South Carolina Senator Wants Swearing Outlawed

kommando367

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i seriously i mean seriously doubt this bill is going to pass, but even if it does, thats just 1 more state i'm glad i don't live in
 

DiamondJim

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I would have thought Robert Byrd (who is ancient and struggles to stay awake while talking) would have tried this disaster of a Bill out. But... surprise!

This is dumb.
 

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Korhal said:
Sure, there are crazy moralists on the conservative side of the spectrum. But one thing you have to remember: There are crazies on both sides of the political spectrum. The other side of the spectrum legislates its own morality too... Americans with Disabilities Act, the EPA... all just as crazy, and stupid...

"That sounds like the Alliance... Unite all the planets under one rule, so that everybody can be interfered with or ignored equally." Brownie points to those who know where that one is from :)
Exactly. Extreme Liberalism and Extreme conservatism are different ways to the same end result.
 

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cleverlymadeup said:
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Well, it's not gonna pass. There was at least three cases of this nature before, and each time the courts ruled in favor of free speech.
Except in George Carlin's case.
what are you talking about? the case for the 7 words you can't say he WON, they ruled that it was protected speech according to the first amendment, he actually had the full decision by the supreme court hung up on his wall

as for the topic on hand, it might get passed but it will be challenged and struck down pretty easily. america has some VERY backward and puritan type laws, hence the horrible sex ed in schools and the fact that intelligent design is being forced on kids in public schools even tho it's cleverly disguised religion. like it's illegal to ship or sell sex toys or movies in many counties across the various states. yeah for separation of church and state
Not only that, but in some places in the US it is technically illegal to have sex in any position other than missionary. I'm not even fucking kidding. One of my friends read it in an old, old law book she found. I don't know if the law is still in effect; I can't find any recent information because it is one of those obscure laws that no one really knows about, but the point is that it exists/existed at one time. Just imagine the police trying to enforce that one...

"Hello citizen, we are performing a random door-to-door check to make sure that you and your wife aren't trying any unlawful sexual positions..."
 

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Jharry5 said:
I'm not an American, but doesn't that directly contradict the First Amendment which is about free speech? That makes no sense at all...
I really hope that Bill doesn't go through to become law.
It won't. Fat chance man. This law has as much chance of passing as the Senator does of passing the hope diamond through his bowels. That, and even if by a miracle it would get passed, how on earth do you enforce that without resorting to totalitarian means?
 

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orannis62 said:
Oh. I must have really misheard what they said in Penn and Teller.
he was arrested a few times, along with Lenny Bruce but each time he got off on the charges, his sketch for the 7 words went to the surpreme court and he won

As for the rest of your post, I've corresponded with people in other parts of the US. Not a single one is taught Creationism or has abstinence-only sex-ed. The stereotypes aren't as true as you're lead to believe.
actually it's called intelligent design and they keep trying to push for it but it's been rejected in court as religion. it's creationism but inside of "god doing it" it's some "intelligent creator" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design

as for abstinence only here's a nice link on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstinence-only_sex_education#Rise_in_the_U.S.

sure the 2 other ppl you might know don't have it taught in their school but there are places that both are taught, funnily enough the latter one coincides with the areas with the highest teen pregnancy rates
 

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Without reading any of the other comments, I gotta say, how the hell is this guy a senator if he doesn't even know what the first god damn amendment says?
 

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KSarty said:
PedroSteckecilo said:
Congratulations America! You've moved one step closer to a Totalitarian Government! Just wait until Newspeak starts popping up in your vocabulary.
No we haven't, it'll never pass.
And if it does pass it won't survive the first court challenge (or ever be enforced.)
 

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JimmyBassatti said:
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How does someone become a State Senator without grasping what a fundamental trampling of the most basic values of free speech that represents?

Because politics is a popularity contest for grown-ups, and it's not what you know but who you know and not what you say but how you say it?
You messed up.
Politics, noun:
A contest for grown-ups to see who would be the best used car salesman,and who can blow their way to victory.
Yeah, I like that definition better. :)
 

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Jumplion said:
Without reading any of the other comments, I gotta say, how the hell is this guy a senator if he doesn't even know what the first god damn amendment says?
See above.
 

DeleteMe1112311

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What a darn motherfather. Get the funk out of America.

Sorry....on a more serious note, there is no way in hell this can ever pass, it violates the U.S constitutional right of free speech. But I'm sure that has been expressed by now, three pages in.

I'm amazed this man made it so far without knowing what the U.S constitution stood for or the first amendment. Or that the constitution could not be violated. Although if looked back on the Bush Administration, I can see why he thinks accomplishing this as possible.
 

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Jumplion said:
Without reading any of the other comments, I gotta say, how the hell is this guy a senator if he doesn't even know what the first god damn amendment says?
The same way the incumbant president got the job while not knowing thing-one about the whole Constitution that he swore to defend and uphold.

The American electorate has a terrible tendancy to collective moronism, despite their individualistic dogma.

-- Steve