Bootlegger Ben wrote:
Furious D wrote:
motoguy128 wrote:
tlc13 wrote:
hmmm... sticking the fork in the 1st amendment.Why does everyone go there. I may not be a lawyer or constitutional scholar, but my educated understanding of it is that it's not an all inclusive right. It is illegal for example to yell "fire" in a crowed place. Slander, Libel, plagiarism, terrorism, harassment, copyrights are other forms of public communication that are illegal and go against a simplistic interpretation of the 1st amendment. You are not free to say or write whatever you want, if it negatively impacts the rights of someone else.
Not really. A professional athlete is essentially an entertainer. The promoter of a private event can have control over it's "performers". They I assume, sign an agreement when they pay their annual registration fee and are essentially being paid to perform since they are receiving a discount on normal entry fees, receive some amount of marketing, promotion from the event without additional fees. Just having their own swim wave start, special color race bibs, etc. though minor, is a form of promotion.
Correct - Much like the second amendment provides you the right to bear arms. It doesn't say that you have the right to bear arms without regulation.
Actually there is that part of the 2nd admendment that mentions that it shall not be infringed... but whatever.
Infringe: to do something that does not obey or follow (a rule, law, etc); to wrongly limit or restrict (merriam webster)
The second amendments rights have not been wrongly limited or restricted, except perhaps in DC v. Heller (and a couple others) where the Supreme Court ruled that DC could not ban handguns from individuals. They did however note that the right to own a handgun did not come without limits seeing as its probably a bad idea to say anyone can have a gun without infringement, like you know, felons, mentally ill people, 3 year olds, etc.
But similarly to this situation, the WTC has every right to say that you cannot bring a gun to a race. Just like they have the right to say that if you want to participate in our races, you need to follow the code of conduct we set forth.
If you want to bring a gun to a race, find a race that allows them. If you want to be a pro in triathlon and badmouth the race organizers, find a supporting organization that will pay you for performance and not care what you say about them on social media.
But silly me for bringing facts and not slinging random amendments.