Fuck them.

assessed against the DC-area team.

Slam-dunk.

It hurt. Thanks a lot.

I defy you to find a law enforcement officer anywhere in the Commonwealth of Virginia who speaks 'olelo Hawai'i.

First Amendment be damned, the city of Arlington wants money. This is the path Ferguson trod.

it is an affluent suburb of D.C.

it's barely a suburb, more of an extension of DC on the Virginia side.

Given that it's an effectively urban environment, the possibility of actually stopping people from using curse words is zero and they have to know it.

A quick check of their FY2016 budget shows expenses of $1.5 billion and revenues of $1.1 billion. A $400 million annual funding gap is plenty of incentive to seek any excuse to generate new revenues.

There has been a law against the use of profanity in public on the books in Arlington for a long long long time. The penalty was $100. It was increased to $250 because that is the fine provided for in a state law against public use of profanity. But the law is almost never invoked, which is why your claim that this is about revenue generation is inaccurate. In 2014, Arlinton issud four citations for public profanity, two in situations where people were cursing in front of children and kept it up after the cops tried to get them to stop. Another one was for someone who also was charged with public drunkeness.

As for the change from "drunkeness" to "intoxication", that was done to make it clear that it covered being under the influence of illegal drugs as well as alcohol.


Notwithstanding all of the above, chances are that the law against public cursing is unconstitutional as written.

What kind of shot is this anyway? Who the fork thought this one up?

as folks do in Hawai'i.

There's another state I'll have to avoid if I don't want to spend my time there in jail.

Be nice and clean
Shave every day if you want to look keen! </dr-demento>

What the fuck am I going to do now?

More fucking money down the drain!

Keep going!

I can't keep my Gaddman mouth shut for shit!

But I'll cut you some slack on "Gaddman".

Fucking thnaks!

The First Amendment protects your freedom of speech against actions by the government.

Certainly none north of Virginia, dammit!

Taber bylaw bans public swearing, spitting and yelling in Alberta town

Watch your language in the small Alberta town of Taber, where the council has passed a bylaw that outlaws swearing in public.

The first offence would cost $150, while a second offence could set you back $250 — and that goes for yelling or screaming in public as well.

Taber Mayor Henk De Vlieger​ said council is going to give the bylaw a six-month trial before reviewing it. The mayor said the bylaw will only be enforced in extreme circumstances.

"It's just like every other tool, you can use it and abuse it," he said. "A hammer I can use to pound a nail, which it is intended for, or it can kick in your brains."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/taber-bylaw-bans-public-swearing-spitting-and-yelling-in-alberta-town-1.2988992

Now Taber has a sister city, lol.

Who the **** do these ******* ***** think they ******* are? **** these ******* *****!

Please come back. We need to know the seven words you can't say in Arlington.