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Quote by: Kite Nonsense. Adults need to use their own self control to regulate their cursing to appropriate situations. All this law does is pander to people who for some reason think that curse words bring our society down. |
Kite, my statement was in response to Milton Bradly's statement
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Quote by: Milton Not only that, but that proclamation just about sums up Volconvos charter, that civility elevates the level of discourse. Personally, I'm not so sure the philosophy is sound. |
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Quote by: Sonart And I'm more and more convinced that it is.
The older I get, the more I miss the common courtesy and polite manners that were ingrained in me as a child. The way I see it, the more crowded, hectic and demanding our society becomes, the more it would benefit from some civility. Otherwise all we get it the balkanized divisiveness everyone seems to whine about. |
Personally I see that Pasadena law was well intended but a tad silly, not to mention consitutionally questionable.
On the other hand, I find Milton's attitude equally bizarre, given his desire to return to life in the 18th century, when children's mouths were washed out with soap, God's name was not to be taken in vain and today's "liberal" attitudes about language and civility would have dumbfounded and shocked the average citizen.
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