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Originally Posted by RJ
I gotta admit that many of the responses in this thread puzzle me. I just can't make the leap from a woman who got a ticket for using foul language in a public place and then continuing to make an ass of herself after she was told to stop - to censorship, political correctness, pussification, etc..
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It puzzles you because of the way you end this post. It has everything to do with censorship, political correctness, and pussification.
Who gets to decide what is and isn't rude or offensive? It's perhaps the slipperiest slope there is.
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In short.....she was cussing loud enough for others to hear. She was asked to stop. She didn't. It turned out the guy who asked her to stop happened to be a fire marshal in the community and that in this community her behavior was against the law. She received a ticket.
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We have yet to hear if it was against the law. However, said law, if in place, is certainly unconstitutional.
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BFD. This has nothing to do with civil rights, it has to do with civility.
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It has everything to do with civil rights because it dictates what you can say where. In this case, it has nothing to do with endangering others. (Fire in theatre).
THERE IS NO RIGHT NOT TO BE OFFENDED.
I agree with everyone else here about Wal-Mart asking her to leave because she's offending other customers. But a government official issuing a ticket makes it a civil liberties issue.
If you don't stand up for rights, they usually disappear.