9mo ago

Swiss ban on face covering will apply from 2025 - SWI swissinfo.ch

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Swiss ban on face covering will apply from 2025

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9mo ago

Swiss ban on face covering will apply from 2025 - SWI swissinfo.ch

www.swissinfo.ch /eng/democracy/swiss-ban-on-face-covering-will-apply-from-2025/88007484

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Is there also a face mask exception? They aren't handy for just pandemics.
- Yes there is
It is also permitted for artistic and entertainment performances and for advertising purposes.
Ah they learned from the Austrians
- Scarfs, costume masks and medical face masks are allowed in Austria too, but only under special circumstances, e.g. costumes are permitted only for "customs events" (Brauchtumsveranstaltungen) and thus are forbidden for everyday use.
  
  However, you can get fined for wearing a scarf if the police officer perceives it to be not cold enough. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/oesterreich-burkaverbot-trifft-maskottchen-und-radfahrer-1.3700378
  
  Medical reasons to my knowledge is defined rather limited. There's an exception but in doubt you have to show a doctor's note saying that you need to wear a mask, otherwise you could be forced to unmask. So if you choose to do preventative masking but aren't ill yourself this isn't technically allowed - this isn't widely enforced, but still something that wasn't thought quite through.
  
  What if your identity as a furry? Obviously it covers your face, but it’s sort is like a costume. There are also furry conventions, so maybe that’s the sort of event/festival that would count as an exception.
Non-European here. What's the purpose of bans like these? The obvious cause appears to be racism/Islamophobia, but is there something else?
- You got it. Sometimes politicians say its for "security" so when someone is at a protest they can just arrest them just for wearing a mask.
  
  that was covered by already existing laws afaik
- You call it islamophobia, some call it an effort to curb radicalisation
- Yep, islamophobia. Our far right party passed it. They also passed a law banning minarets.
- Making video surveillance more effective is one.
As a muslim, the book mentions covering up hair only. Face covering is never mentioned anywhere, and people using it are misinterpreting Quran.
But what about Covid masks? What if another pandemic happen?
- That's called an "exception". Look it up.
  
  I'm not exceptional enough to look it up, but I take exception to you telling me to look it up without so much as a "please". I hope this kind of behaviour is just an exception, and not the exception that proves the rule.

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