Swear in Public? That'll Cost You $20, Payable to the State

Chris | InformationLiberation

Anyone who thinks democracy is a proper system of government need look no further.

Citizens in the Massachusets town of Middleborough voted to impose a $20 fine on their fellow subjects for committing the newly created "crime" of swearing.

Via AP:

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ? Residents in Middleborough voted Monday night to make the foul-mouthed pay fines for swearing in public.

At a town meeting, residents voted 183-50 to approve a proposal from the police chief to impose a $20 fine on public profanity.

Officials insist the proposal was not intended to censor casual or private conversations, but instead to crack down on loud, profanity-laden language used by teens and other young people in the downtown area and public parks.

"I'm really happy about it," Mimi Duphily, a store owner and former town selectwoman, said after the vote. "I'm sure there's going to be some fallout, but I think what we did was necessary."

Statist logic: To swear in public is horrible and profane, to impose a tax on someone for swearing in public and threaten to jail them for not paying said tax is A-OK.

UPDATE: Adam Kokesh is organizing a "Free F**KING Speech Demonstration In Middleborough, MA!" Check it out on Facebook!

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People are voting to take away their own rights.

Humans, the most stupid creature on the planet.

Middleborough is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 23,116 as of the 2010 census.

Notable residents:

Count Primo Magri, a dwarf celebrity with P. T. Barnum

General Tom Thumb, stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, dwarf celebrity with P. T. Barnum

Lavinia Warren, dwarf with P.T. Barnum who married Gen. Tom Thumb and later Count Primo Magri

Minnie Warren, dwarf with P.T. Barnum

Rick Fuller, professional wrestler

hey cops and those in support fuck you!

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