He said the situation was so bad that teachers were warning young Protestants not to wear their school uniforms when in the west side of the city, for fear of being identified.

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Unlike those who wear uniforms, the rest of us are not expected to hurry to crime scenes or fires or places of mass injury.

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While members of the military do not need approval to participate in civic events, they generally need approval to wear their uniforms.

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It was eventually agreed, for example, that, behind the formal gun carriage bearing the coffin, the mourners should wear lounge suits not uniforms, although a ludicrous debate persisted as to whether Elton John, a friend of the princess, should sing at the service.

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