most people have no problem removing their helmet when they walk into a bank. It probably makes sense to wear something like a hood outside in winter in places like Canberra that are barely fit for human habitation. Why do those people who wear hoodies think that flipping them back in a place where security is an issue is so much more difficult or unreasonable than removing a motorcycle helmet? You need a helmet on the road to reduce the chances of your brains staining the road; you don't need that protection inside a shopping centre. You may need a hoodie outside in winter to prevent frostbite on your ears; you don't need that protection inside a shopping centre.

I think being asked to remove head wear inside is a respect thing anyway and should include base ball caps worn backwards or sideways

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

I think being asked to remove head wear inside is a respect thing anyway and should include base ball caps worn backwards or sideways

Bolded part....thats a slap around the head offence.....especially on older blokes......cute on my 3 yr old ,

Regards

Stevo

Yeah,

what vnx205 said!

As to the privacy being a basic human right thing mentioned earlier, how then do you explain the basic human need to congregate in groups e.g. households, villages, cities - gangs? Seems much more a lack of privacy thing and more of a "blend in" thing. Just like gangs of low-lifes all wearing hoodies really

I'm quite prepared to give you your privacy. I'll place you somewhere where there is absolutely zero human contact. I'm willing to bet your synapses collapse and send you into a gibbering, slobbering wreck in fairly short order. No human being has, by any report, ever been able to handle that level of "privacy" well.

Now it's my 5c worth - that's inflation for you.

Cheers,
Iain