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South Carolina Seeking To Outlaw Profanity
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| January 14, 2009
| MBG Morden
Posted on 01/14/2009 10:32:57 PM PST by Lorianne
"It looks like in an act that defies common sense, a bill has been introduced in the South Carolina State Senate that seeks to outlaw the use of profanity. According to the bill it would become a felony (punishable by a fine up to $5000 or up to 5 years in prison) to "publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature". I'm not sure if "in writing" could be applied to the internet, but in any event this is scary stuff."
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: democrat; dumbocrat
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To: Jet Jaguar
Why do politicians waste our money and their time with this stuff?
Because it's short and to the point and it makes for a good line or two to add to a campaign mailer and it requires little to no effort to try and push through on the part of politicians.
It's also pretty stupid and putting aside Constitutional issues, South Carolina has got a lot worse things to deal with than profanity. I would be really pissed if I was a taxpayer there and something like this clogged up the courts even worse than they already are.
Plus, South Carolina has a lot of military bases, colleges, and more than their share of crummy sports teams. As a result, any kind of profanity ban will be worthless and will waste a lot of time on the part of the legal system.
To: Arguendo
So laughably unconstitutional I dont know why they even try.
Never underestimate liberals - they love nothing more than shaping people's behavior, and I could see them trying to push this through every session for the next 20 years.
To: Lorianne
No, you're not a 'free speech absolutist,' but you are a hypocrite.
For example, you don't oppose the arrest of Gov. Blagojavich for exercising the right of free speech to discuss taking a bribe.
Note - he wasn't taking the bribe - just talking about it.
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posted on
01/16/2009 8:58:25 PM PST
by
mbraynard
(You are the Republican Party. See you at the precinct meeting.)
To: mbraynard
Huh? How would you know what I oppose?
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posted on
01/16/2009 9:12:51 PM PST
by
Lorianne
(People who do not own their homes outright are mortgage-owners, not homeowners.)
To: af_vet_rr
Apparently it’s not just Liberals who applaud such proposals.
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posted on
01/16/2009 9:14:30 PM PST
by
Lorianne
(People who do not own their homes outright are mortgage-owners, not homeowners.)
To: Lorianne
Why not just set out a cuss jar, a nickel per cuss?
To: Lorianne
It’s just Robert Ford trying to stay in the public eye. He also wants to run for governor on a platform advocating poker machines as the was to solve the financial woes of the state. He’s a little strange, er, eccentric.
To: Lorianne
Apparently its not just Liberals who applaud such proposals.
Even if they have an "(R)" next to their names, anybody who wants to open the door to even more government power over what we say and do is still a liberal.
I'd love to see any one of those people pushing this, Republican or Democrat, go near a military base in South Carolina and tell the soldiers and Marines that they had better not say certain words ;-)
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