3littlekeets
03-06-2008, 08:54 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/cuss.free.zone.ap/index.html
So, do you think this is a good or bad move as we work towards a more civil world? I'm impressed it was started by a 14 year old ;-). Some kids are just smart ;-)
Small excerpt...
SOUTH PASADENA, California (AP) -- What the $%*&*? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/US/03/06/cuss.free.zone.ap/art.cussfree.kid.ap.jpgMcKay Hatch, right, the founder of the No Cussing Club, jokes with his father, Brent Hatch, on Wednesday.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif
So if you're headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don't even think about flipping her the bird.
Not that police will slap cuffs on you and haul your sorry, er, butt off to jail in light of the proclamation passed Wednesday by the City Council. But you could be shamed into better behavior by the unsettling glares of residents who take their reputation for civility seriously.
"That's one of the purposes of this," Mayor Michael Cacciotti said of his city's proclamation designating the first week of March as No Cussing Week. "It provides us a reminder to be more civil, to elevate the level of discourse."
The proclamation will be in effect until Friday, and then the first week of every March hereafter.
South Pasadena, a tranquil city of tree-shaded cottages at the base of a mountain range eight miles north of downtown Los Angeles, isn't the first to try to rein in potty mouths. Earlier this year, the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri, proposed banning swearing in bars. Last year, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons called for an industrywide ban on racially and sexually charged epithets.
But what's different about the latest push to stop public cussing is that it was proposed by a 14-year-old boy.
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"My mom and dad always taught me good morals, good values, and not cussing was one of them," said McKay Hatch, the founder of South Pasadena High School's No Cussing Club, during a recent break between study hall and tennis practice.
So, do you think this is a good or bad move as we work towards a more civil world? I'm impressed it was started by a 14 year old ;-). Some kids are just smart ;-)
Small excerpt...
SOUTH PASADENA, California (AP) -- What the $%*&*? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/US/03/06/cuss.free.zone.ap/art.cussfree.kid.ap.jpgMcKay Hatch, right, the founder of the No Cussing Club, jokes with his father, Brent Hatch, on Wednesday.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif
So if you're headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don't even think about flipping her the bird.
Not that police will slap cuffs on you and haul your sorry, er, butt off to jail in light of the proclamation passed Wednesday by the City Council. But you could be shamed into better behavior by the unsettling glares of residents who take their reputation for civility seriously.
"That's one of the purposes of this," Mayor Michael Cacciotti said of his city's proclamation designating the first week of March as No Cussing Week. "It provides us a reminder to be more civil, to elevate the level of discourse."
The proclamation will be in effect until Friday, and then the first week of every March hereafter.
South Pasadena, a tranquil city of tree-shaded cottages at the base of a mountain range eight miles north of downtown Los Angeles, isn't the first to try to rein in potty mouths. Earlier this year, the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri, proposed banning swearing in bars. Last year, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons called for an industrywide ban on racially and sexually charged epithets.
But what's different about the latest push to stop public cussing is that it was proposed by a 14-year-old boy.
Don't Miss
George Carlin looks back on "seven dirty words" (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/apontv.georgecarlin.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch)
'Today,' Fonda apologize for vulgarity (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/14/tv.fondaapology.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch)
"My mom and dad always taught me good morals, good values, and not cussing was one of them," said McKay Hatch, the founder of South Pasadena High School's No Cussing Club, during a recent break between study hall and tennis practice.