MIDDLEBOROUGH - On the first morning that swearing in public became a civil offense in Middleborough, Corey Mills said he heard more swears than he has ever heard in his life. He was answering the telephone at the police station, where he is a sergeant.
This is a small town, but the calls were coming from far and wide, for the previous night at its annual town meeting, the residents had overwhelmingly voted to give police the opportunity to hand out $20 tickets for using profanity in public. One angry veteran came into the station to argue that he had fought to defend his right to swear; he had to be shown the door.
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Perhaps next, they can build a good old fashioned ducking stool or whipping post and punish the townsfolk publically.
I am so tired of listening to filthy language coming at me from all directions. I pull out my headphones and play music on the subway out of self-defense. Is the f-word the only one that people know??
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It's all in your head. There's nothing really wrong with a group of letters arranged in a certain order, unless you've convinced yourself that there is. Get over it.
Does Middleborrow have a town law allowing the egging of a town official with a headful of disconnected grey cells? Like the guy who wears the gold police chief badge? Oh yeah, can I get a ticket for calling the local Middleborrow cop an oinker?