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Date: 22 Jan 2008 19:00:00
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Free Speech
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Dear Chess Friends,
Can anyone tell me how FIDE regulates individual expression in
tournaments? Here is an example: suppose that a free thinker from
Holland came to play in a FIDE tournament and wore a T-shirt with a
picture of Mohammed with a lit bomb in his turban. How do FIDE rules apply?
--
Cordially,
Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
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Date: 22 Jan 2008 23:22:58
From:
Subject: Re: Free Speech
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J.D. Walker wrote:
> Dear Chess Friends,
>
> Can anyone tell me how FIDE regulates individual expression in
> tournaments? Here is an example: suppose that a free thinker from
> Holland came to play in a FIDE tournament and wore a T-shirt with a
> picture of Mohammed with a lit bomb in his turban. How do FIDE rules apply?
> --
>
> Cordially,
> Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
That would probably fall under the FIDE dress code. See 1.2 and 2.2.8.
http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=A10
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Date: 24 Jan 2008 11:02:48
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Free Speech
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<[email protected] > wrote:
> J.D. Walker wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me how FIDE regulates individual expression in
>> tournaments? Here is an example: suppose that a free thinker from
>> Holland came to play in a FIDE tournament and wore a T-shirt with a
>> picture of Mohammed with a lit bomb in his turban. How do FIDE
>> rules apply?
FIDE rules might be irrelevant: it's possible that the public wearing
of such a T-shirt would be an offence under Dutch law. Under English
law, it might constitute an incitement to racial hatred and would very
likely constitute a breach of the peace (it is an action which may
naturally provoke others to violence).
(NB: the US Constitution and the Supreme Court's interpretation of it
carry no weight outside US territory.)
> That would probably fall under the FIDE dress code. See 1.2 and 2.2.8.
>
> http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=A10
Probably also good old Article 12.6 of the FIDE laws of chess: ``It is
forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner
whatsoever.'' http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101
Dave.
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David Richerby Confusing Solar-Powered T-Shirt (TM):
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a fashion statement but it
doesn't work in the dark and you can't
understand it!
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Date: 23 Jan 2008 02:36:10
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Re: Free Speech
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[email protected] wrote:
>
> J.D. Walker wrote:
>> Dear Chess Friends,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how FIDE regulates individual expression in
>> tournaments? Here is an example: suppose that a free thinker from
>> Holland came to play in a FIDE tournament and wore a T-shirt with a
>> picture of Mohammed with a lit bomb in his turban. How do FIDE rules apply?
>> --
>>
>> Cordially,
>> Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
>
> That would probably fall under the FIDE dress code. See 1.2 and 2.2.8.
>
> http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=A10
Thanks for the link. The rules appear somewhat vague to me. This
probably means that the given instance would be decided by an appeals
committee, if it became an issue.
--
Cordially,
Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
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Date: 24 Jan 2008 11:05:43
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Free Speech
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J.D. Walker <[email protected] > wrote:
> Thanks for the link. The rules appear somewhat vague to me.
Deliberately so. From the preface to the FIDE Laws:
``The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may
arise during a game, nor can they regulate all administrative
questions. Where cases are not precisely regulated by an Article
of the Laws, it should be possible to reach a correct decision by
studying analogous situations, which are discussed in the Laws.
The Laws assume that arbiters have the necessary competence, sound
judgement and absolute objectivity. Too detailed a rule might
deprive the arbiter of his freedom of judgement and thus prevent
him from finding the solution to a problem dictated by fairness,
logic and special factors.''
-- http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101
Dave.
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David Richerby Enormous Psychotic Monk (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a man of God but it wants to kill
you and it's huge!
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