MAN CHARGED $500 FOR SWEARING ON BUS

[Danno 1,228]

MAN CHARGED $500 FOR SWEARING ON BUS

A Milwaukee man has been cited and charged $500 for swearing on a public bus — a move he says violates his free speech:

“I cursed, and it cost me $500. Are you serious? Where in America do you get charged $500 for two words?” Terry Duncan said.Duncan admitted the two words started with an “f” and an “s” but was stunned when he was ordered off the No. 80 bus Tuesday by an undercover deputy and was handed a disorderly conduct ticket.

“I said, ‘What do I get this ticket for? What did I do wrong?‘ ’You were on the bus and using profane language. You were cursing on the bus.’ I said, ‘Cursing on the bus? Are you serious?’” Duncan said.

Duncan said he wasn’t swearing at anybody. He was just having a conversation on his way to work. He just moved here from Gary, Ind., and said he honestly had no idea it was illegal, and it’s not posted on the bus.

But regular riders said they know all about it.”People should not get on the bus having to hear disruptive conversations. You can get a fine for that. It’s the law. You can’t do that,” bus passenger Tiffany Cook said.

Vid- http://www.theblaze.com/stories/man-charged-500-for-swearing-on-bus/

He cries about it but everyone else seems to like the idea.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

disruptive language is VERY subjective and should not be regulated... As 'annoying' as it might be to some, if some blowhard wants to walk up and down the street dropping the F-bomb, let them...

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Wish they would do that universally. No need for any adult without turrets to use such language. It seems to come from parents letting TV raise their children.

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

one's freedom of speech stops at the eardrums of the listener. i'm sure the guy in the story would be less than pleased if someone used the same language around his family.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

one's freedom of speech stops at the eardrums of the listener.

what? freedom of speech is limited to speech without audience? what's that freedom worth, then?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

what? freedom of speech is limited to speech without audience? what's that freedom worth, then?

+1

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Apparently there was an audience. He did it on the bus. A deputy heard it.

If he does it in the shower at home, he won't get a ticket.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Apparently there was an audience. He did it on the bus. A deputy heard it.

If he does it in the shower at home, he won't get a ticket.

There's no need to protect freedom of speech in one's shower. If the right to speak one's mind in the privacy of one's shower is freedom of speech, then it's a pretty universal right. Even Kim Jong Il's subjects enjoy freedom of speech under these standards.

Edited December 27, 2010 by Mr. Big Dog

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

what? freedom of speech is limited to speech without audience? what's that freedom worth, then?

would you write it off as freedom of speech if this occurred around your immediate family?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

would you write it off as freedom of speech if this occurred around your immediate family?

Yes. I've lived the alternative and it wasn't pretty.

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

Yes. I've lived the alternative and it wasn't pretty.

that's the other extreme. i'm sure somewhere in the middle is a good place.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

that's the other extreme. i'm sure somewhere in the middle is a good place.

The middle cannot be the place where you get fined for saying words that fill Americas movie theaters, work places, schools, parks and streets. What's next? Slapping fines on Hollywood for using profane language when producing movies? That's fcuked up. There fine me!

[spookyturtle 9,466]

The middle cannot be the place where you get fined for saying words that fill Americas movie theaters, work places, schools, parks and streets. What's next? Slapping fines on Hollywood for using profane language when producing movies? That's fcuked up. There fine me!

No need to worry about fines here, just suspensions.

[TBoneTX 46,293]

"I disagree with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it," si man.

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

The middle cannot be the place where you get fined for saying words that fill Americas movie theaters, work places, schools, parks and streets. What's next? Slapping fines on Hollywood for using profane language when producing movies? That's fcuked up. There fine me!

just pm me your bank account number and it will be done.