Massachusetts makes it illegal to curse

[g r ee n ey e s]

And will fine you for it..

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12...ity/?hpt=ju_c2

The residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts, have had enough of this *#%@&!

And on Monday night they voted to make those who curse put their money where their potty mouths are - to the sum of $20, that is.

Police in the town of 22,000 will be writing tickets bearing fines in that amount to those who foul its public places with profanity after residents voted 183-50 Monday night that they were mad as *#%@& and weren't going to take it anymore.

"If I didn't hear 10 kids drop the F-bombs between my store and a block and half I would be shocked," local business owner Mimi Duphily told CNN affiliate WHDH. She was one of those who pushed for cops to clean up the *#%@&.

Not everyone was pleased with the plan.

?This comes under the context of trying to legislate morality or good parenting,? resident Adam Bond told those gathered at the annual town meeting Monday night, in the town that calls itself the "cranberry capital of the world."

So what words are over the line in Middlleborough?

That will be at the discretion of police, but they'll be directing their enforcement efforts at those using profanity to accost others, Officer Steven Nelson said Tuesday.

?It's not going to be just someone walking down the street dropping the F-bomb; it's going to be when you're actually making it uncomfortable for everyone else,? Duphily told WHDH.

Note that Middleborough is only 38 miles from Boston and Fenway Park, where Red Sox fans bestowed a profane nickname on New York Yankee Bucky Dent after the light-hitting shortstop homered in the seventh inning of a tiebreaker game in 1978.

Call him Bucky "Bleeping" Dent in Middleborough and it'll cost you $20.

How often do they have people screaming fuck at each other?? Must be one hell of a nasty town to live in, people screaming fuck randomly at each other and creating a ruckus..

[jessielee]

I would go broke in this fucking town

[sogs]

I dont have enough money to live there.

I would lose 100 bucks a sentence when i am pissed.

[bowieluva]

That's fucking stupid.

[bowieluva]

cranberry capitol of the world.

[kevansvault]

As Cartman would say "fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck!" Well shit, there goes my paycheck. I think it's not such a bad idea, the purpose being to have the young 'uns watch their mouths or pay thru their wallets. Profanity, while colorful and useful in certain situations, makes you sound like a moron when you overuse it. That, and obviously these kids don't respect themselves or others in town not to talk that way in public. I know my son uses foul language, I do too. But he has been warned and knows not to use it in public. I understand "slipping up" and saying things, but going around greeting friends with "Da fuck up wit you, bra?" makes you retarded. Unneccessary.

[leapfreak]

I thought every where did this anyway. Here, the police can arrest you if you are swearing your head off in a public place. I think they generally give a warning but if you ignore them and carry on, they'll drag you off to the police station. I think it's considered a public order offence.

[bowieluva]

I thought every where did this anyway. Here, the police can arrest you if you are swearing your head off in a public place. I think they generally give a warning but if you ignore them and carry on, they'll drag you off to the police station. I think it's considered a public order offence.

If it was illegal to freak out and scream obscenities in America, literally everyone would be in jail.

[g r ee n ey e s]

What is deemed obscene or offensive by the law is ridiculous. I fail to see how this law is not a violation of our rights.

[Yomalex3]

Well fuck