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Should the law protect children from bad adult behavior in public? John Stossel weighs in!
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-- matters segment tonight middle -- Massachusetts suburb of Boston voted to make cursing and swearing in public an offense subject to fine.
-- -- saying I wanna protect children from profane language all over the country local government to dealing with public nudity public intoxication.
An adult bad behavior in general.
He now talks -- senator -- software author of the big new best seller know what they can't why government tells an individual's seat so you know what the problem is -- -- -- sports games and they start chanting obscenities crowd does.
Yet San Francisco you could be naked.
Now even economic data straight you know -- and so this children around and and you're seeing all this often are affected by it they are affected by and what would you do.
What in most cases nothing in the people walker and street naked the kids see this -- the Internet.
Now it's not harmful -- hit my kids don't see it on the Internet are generally do you know in all know they don't believe me only and I checked there yeah I checked -- time -- your kids aren't always that.
While they're at their friend's house -- you're not on Twitter it's -- Livan is San Francisco okay we walk out -- news Lenny across the street naked in and walking around and you don't have any problem with our.
Yeah I'm grossed out the to hear what really looks like.
Every day this is the beauty at least she handled this with local laws it's the reason what happened to -- federal government.
More about Massachusetts says we we don't want cursing at you Chris how loud it's 25 -- -- write -- tickets -- like debt.
Twenty bucks actually but look that's fine if the time you want to have a town square repeat you're OK with that yes.
Actually -- -- making progress we always sit.
I don't want -- national anti cursing law I think people should do and -- or Massachusetts what they think is best for the kids.
In San Francisco you -- which of the totally opposite.
The only an out of control place there where they want us.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- You don't have to cover and I got into RS are a lot of good people out there put a towel don't if you get -- -- city's been hijacked Brady's crazy people who run the city -- -- you wanna have a crazy people -- you can if you wanna have a city district property can you don't have to live there.
But this should -- on the side of government doing all right let's let's run it down.
Public nudity no right no that's not good for any someplace should be allowed some places not.
What place.
Where the new beaches nude beaches all right but didn't town wants to have that final so -- put on the beach it is a big signs or you could go you don't go right.
Well it's not not a local McDonald's should not eat your big -- sit next that I was -- With everything on -- sclerosis privately ought to be McDonald's right if they want to let nude people come in renewed their battles don't give them any ideas are you kidding me I don't think -- be good business model.
But that's -- -- -- private property and why we should have less.
Government property where everybody has to -- the same rules in the stadium you could have rules against cigar smokers against lewd behavior drinking.
Because it's a private stadium.
I litter in a stadium he or even call it litter when I -- the popcorn.
Because it's private -- Part of my -- price converse is true as well you can have -- that by private property and say I've bought this slot in the middle of this town.
And we're gonna allow anything on that -- anything goes on not lot you've got to have some kind of regulation.
To deal with the not so I'll give you last -- I hate to agree with you we libertarians have clear answers to so much but in this case.
Public nuisance is -- -- and our government can pass laws against.
And McDonald's we don't want a naked McDonald's okay Stossel I got a good but John writes okay it's there right away if you're from out of town -- -- driving with six kids at all and suddenly you'll leave.
If you live in a hurry yes but it.
