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AtheistCrusader

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7. So... this is tricky.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:03 PM
Jan 2020

The prohibition on certain clothing is not due to uniformity or appearance or anything like that. It's due to physics. Certain kit will improve/enhance speed (mostly aerodynamics).

In open time trials for triathlon, sleeveless skin tri suits are often prohibited. Like seriously, they require a certain percentage of the arm to be covered. In other cases, sleeved are banned. (USAT for example)

I have seen people disqualified for this.


Those folks wore the previous year's kit, and were thus disqualified for having sleeves.


For the regulating bodies in question, this isn't a matter of religious accommodation or religious discrimination. This is a result of micro-regulating every aspect of the race to flatten the playing field as much as possible. These race outcomes are measured in and differentiated in microseconds, and the rules are stringent in ways that actually make THIS issue not even the most contentious issue to consider.

Without considerable wind tunnel and other testing, they are right to ban it on potentially performance-enhancing grounds. There are SHOES that are banned for form/function.
how odd that men are never required to wear such a thing nt msongs Jan 2020 #1
The kipa, and the kufi. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #2
those are not hijabs nt msongs Jan 2020 #3
And apples are not oranges, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #4
Are you deliberately being obtuse? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #6
It's not sexism when it's religion, you see. n/t trotsky Jan 2020 #5
So... this is tricky. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #7
Thank you for that enlightening post. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #8
I would be guessing either way. Sometimes unexpected things happen. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #9
I am also, obviously, guessing at to the effect, or lack thereof. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #10
I view socially enforced behaviors/rules/customs as problematic AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #11
And part of the issue is which socially enforced behaviors/rules,customs do we focus on? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #12
I tend to focus on the 'You Must' or 'You May Not'. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #13
True. But part of the "you must/you may not" formulation guillaumeb Jan 2020 #14
Our laws are much easier to revise, than religious dogma. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #15
nO It'S eXActLy THe sAmE ThINg /s trotsky Jan 2020 #16
In theory. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #17
Does it get closer to truth? trotsky Jan 2020 #18
What gets you closer to the truth as you understand it? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #19
Please answer my question, and I'll answer yours. n/t trotsky Jan 2020 #20
We cannot know. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #21
So there is no way to know if religion approaches anything closer to the truth of your creator? n/t trotsky Jan 2020 #22
I have said this many times. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #23
No, you've just completely undermined yourself. trotsky Jan 2020 #24
Again, you refuse to answer, and make unsuported claims. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author trotsky Jan 2020 #26
Refused to answer what? trotsky Jan 2020 #27
Here are just a couple of your distinct claims about your creator. trotsky Jan 2020 #28
At least you are consistent. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #29
Yes I am consistent in opposing hypocrisy. trotsky Jan 2020 #30
Even your examples prove you are wrong. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #31
You definitely wish that were the case, because you certainly have never been able to. trotsky Jan 2020 #32
So you are unaware that this is an opinion board? guillaumeb Jan 2020 #33
I'm perfectly aware, and I am also aware when someone is engaging in equivocation. trotsky Jan 2020 #34
You project far to much. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #35
Uh huh. trotsky Feb 2020 #36
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