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Mass. town to vote on fines for swearing in public

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    Community considering $20 fine

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-- the hour now and you ever -- crack down on your potty mouth.

-- -- Citizens and Attleboro Massachusetts is set to vote today -- approval that would do the unthinkable.

You would have police.

Handing out tickets.

For public cursing.

Recent reports in local media describe the town is being in the grips a big cursing epidemic.

-- -- -- The Wall Street Journal reports some locals say they're scared to leave their homes for fear of being verbally accosted by gangs of -- mouth rough eons.

-- Massachusetts had never been a patriots game.

Don't ever get near -- -- Red Sox playing -- In I don't our brains this.

I don't know put a fence around your house and -- -- little hole -- what are they talking while the whole reason the First Amendment was written was to prevent the majority from her pet repressing the speech of the minority.

No matter how hateful or irritating it made me this is a classic example the town does not have the authority to vote.

To outlaw all words any words whatsoever.

Okay but it's a twenty dollar ticket to anyone who publicly -- costs another person verbally with profanity.

He -- he says -- not just like you sit around talking with your friends you like to give them from like that.

But if you for instance quote profane language at some attractive female walking through town.

Often forget that here right -- one -- that -- -- -- it -- me but please.

Gimme a break here when he tried to -- -- you NW as -- Mercedes it's going to be very difficult when the dead -- did bad words about you Brady.

Courses -- usually get the mommy that her mother.

It's an equal protection problem as Mercedes knows the statute would protect.

Women but it wouldn't protect men are so many constitutional defects were the days they have somebody pointing their finger in your face that's a costing him but if someone is using language you don't like that's not a -- Italy and -- -- the -- I -- take -- myself -- you know I'm nowhere.

-- and all right middle Murrow good luck to you glad to hear you have no problems after the Greek.