re: #37 Guanxi88

Depends - is it possible that a person could appear in that manner in such a way as to preclude any and all possible identification or distinction one from another?

Yes, to the same extent that a face-covering can hide someone.

And spare me the solicitous concern for the cultural oddities of others - you cannot have safety and security when people are strolling about with their identities completely concealed.

So we should outlaw any costumes that cover the identity of the person wearing them? Basically, nobody should be allowed to be anonymous in a public place, the state should always know who we are and where we are, in public?

That’s pretty damn insanely statist, to me.