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CNN article: Cussing banned in California town for the first week of March

So if you're headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don't even think about flipping her the bird. Not that police will slap cuffs on you and haul your sorry, er, butt off to jail in light of the proclamation passed Wednesday by the City Council. But you could be shamed into better behavior by the unsettling glares of residents who take their reputation for civility seriously. "That's one of the purposes of this," Mayor Michael Cacciotti said of his city's proclamation designating the first week of March as No Cussing Week. "It provides us a reminder to be more civil, to elevate the level of discourse." The proclamation will be in effect until Friday, and then the first week of every March hereafter. South Pasadena, a tranquil city of tree-shaded cottages at the base of a mountain range eight miles north of downtown Los Angeles, isn't the first to try to rein in potty mouths. Earlier this year, the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri, proposed banning swearing in bars. Last year, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons called for an industrywide ban on racially and sexually charged epithets.

I think this is getting ridiculous. All they're doing is giving the word more power. If it's not being used in a negative way, like actually referring to a female dog if someone says bitch, or if someone says something is f**ing awesome while excited.

I mean, it's a few words. To do such a thing is saying that the word has a great power over these people.

Anyway, what do you think?