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Monday, March 10, 2008
California city nixes swearing
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The City of South Pasadena, California, just outside Los Angeles, proclaimed the first week in March “No Cussing Week.” While the city stopped short of making the utterance of swear words actually unlawful, California being, well, California, it’s probably only a matter of time before South Pasadena or some other city in the Golden State, decides to go all the way and try to make it a criminal offense to use disfavored words in public.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who rarely meets legislation restricting behavior he doesn’t like, may urge the state legislature to pass a statewide ban. I guess the phrase, “Free Speech be Damned,” would be illegal.
