This is an interesting little example of the current attitude to anonymity in some sections of the community: a type of jacket with a hood and integrated face-mask has apparently become popular amongst “young people” in Britain (more).
Admittedly looking quite intimidating (see link), the jacket does not in fact come with a mind control device to turn its wearer into a shoplifting criminal maniac at this stage. Nevertheless, the usual brilliant minds (business groups, populist politicians, and the “think of the children” lobby) have immediately suggested that:
- the jackets are “inciteful, provocative and sinister”
- they are a tool for “hooligans”
- they are “almost Klu Klux Klan”
- they should be banned in order to stave off a descent into anarchy
Needless to say, none of these critics has stopped howling for long enough to wonder whether Britain’s pervasive surveillance culture, with 4.2 million CCTV cameras, has anything to do with the popularity of a garment which allows one to remain anonymous in a public space.
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