At 6/23/09 10:44 AM, Buffalow wrote:
Hey guys, just because he has a club for not SWEARING (Cussing is what it is called in the South) does not mean he is trying to convert the world to his degree of non-cursing.
Well actually this kid IS trying to convert the world into his degree of non-cursing. He got cursing banned in his hometown and I believe he has the ambition to get cursing banned in all the states of America.
Although I have no idea how they are actually going to enforce such a law. First off, does the law define certain words as swearwords? And can I not call a donkey an ass anymore then? What about contexts? I think it actually won´t be too diffecult to win the case in court, because the law is probably too vague about this anyway.
Secondly, how are they gonna catch me if I swear and how are they gonna prove that I did? I can say fuck right into anyone´s face and he can report me all he wants, but unless he has a tape recorder strapped around him he can never prove anything. Only if an officer catches you redhanded you might get arrested, but otherwise it again doesn´t seem too diffecult to win the case in court.
Thirdly, even if he could get a few words banned and people stopped using those words, new swearwords are gonna come up anyway. And then you could continue banning those words until pretty much every single word that´s ever made up is banned. How is that gonna make the world a better place?
So.. how he actually managed to get this law in his hometown is really beyond. I wonder if the politicians there have given this any thought or have any capabilities at all. As far as I can see, it can only waste a whole lot of time for the police and the local justice system there and can only be a total annoyance to everyone that lives there.
All in all, this kid is on a hopeless mission. But I guess he isn´t old or smart enough to see that yet. Either that or he is only desperatly seeking for attention and doesn´t care about swearing at all.
I hope for his sake it´s the latter.