Define 'Bandit' (Read 1314 times)

I prefer this kind of pie... What was this topic about again?? MTA: I screwed up the image link.

Shit. Now I am hungry.

Yeah, you're a bandit. The organizers spend a lot of time and effort, and probably money, arranging the necessary permits, security, ambulances, etc. Not to mention the volunteers, who are probably there because they support the organization and not for random runners. Someone who crashes a wedding is still a wedding crasher, even if they don't drink from the open bar.

I think you're glossing over the most important facet -- the venue. Is the wedding in a private residence, a rented area in a public area, or smack out in the open in a public park? The analogy to the OP is that it is smack out in a public park. If a wedding is occurring in Central Park, I cannot see to agree that it is wrong for other people to go out and enjoy Central Park. To try to keep the analogy closer, perhaps the OP is normally afraid of Central Park -- afraid of certain unsavory characters which hover around it (these obviously stand in for auto drivers, certainly an unsavory bunch). But because the wedding is going on in Central Park, it is now a safer area. I cannot find fault with the OP for going out and enjoying Central Park now that there is a big wedding crowd out enjoying it, making it safer by their presence. Also, I do not expect the OP to buy a wedding gift, as OP is not there as a wedding guest, but just as a member of the public community who enjoys right of access to the park, and enjoys its usage. In actual fact, I have seen a friend running in a race. When I asked her about it afterward, she said she was wondering why the people around her were breathing so hard. It was in a public park, and she was running it as she regularly does; she simply happened to be unaware that a race happened to be scheduled then. It was very amusing to discuss afterward. I disagree with the point-of-view that she was doing something morally wrong, when she was in actual fact simply running her regular run, in public access roadway. But I have to say, Jeff's answer was the one which made me LOL:

If you do bandit, then run like you stole something.

Did anyone else notice how much that picture looks like the SNL version of him? I'll take Japan US relations for 600 Alex.

Yep. Mamaofthree. See what you've wrought? A few years ago I opened up a thread on another site with the question "Do runners still bandit Boston?' I might as well gone on to a PETA website & said " I club baby seals for fun." To Bandit is like Fight Club. And we don't talk about Fight Club. Enjoy. Whatever You Do. F The Man.

I'll take a stab it at... i'm in the middle of law school finals! We need to protect the interests of the race directors. This is a business and they've been granted the rights to put on an event. The city/whoeverelse has consented to letting them do this and they'ven been given the rights. While running as a bandit may concievably cause no harm... you're not taking away anyone's spot, you are depriving the race directors of the fruits of their labour. They have paid money to close down streets, find volunteers, get permits etc and have a right to be compensated. While one person in themselves may not pose a problem, what if hundreds of runners decided to run as bandits. The race might not be profitable anymore and end up closing down so no one benefits. We call this the free-rider problem. The same is true with news, intellectual property, etc. While you might not be physically stealing, you are depriving people of the fruits of their labour, and taking a personal benefit at the expenses of the majority.

I'll take a stab it at... i'm in the middle of law school finals! We need to protect the interests of the race directors. ...We call this the free-rider problem. The same is true with news, intellectual property, etc. While you might not be physically stealing, you are depriving people of the fruits of their labour, and taking a personal benefit at the expenses of the majority.

Yeah!