11-02-2007, 06:21 AM
<!--quoteo(post=243953:date=Nov 1 2007, 10:43 PM:name=stainboy)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(stainboy @ Nov 1 2007, 10:43 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=243953\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecThink of it this way.......if you were a mall manager and saw some scary guy sitting down wearing a mask that conceals the identity (while also wearing knives on your fingers) - regardless of the fact that the character you're portraying is almost a national icon - he or she would <i>have</i> to question you and ask you to leave. For if he didn't, and you by chance would go on a killing spree -he would face massive charges for abandoning his own responsibility. A person concealing their identity is considered a red flag in public. Not to mention that the mall, his security agency, or even the local police department (if we was a cop) would be all liable for a major lawsuit from the families of anyone slain or injured in the melee.While these adult figures might seem like "pricks," they probably were just watching out for their own backs. After jackasses like the Cho Seung Hui (Virginia Tech) go off like a crazed nutball...I'm sure everyone will constantly be on an ever vigilant guard.If you still feel offended at being questioned when you really did nothing dangerous or threatening, try living a day in the shoes of an African-American or Arab-American in the wake of 9/11. I guarantee you'd be in for more of a shock then any horror movie could deliver. <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /><!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndI can see what you're saying, but I really don't see how wearing a mask would make a "killing spree" any more "successful." If I were to slay a bunch of people with my dully bladed glove, I doubt I would have made it out the doors without being spotted or taken out by the police/security who were present. With or without a mask. It's not like I'm asking to wear the thing every day in public, it's only one day; Halloween. I don't see why my life and fun should be demeaned because of douchebags who actually go out and murder people. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if some maniac is bent on killing a bunch of people, it's going to happen whether or not he's in a mask. Hell, some clean-cut mother fucker in a punisher-type outfit could yank out a sawed off shotgun from his trenchcoat and take out a bunch of people. When you have these one-person mass murders, the killer usually doesn't expect to live anyway, so concealing their identity is the least of your worries.