It's more of a public nuisance/disturbing the peace ordinance. They already have a law on the books that prohibits cursing in public, but they can't (and never have) enforce it due to First Amendment protections.
It's just another example of charge stacking where they'll throw several related charges at you so that even if one gets thrown out in court, they'll have backup charges to prosecute you on. It's the same concept with adding laws to cover specific actions rather than simply allowing a single umbrella charge. Why charge you with just disturbing the peace when they can also charge you with disturbing the peace, cursing in public, loitering, and etc. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:44 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Igor Roshchin > >> If you haven't heard this news yet, - if you swear in Middleborough, >> in Mbuttachusetts [I am not there, but who knows if they screen PDML], >> you can be fined $20: >> >> http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/massachusetts-town-puts-20-fine-on-profanity/ >> >> The menu... err. list of the forbidden words is not announced, as it >> will be "at the discretion of police". >> Is "CaNikon" on that list? >> >> Igor >> >> PS. That reminds me of a primary school teacher telling the students: >> "Please remember these words well: you should never use them!" > > > Someone will end up having to sue them, and it will get knocked down. If the > government defines profane, that by extension defines sacred. The government > is not allowed to establish religion. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
