MIDDLEBOROUGH — The town of Middleborough’s effort to ban swearing in public has hit a roadblock, reducing plans to enforce a new bylaw to a familiar four-letter word: Don’t.
The effort to ban public profanity drew national publicity, and not a few guffaws, in June after the Middleborough Town Meeting voted to enforce a long-overlooked 1968 bylaw against swearing. The measure was brought by residents tired of excessive cursing by youths in the central business area.
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I'm glad the increased patrols have made things more pleasant. Certainly, we all applaud respect, but you cannot legislate it. You also do not have a right to go down a street without hearing things you don't want to hear.
Everything you need to know about the people behind the ban is in this quote:
“It is so typical in this country,’’ he said. “Everyone has rights that then take away the rights of us law-abiding citizens.”
Hey, I figure that the Town could make a pile of money in fines for swearing if a bunch of friends I know
lived there. I wonder if farting in public could also be fined.