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I believe there's an anti-obscenity law in Michigan, similar in spirit to this except that you can get fined for cussing in public.

effing facists.

That's just stupid....Is it illegal to pick ones nose in public?
What about belching, farting, or obnoxious perfume?
This country is running out of things to worry about...

Come visit sunny South Pasadena! We guarantee you won't have fun!

There is a similar law in Michigan that prohibits, I think, using foul language in the presence of women and children. Though considered pretty outdated, it was enforced in Ann Arbor about 10 years ago in the case of the Cursing Canoeist (who, as the name suggests, was canoeing when he fell into the water and was quite suprised and distressed to find himself wet).

F THAT!

FUCK South Pas.

I think these fricking kids are doing a damn good job.

They're just trying to spread some niceness around and keep shithead potty-mouths from fouling up their environment.

Last thing people want is some asshole spouting obscenities up and down the street like a sailor.

JulesDC is absolutely right and I think the whole thing is absolutely absurd.

I live in Michigan and I remember when that idiot deputy did ticket that woman who cursed when she fell into the river while tubing. We were the laughing stock of the entire country.
Swearing has it's place. End of story. I would never let my kid be involved in an organization that wants to limit freedom of speach.

Whatfuckingever

imagine trying to enforce that in New York? quite amusing.

This is last week's news. If I remember correctly, it was just a one week or one day ordinance to give credence to the kid's request. Seems like a nice idea to me. I'm always embarassed when I accidentally swear in front of children.

ridiculous.

wouldn't it be nice if people were classy enough not to curse so much....

Ditto Lizzy.

Words don't mean, people mean. What constitutes a swear word? I'd lay a bet we couldn't get an entire town to agree on what is and what isn't profanity.

South Pasadena wouldn't even have a huge profanity problem if its housing prices weren't dropping like a huge rock. If I lived there, I'd feel like cussing up a storm too.

Sounds lame. I won't be visiting that F#$@%ing city!

Haha, WTF. That's what happens when 14-year-olds get to dictate public policy.

Ha, ha! I live in Chicago now, but I'm FROM South Pasadena and I'm wondering, since when did my hometown sprout such a bunch o' goodie-goodies? I heard this on the morning news & thought, "No, not South Pasadena doing something this silly because of a child." So I called my mom like any sensible person would and asked her about it. It was actually my dad who said, "Well people may not swear around the kid, but I bet people will give him the finger!" What is this kid doing dictating to the city's government what the city residents should be saying? Time for a new mayor - maybe one who can get grown-up advice from grown-ups! I guess that mayor got tired of just fighting to keep the 710 Fwy out of So. Pas.!

...after watching HBO's recent mini series- "John Addams"- and noting the "Don't Tread On ME" flags beingswung around and the Colonists need for Freedom from Tyranny, it's interesting to note; how much "full circle" we have come, in our countrys relatively short History.

So many of our Founding Fathers freedoms- that were sooo valiently fought for- are being slowly eroded, and taken away.
NOW- EVEN ones right to self- expression.....??

Weeeeeellllllll....Excuse The Fuck ouuta ME!!!
is MY measured response.

it's all fine and dandy when it's something like curse words. then (as in Italy) grabbing one's crotch. then a little more and a little more until you go to jail for sneezing or saying "Jesus this and that" and they burn your witch-ass, even though you don't even like brooms or eating children.















BULL.

Hell no!

pfftt... grow up, FRESHMAN.

What the fuck ever fucking happened to free fucking speech? I mean, FUCK.

I didn't realize that local law supersedes the first amendment of the US Constitution!

Tom
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