Poop Woman gets ticketed for dropping f-bomb in a Walmart - Page 8

**RealSNR** · 08-14-2008, 01:25 AM

Wow. Can we finally say backwoods Texas is a "special" place?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=6325920
Mother ticketed for swearing in Wal-Mart

By Laura Whitley

LA MARQUE, TX (KTRK) -- A woman is in trouble for cursing inside a busy store in La Marque. An assistant fire marshal heard her, and wrote her a ticket on the spot.

But investigators say that's not the only reason she ended up with a citation. The incident happened inside the Wal-Mart off I-45, the night before Tropical Storm Edouard hit.

"She should have gotten a ticket. She's lucky she didn't go to jail," said one shopper.

The woman was responding to a recent incident which sent a mother home with a ticket for cursing in public.

The shopper continued, "Because, you're in public. You can't do that."

That's exactly what La Marque's assistant fire marshal, Alfred Decker, tried to tell Kathryn Fridge, 28, when he allegedly overheard her use the 'f-word' in the store last week.

"He said, 'Ma'am, please refrain from using that language. You're not allowed to cuss in public like that,'" explained La Marque Fire Department Chief Todd Zacherl.

Zacherl spoke on Decker's behalf. He said the officer's warning to Fridge was only met with more expletives.

"I think he just originally went to just ask her politely not to use that type of language," Zacherl said. "Things escalated to the point where he had to do something. He couldn't just walk away."

The single mother walked away with a ticket, and concerns, say the chief, about his assistant fire marshal's actions. Zacherl says as far as he can tell, Decker responded appropriately.

"He said he did have to place cuffs on her in the parking lot because he couldn't get her to calm down," Zacherl said.

Cursing in public is certainly not a federal case. But people do get in trouble for it, just usually not at a Wal-Mart.

Zacherl explained, "These are the type of tickets you would find around the Kemah Boardwalk, things like that, or outside of a bar or something."

Most people we spoke with about the incident sided with the officer, but not everyone.

"It depends on what the reason is," said one woman. "She might have had a reason. She could have had a bad day and somebody just touched her wrong."

We made several unsuccessful attempts to contact Fridge. She was ticketed for disorderly conduct. She will either have to pay it, or go before a judge.

irishjayhawk · 08-14-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

You've got soooo much to learn about life.

You know how many lawsuits happen each year because of words?

Call some random woman a C and see what happens. Get in an altercation with a ghey and use the word Rump Ranger....use a racial slur with a coworker and get back to me on the results on the field test of your hypothesis.

I amend. Harder.

It's harder to offend someone verbally than visually.

**bogey** · 08-14-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sfuria

This assistant fire marshall would fit right in with the morality police in places like Saudi Arabia. You know, those "religious" and 'holier than thou' type people in many arab countries that would rather see young school girls die in a burning building than let them escape because the girls are not properly dressed.

IMO, handcuffing and ticketing a person for saying a cuss-word is almost as drastic as letting little girls burn to death because their short skirts might be too much skin for some people.

I suspect the lady did a little more than just say a cuss word. And IMO your opinion on comparing this to letting little girls burn to death is ignorant.

SithCeNtZ · 08-14-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

You're confusing the difference between a 'slur' and a general curse word. The F-bomb is gender, race and sexual-orientation neutral. It's an equal-opportunity obscenity.

In all seriousness, I have never heard an explanation as to why "f***" is even considered a curse word or a "bad word". What is so bad about it? Why do we shield our kids from it? Looking up the definition in the dictionary, there aren't any bad connotations from it. The only reason everyone on the board thinks its bad is because our parents or teachers told us that it was bad and we went along with it. There are a few other "curse" words that fall under this category and I have no idea why.

**DeezNutz** · 08-14-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ

In all seriousness, I have never heard an explanation as to why "f***" is even considered a curse word or a "bad word". What is so bad about it? Why do we shield our kids from it? Looking up the definition in the dictionary, there aren't any bad connotations from it. The only reason everyone on the board thinks its bad is because our parents or teachers told us that it was bad and we went along with it. There are a few other "curse" words that fall under this category and I have no idea why.

?

