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ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear
The ACLU is suing the police in Pennsylvania for issuing tickets to people who swear. They argue that it is every American's constitutional right to drop an F-bomb. From the article: "'Unfortunately, many police departments in the commonwealth do not seem to be getting the message that swearing is not a crime,' said Marieke Tuthill of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. 'The courts have repeatedly found that profanity, unlike obscenity, is protected speech.'" This is a big f*cking deal.
This will, I think, shape up to be a filthy comment section...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
FUCK YEAH!!!!!
That, that really grinds my gears!
Is it okay to yell "fuck" in a crowded theater?
Right then, you know the rules, into the paddy wagon.
It's fucking uncouth, you stupid fucking cunt.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
I'm within my rights to suggest a cop "Fuck off.", but I can't advise him, "Go fuck yourself."?
As long as you include a disclaimer you should be fine in either case...
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Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
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From The Onion.
What part of the fucking First Amendment don't you understand, motherfucker?
Just print the U please, it won't hurt anyone.
Ok. This is a big *u***** deal.
Quidnam Latine loqui modo coepi?
Right then, you know the rules, into the fucking paddy wagon.
fixed.
There are no loopholes. It's either legal or it's not.
I go to NY, every few years for my sister and the last time I was there I distinctly remember a cop giving directions to some Midwesterner tourist swearing every other word while the tourist sat there wide-eyed with kids.
" Yeah, you take the fucking right and go right past fucking Portland street. "
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
Mr. Garrison: OK, kids, let's start the day with a few new math problems. What is five times two? Come on children, don't be shy. Just give it your best shot. [Clyde raises his hand] Yes, Clyde?
Clyde: Twelve?
Mr. Garrison: OK. Now let's try to get an answer from someone who's not a complete retard. Anyone? Come on, don't be shy.
Kyle: I think I know the answer, Mr. Garrison.
Cartman: [mocking Kyle in high-pitched, gibberish voice]
Kyle: Shut up, fat boy!
Cartman: Hey, don't call me fat, ya fuckin' Jew!
Mr. Garrison: Eric! Did you just say the F-word?
Cartman: Jew?
Kyle: No, he's talking about "fuck." You can't say "fuck" in school, you fuckin' fat ass!
Mr. Garrison: Kyle!
Cartman: Why the fuck not?
Mr. Garrison: Eric!
Stan: Dude, you just said "fuck" again!
Mr. Garrison: Stanley!
Kenny: [muffled] Fuck.
Mr. Garrison: Kenny!
Cartman: What's the big deal? It doesn't hurt anybody! Fuck, fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck!
Mr. Garrison: How would you like to go see the school counselor?
Cartman: How would you like to suck my balls?
[everyone gasps]
Mr. Garrison: [enraged] What did you say?!
Cartman: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Actually, what I said was: [picks up a megaphone] "How would you like to suck my balls, Mr. Garrison?
[Garrison stands rooted to the spot, frozen with fury]
Stan: Holy shit, dude.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
I wonder if the ACLU will show up to protect some smart mouthed punk before I ram my fist down his throat? Fuck the ACLU! The only right anyone actually has is to die. In the mean time, I do have quite a lovely collection of dental records embedded in my fists.
Gadz**ks, thy verbal effl*ence doth offend!
> Tuthill added that the ACLU will continue to bring lawsuits until the practice of issuing citations for swearing is stopped.
[citation needed]
Quotes from Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
Spock: Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, "double dumb-ass on you" and so forth.
Kirk: Oh, you mean the profanity?
Spock: Yes.
Kirk: Well that's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word.
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[Spock is still learning how to use profanity correctly]
Spock: They like you very much, but they are not the hell "your" whales.
Dr. Gillian Taylor: I suppose they told you that.
Spock: The hell they did.
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Kirk: Spock, where the hell's the power you promised?
Spock: One damn minute, Admiral.
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Disgruntled guy in car: Hey, why don't ya watch where you're going, ya dumb ass!
Kirk: Well, a double dumb ass on you!
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Spock: Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?
Fsck censorship!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Ok. This is a big *u***** deal.
What's a "quieted deal"?
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Normally I’d just send you to www.lmgtfy.com... but I’ve been waiting a long time for a good excuse to send someone to www.justfuckinggoogleit.com.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Fuck the fucking fucker for fucking not fucking writing fucking 'fuck' un-fucking-self-fucking-censored.
Fuck!
Tim Minchin, is that you?
Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
oh, well in that case... .... grow up.
Seriously, self-censorship is a good thing, often under-practiced.
I agree.
And as to the ACLU fighting to say profanity is everyone's right, well, it's everyone's right to be a fool too, but that doesn't mean it's the best thing to be.... Is the ACLU going to go to court and support the Constitutional right be a fool too? It makes about as much sense.
I find it amazing that people will say a Christian doesn't have the right to spread/proselytize their religion, or the symbols of Christianity offend them, and want all symbols of Christianity wiped out, while they will fight for the right to offend someone else with their profanity. It's nothing but pure hypocrisy.
Shut the fuck up.
Please stop, you're making me snigger. Some words really should be used niggardly, lest their value be denigrated.
Ezekiel 23:20
Ob, Big Lebowsky ref.:
"Do you have to use so many cuss words?
What the fuck are you talking about?"
Whenever in an argument, remember this.
I have no problem with that at all. My right to punch you, figuratively speaking, stops where your nose begins.
You have every right to disagree with me, just as I have every right to disagree with you. I think you fail to understand though that your rights were first spelled out in the source from whence came my Bible, the Talmud, the Old Testament. That's where they were first expressed.
Hate my religion if you will, but recognize that it was the Protestant idea of the individual's ownership of his life and his property that made the American revolution happen, and are embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. You are indebted to those who think like me for your freedoms. You don't have to like that fact, but you should respect it.
"while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." de Tocqueville