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ha.
so we can burn the flag, but we can't talk about it?
State Senator Robert Ford is hoping to outlaw lewd language and is pushing for a bill that would prohibit profanity.
Under the pre-filed bill, profanity could land you in jail for up to 5 years and/or cost you up to $5,000 in fines.
Which words are exactly considered profane is still unclear, but the bill does have a list of qualifications for profanity including words or actions that are lewd, vulgar or indecent in nature.
We spoke to Debra Gammons with the Charleston School of Law about freedom of speech.
She reminds that the First Amendment is not absolute. You cannot say whatever you want whenever you want to.
Courts will usually look at where the words were said and who heard them. Children are usually protected.
Ford said he may run for governor in 2010.
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Bill: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/...keyval=1180056
ha.
so we can burn the flag, but we can't talk about it?
You can't yell in a crowded theater?
Can you still in a crowded theater though?
weak.
-Mars
as long as nobody says the word outloud
oh ing
Last edited by ORION; 01-29-2009 at 02:28 PM.
The 1st Amendment is going to slap this bill, call it a , it in the ass, and then tell it to get in the kitchen and make it some blueberry pancakes.
Do you think President Obama cusses?
that . You think the jails are overcrowded now...
What the monkey ?
Wow. People should use discretion about when they cuss in public but seriously, the government has no right to control our mouths.
If I lived in TX I'd be sending that er's office the most profane e-mail I could muster.
hey, that's my gig
him...
who gives a
Patriot Act! Patriot Act! I love it, I love it, I love it!
He's in South Carolina, but you can still email him.
Something in the bill I found interesting is where it reads:
"It is unlawful for a person in a public forum or place of public accommodation wilfully and knowingly 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."
Does that include internet forums (like this one, for example)?
Could you imagine the number of arrests being made behind this lunacy?
well some how somewhere you guys better start funding that stimulus package.......
What makes profanity profanity.
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