Almost all curse words are associated with bodily parts or functions, just like ****.

blueballs · 08-14-2008, 01:19 PM

being that the fire marshall was there
she must have been in the returns dept
only so many allowed in that space at a time
"somebody just touched her wrong"

Sully · 08-14-2008, 01:23 PM

Anyone who is arguing that this is "okay" has now lost all right to ever accuse anyone of trying to make the world "politically correct." it's over. That term has no meaning to you at this point.

Also, I heard that what she actually said was, "Don't taze me, mother****er!"

This also reminds me of an old joke we've all heard or read... probably many times...

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Originally Posted by Old Joke

A grumpy old man walks into a local First Baptist Church and says to the secretary, "I wanna join this damn church."

The astonished woman replies, "I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?"

"Listen up, dammit. I said I want to join this damn church!"

"I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in this church."

The secretary leaves her desk and goes into the pastor's study to inform him of her situation. The pastor agrees that the secretary does not have to listen to that foul language. They both return to her office and the pastor asks, "Sir, what seems to be the problem here?"

"There IS no damn problem!," the man says. "Looky here, I just won $200 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to join this damn church to get rid of some of this damn money."

"I see," said the pastor. "And is this bitch giving you a hard time?"

SithCeNtZ · 08-14-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

?

Almost all curse words are associated with bodily parts or functions, just like ****.

So why is "screwed" not a cuss word? Why is "crap" not a cuss word? They both refer to the bodily functions of the f-bomb and s*** in your example. So why are those words not censored and the other words are censored, even on Chiefsplanet?

irishjayhawk · 08-14-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

Anyone who is arguing that this is "okay" has now lost all right to ever accuse anyone of trying to make the world "politically correct." it's over. That term has no meaning to you at this point.

Also, I heard that what she actually said was, "Don't taze me, mother****er!"

This also reminds me of an old joke we've all heard or read... probably many times...

Which part is "okay"? Writing the ticket or deserving punishment? Arguing this is freedom of speech?

irishjayhawk · 08-14-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ

So why is "screwed" not a cuss word? Why is "crap" not a cuss word? They both refer to the bodily functions of the f-bomb and s*** in your example. So why are those words not censored and the other words are censored, even on Chiefsplanet?

No idea.

Why are boobies more dangerous than gunshots in films?

Sully · 08-14-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Which part is "okay"? Writing the ticket or deserving punishment? Arguing this is freedom of speech?

It's NOT okay to write someone a ticket for cursing. It's not okay for the government to punish them for offending them. Hell, it's not even okay for someone to take it into their own hands and puch someone for cussing.

However, it would've been perfectly okay for Wal Mart to ask this woman to leave their property, or for the Fire Chief to simply ask her, and when she said no, walked away. The lady is ****y either way, but I don't think anyone should have the authority to say, "That word is not okay to use," unless they own the property and plan to ask the person to leave.

irishjayhawk · 08-14-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

It's NOT okay to write someone a ticket for cursing. It's not okay for the government to punish them for offending them. Hell, it's not even okay for someone to take it into their own hands and puch someone for cussing.

However, it would've been perfectly okay for Wal Mart to ask this woman to leave their property, or for the Fire Chief to simply ask her, and when she said no, walked away. The lady is **nty either way, but I don't think anyone should have the authority to say, "That word is not okay to use," unless they own the property and plan to ask the person to leave.

Okay, we're on the same page.

Pitt Gorilla · 08-14-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

No idea.

Why are boobies more dangerous than gunshots in films?

There is no good answer for that. Small children see boobies quite a bit for nourishment.

Regarding the seemingly isomorphic words, I don't want my children to cuss because I don't want them viewed as "crass" or whatever by others in society. Our society often has little to no justification as to why some words are ok and others aren't, but that's the way it goes.

Pitt Gorilla · 08-14-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

It's NOT okay to write someone a ticket for cursing. It's not okay for the government to punish them for offending them. Hell, it's not even okay for someone to take it into their own hands and puch someone for cussing.

However, it would've been perfectly okay for Wal Mart to ask this woman to leave their property, or for the Fire Chief to simply ask her, and when she said no, walked away. The lady is **nty either way, but I don't think anyone should have the authority to say, "That word is not okay to use," unless they own the property and plan to ask the person to leave.

Absolutely. However, I still think we should deport ugly people. If we're really concerned with decency, let's do it right.

FAX · 08-14-2008, 01:52 PM

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**RealSNR** · 08-14-2008, 01:56 PM

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