Cussing will cost ya 20.00 bucks in Mass.

[Jacqui]

This has nothing to do with the law, but it interests me how many people claim to swear as everyday language. The F word comes out of my mouth only when I am very, very angry about something pretty serious. Not petty everyday things. I find it extremely unattractive when people swear in everyday language. But that's just me I guess.

Me too

I am in this group too. An occasional swear word I can take, but when it's every other word, no. I was just commenting on this to my son this weekend. He had put in a disk from Dexter and I think Dexter's sister never says two words without one of them being a swear word. I also use to turn off the CB quite often in the semitruck for the same reason.

 

[bigred]

I swear all day everyday and even in spanish. I work in a machine shop with a bunch of knuckleheads. Angela your right f em. I would like to see them try to collect that 20 from me I might have to leave the state

 

[dmmj]

Does anyone know if the law differentiates between cussing in english and another language?

 

[clare n]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a great user of the f word and find the c word a million times worse. F*** it only if I'm really wound up. S**t is much more broadly used however :/ as for the welding, I can imagine!!

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

This has nothing to do with the law, but it interests me how many people claim to swear as everyday language. The F word comes out of my mouth only when I am very, very angry about something pretty serious. Not petty everyday things. I find it extremely unattractive when people swear in everyday language. But that's just me I guess.

I feel the same way.

While I'm a strong advocate of the 1st Amendment, I hate to see folks drop the "F-bomb" in front of children and elders...it shows absolutely no class and reflects VERY poorly on the potty-mouth's parents.

I'm a strong believer in teaching children manners and I'm proud to say that my 3 know when it's appropriate to use "strong language" and when it's not.

That being said, fining a potty-mouth is unConstitutional...possibly introducing said pottymouth to the back of my hand might be, as well...

 

[lisa127]

This has nothing to do with the law, but it interests me how many people claim to swear as everyday language. The F word comes out of my mouth only when I am very, very angry about something pretty serious. Not petty everyday things. I find it extremely unattractive when people swear in everyday language. But that's just me I guess.

I feel the same way.

While I'm a strong advocate of the 1st Amendment, I hate to see folks drop the "F-bomb" in front of children and elders...it shows absolutely no class and reflects VERY poorly on the potty-mouth's parents.

I'm a strong believer in teaching children manners and I'm proud to say that my 3 know when it's appropriate to use "strong language" and when it's not.

That being said, fining a potty-mouth is unConstitutional...possibly introducing said pottymouth to the back of my hand might be, as well...

Call me old fashioned, but I even hate when men casually use that kind of language around women too. What happened to the old days of respect in general?

 

[terryo]

This has nothing to do with the law, but it interests me how many people claim to swear as everyday language. The F word comes out of my mouth only when I am very, very angry about something pretty serious. Not petty everyday things. I find it extremely unattractive when people swear in everyday language. But that's just me I guess.

I feel the same way.

While I'm a strong advocate of the 1st Amendment, I hate to see folks drop the "F-bomb" in front of children and elders...it shows absolutely no class and reflects VERY poorly on the potty-mouth's parents.

I'm a strong believer in teaching children manners and I'm proud to say that my 3 know when it's appropriate to use "strong language" and when it's not.

That being said, fining a potty-mouth is unConstitutional...possibly introducing said pottymouth to the back of my hand might be, as well...

I agree with you. I'm a frequent shopper in Manhattan and hear it a lot in the streets. But I wouldn't be handing over the 20 that fast either.

 

[Jacqui]

This has nothing to do with the law, but it interests me how many people claim to swear as everyday language. The F word comes out of my mouth only when I am very, very angry about something pretty serious. Not petty everyday things. I find it extremely unattractive when people swear in everyday language. But that's just me I guess.

I feel the same way.

While I'm a strong advocate of the 1st Amendment, I hate to see folks drop the "F-bomb" in front of children and elders...it shows absolutely no class and reflects VERY poorly on the potty-mouth's parents.

