Hoodies. A rather practical piece of clothing. Heck, Monks wore them all the time in ages gone by. On a cool day, you're bundled up in a warm sweatshirt when suddenly the wind picks up and voila! - you flip the hood up. Very practical indeed.
Unfortunately, idiots abound. Teens, wishing they could withdraw from life, wear the hoods up all the time - including inside restaurants. Ne'er-do-wells wear them up to rob you, the local liquor store, and such.
I swear, for once in his life, Giraldo Rivera had a good idea - ban the things. The idiots are winning this one. I've just read that someone has come out with a hoody that has earphones on the pull strings and a special pocket for your MP3 player. Can things get worse?
The Curmudgeon Societé isn't big on banning things (except bad behavior, idiots, crooks and the like) so we aren't about to lobby to ban these things, but we DO reserve the right to distrust anyone who wears one with the hood up. I suspect we won't be wrong all that often.
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