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> Movie theatres don't ban outside food and drink, so much as banning anyone trying to bring in outside food and drink. I fail to see the distinction. If it w

> Movie theatres don't ban outside food and drink, so much as banning anyone trying to bring in outside food and drink. I fail to see the distinction. If it was really banning people who bring in outside food, they wouldn't sell you a ticket in the first place. But they do sell you a ticket, and then prevent you from using the ticket if you enter with food/drink. Put another way, if a person tries to enter with food, they don't ban that person forever. Rather, as soon as the person as thrown away the food, they are allowed to enter. So clearly the ban is on the food, and not the person. To ban a specific person would require banning an attribute of the person. Carrying food is not an attribute. The argument is quite nonsensical, to be honest. It's like saying a rule against knives is really about banning people who carry knives. That's of course not the case, and the rule really is specifically about knives and not about people.

TheCoelacanth 12y ago
This rule doesn't stop them from kicking anyone operating a wifi hotspot out of their hotel, or stop them from requiring anyone who enters the hotel to submit to being searched for wifi equipment. The only thing it stops them from doing is jamming the public airwaves. They are allowed to prevent people from operating wifi hotspots in their hotels, but they aren't allowed to use illegal means to do so. Analogously, movie theaters are allowed to stop people from bringing in outside food, but they aren't allowed to assault someone to take away food that they brought in.
Raphmedia 12y ago
Think of it as having a magic wave that makes food rot. Sure, you may be able to use it to make a profit on your propriety by putting it on your doorstep. However, what if someone were to live next to the theatre and this person had his food rot? I think that's the main issue here. Edit: Jamming is prohibited, not blocking.

TheCoelacanth 12y ago

This rule doesn't stop them from kicking anyone operating a wifi hotspot out of their hotel, or stop them from requiring anyone who enters the hotel to submit to being searched for wifi equipment. The only thing it stops them from doing is jamming the public airwaves. They are allowed to prevent people from operating wifi hotspots in their hotels, but they aren't allowed to use illegal means to do so. Analogously, movie theaters are allowed to stop people from bringing in outside food, but they aren't allowed to assault someone to take away food that they brought in.

Raphmedia 12y ago

Think of it as having a magic wave that makes food rot. Sure, you may be able to use it to make a profit on your propriety by putting it on your doorstep. However, what if someone were to live next to the theatre and this person had his food rot? I think that's the main issue here. Edit: Jamming is prohibited, not blocking.