I'm a strong believer in teaching children manners and I'm proud to say that my 3 know when it's appropriate to use "strong language" and when it's not.

That being said, fining a potty-mouth is unConstitutional...possibly introducing said pottymouth to the back of my hand might be, as well...

Call me old fashioned, but I even hate when men casually use that kind of language around women too. What happened to the old days of respect in general?

Well said both of you.

 

[N2TORTS]

tossin' in my 40 bucks .. " **** ya gotta be ******* kidding me ? "

Wonder what a burp is going to cost?.....

 

[clare n]

Is there a reason for it, has it gotten that bad (language wise) where you are that they are bringing this fine in or is it just something thought up? Where I live is pretty bad, in the town centre it's pretty common to hear it, I'm in a seaside town called Clacton on sea. We get a lot of London overspill, (nothing wrong with the Londoners ill add, my family ate there! but we get a certain "type") which is generally where our trouble comes from now. We call it London on sea lol. I can't imagine a law being bought in here,our country seems to concern itself with peculiar things to ban.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

tossin' in my 40 bucks .. " **** ya gotta be ******* kidding me ? "

Wonder what a burp is going to cost?.....

Or a bean burrito fart?

I read recently about where a guy got arrested and prosecuted for cutting loose w/ a particularily foul example of intestinal methane in an elevator...the charge was "illegal disposal of a dangerous chemical"...liked to have watched that trial

 

[sawz]

Okay, anyone is the state of Mass. it will now cost you 20.00 bucks if you are caught/heard cussing in public.....I am so glad I don't live there....lol

its actually only one town, i thought the same thing!! but people i know who work there say high school kids just hang around and swearing for no reason lol

 

[Nixxy]

Thankfully, only one town. And not one I have been to, either.


It's ludacris, but it won a vote to pass by landfall in the town.

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

I don't cuss ever and have no desire to but don't agree that government should get involved in yet another area they have no business being in. I do wish people would watch their language around children but having it be a fine is off the wall ridiculous.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

If taken as far as the Supreme Court, I expect it'll go down under a 1st Amendment issue.

 

[Edna]

I don't actually curse that much, but on some occasions I think it's appropriate. What really annoys me is when people use curse words ineffectively in speech. A language nerd, if ever there was one.

"That would take an act of f-ing congress!" (Whoa! That's a lot of people!) has a different meaning from:
"That would take an f-ing act of congress!"

Monty Python says it best. The f word can be used as nearly every word in a sentence: F the f-ing f-ers.

 

[Momof4]

I don't cuss ever and have no desire to but don't agree that government should get involved in yet another area they have no business being in. I do wish people would watch their language around children but having it be a fine is off the wall ridiculous.

Ditto!!
I never cuss either but I have lately I have noticed a few people throwing out F bombs right front of my kids in public. One was during a movie. I would have moved them, but it was packed. A few times a guy with a family cussing like a sailor behind us in a restaurant. Come on. My kids are 6 & 8 , not 16. I'm not a "stuffy" person just not a cusser.
When I do, I sorta feel like a grown up

 

[mctlong]

Okay, anyone is the state of Mass. it will now cost you 20.00 bucks if you are caught/heard cussing in public.....I am so glad I don't live there....lol

Thats just plain silly. I doubt it will last long. Do you know if anyone has actually been ticketed yet? I have an urge to fly out there and get a ticket just so I can fight it in court.

I read recently about where a guy got arrested and prosecuted for cutting loose w/ a particularily foul example of intestinal methane in an elevator...the charge was "illegal disposal of a dangerous chemical"...liked to have watched that trial Rolleyes

Haha!!!!

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I wonder if you could claim temporary insanity for a cussing crime. For example, if I stub my toe and in the seconds that follow spill out a good stream of cuss words, can I claim that I was temporarily insane from pain?

 

[dmmj]

Swearing: because sometimes gosh darn it and meanie head, just don't cover it.