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Massachusetts town puts $20 fine on profanity

Started by Palehorse, June 12, 2012, 11:26:38 AM

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Locutus

#15
June 12, 2012, 12:14:04 PM
Quote from: Olias on June 12, 2012, 12:12:37 PM

What if I played that clip Locutus posted at the office without earphones? Would my boss understand my constitutional right to free speech? I guess I would be free to look for a job elsewhere.  :wink:

That's why I put that big bold warning on there.  ;D
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Bo D

#16
June 12, 2012, 12:17:33 PM
Don't get me wrong. I really like George Carlin. Always have. But I know in advance what I'm gonna get when I listen to him.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

Locutus

#17
June 12, 2012, 12:21:50 PM
Oh that video I posted wasn't Carlin.  It was a 2-minute demonstration on the versatility of the word fuck.  Listen to it later when you're home.  It really is funny. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#18
June 12, 2012, 12:22:51 PM
Quote from: Olias on June 12, 2012, 12:12:37 PM
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What if I played that clip Locutus posted at the office without earphones? Would my boss understand my constitutional right to free speech? I guess I would be free to look for a job elsewhere.  :wink:

You would be out, because corporations do NOT have to respect your constitutional rights and are free to trample them at will; legally.
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libby

#19
June 12, 2012, 02:36:23 PM
As I've written here before, fools step in ... but here I go. On this one I totally agree with Olias. Some of my very favorite people cuss, but they don't inflict it on everyone. My favorite boss, who became my mentor and good friend, was a Navy Commander in Vietnam who ended up at the Pentagon. I spent more time with him than I did with my own family, and it was probably 5 years before I ever heard a cuss word come out of his mouth, and that was by accident: ours was a large office with military and civilians, and one day I walked by while he was standing with a group of Navy guys in animated conversation. And the words I heard come out of his mouth ...  :eek: ... he didn't know I saw him and heard what he was saying, and I never hinted that I knew. And yes, the F word was one of them.
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Locutus

#20
June 12, 2012, 02:38:59 PM
So he cussed like a sailor?  :biggrin:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Exterminator

#21
June 12, 2012, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 12, 2012, 02:38:59 PM
So he cussed like a sailor?  :biggrin:

And apparently inflicted it on everyone as well...at least once.   :wink:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

libby

#22
June 12, 2012, 02:51:34 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 12, 2012, 02:38:59 PM
So he cussed like a sailor?  :biggrin:

Yes.  ;D  They were a very interesting group. Another time they were discussing something that, to an observer, looked like all business. But when I got closer -- they were talking about their favorite Seinfeld episodes.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Exterminator

#23
June 12, 2012, 03:10:16 PM
Quote from: libby on June 12, 2012, 02:51:34 PM
Yes.  ;D  They were a very interesting group. Another time they were discussing something that, to an observer, looked like all business. But when I got closer -- they were talking about their favorite Seinfeld episodes.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...   :biggrin:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Anne

#24
June 12, 2012, 03:43:23 PM
I agree with Olias and Libby on this one. I never heard my dad say a cuss word and he was in the Navy for almost 20 years. My father-in-law, on the other hand, couldn't string three words together without two of them being profanity. Took me a long time to get used to that. I think if you are in a private situation, go to it, but in a public situation it is only common courtesy to watch what you say in general conversation. My son was in the Navy for 8 years and curses all the time, except around me because he knows I don't approve.
"A discontented man will find no easy chair." Ben Franklin

Henry Hawk

#25
June 12, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
Quote from: Anne on June 12, 2012, 03:43:23 PM
I agree with Olias and Libby on this one. I never heard my dad say a cuss word and he was in the Navy for almost 20 years. My father-in-law, on the other hand, couldn't string three words together without two of them being profanity. Took me a long time to get used to that. I think if you are in a private situation, go to it, but in a public situation it is only common courtesy to watch what you say in general conversation. My son was in the Navy for 8 years and curses all the time, except around me because he knows I don't approve.

So you guys are in favor of police passing out tickets to anyone who cusses in public?
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Exterminator

#26
June 12, 2012, 03:55:05 PM
What if I don't like the way someone dresses or it offends me to look at fat people; should we legislate that, too?
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Locutus

#27
June 12, 2012, 03:58:45 PM
Uh oh!  I see Ex and HH on the same side of this issue.  There are icicles forming in hell.  ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bo D

#28
June 12, 2012, 04:05:57 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on June 12, 2012, 03:55:05 PM
What if I don't like the way someone dresses or it offends me to look at fat people; should we legislate that, too?

Sure. We could use fewer fat people anyway.  :wink:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

Henry Hawk

#29
June 12, 2012, 04:11:56 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 12, 2012, 03:58:45 PM
Uh oh!  I see Ex and HH on the same side of this issue.  There are icicles forming in hell.  ;D
:spooked: :biggrin:

"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


"The future ain't what it used to be."– Yogi Berra

"Square roots are rarely found on any plant." FTW
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