I know this is a dumb question, but I've always wondered the answer, and how they are legally able to enforce this without violoating some kind of first amendment rights. :m:

for the same reason you can't shout "fire" in a crowded theater. The rights to "life, liberty and the persuit of happiness" aplies to each individual citizen, so by you shouting "bomb!" on an airplane, you could cuase a riot, resulting in the possible loss of life of some of the other passengers. So your 1st amendment right is therefore restricted by law for the sake of the the safety of those citizens around you.

There was a supreme court case on the the "fire"/theater thing back in the early 1900's, IIRC

Are you then allowed to shout 'idiots' in a classroom?

How about shouting 'fags' in a Redneck Bar?

ummm, would shouting C4 !!! while playing chess on plane be allowed???

Originally posted by exsto_human
How about shouting 'fags' in a Redneck Bar?

If you shouted that over here in the UK, someone would think your selling cheap cigarettes!!! :D

Originally posted by Vortexx
ummm, would shouting C4 !!! while playing chess on plane be allowed???

heehee I bet the airmarshal would jump you, but you'd be released once the plane landed, and after they had body-cavity searched you.