Expletive Deleted ... For Now
by Mona Charen
The Supreme Court of the United States is a redoubt of decorum in a casual Friday world. The justices still wear robes. The assembled attorneys, journalists, and interested observers still rise when the robed ones enter the chamber. Lawyers still begin their oral argument presentations by intoning the words "May it please the court."
But when the justices convened last Nov. 4, they were hearing arguments about whether the "s- word" and the "f- word" can be ...
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Posted by: Jonathan
Comment: #1
Fri May 1, 2009 12:03 PM
I agree about it being vulgar language, but I refuse to agree with any laws and regulations, outside of private organizations, that restrict speach. We already have Southern Poverty Law looking at marking a college group as a hate group simply because they consider our western culture superior to other cultures. Last time i checked, most cultures think they are the best culture, so in this case since their language is offensive to the liberal 'all other cultures are better than ours' approach, they are now a hate group?
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Posted by: Jonathan
Comment: #2
Fri May 1, 2009 12:03 PM
*speech.
they need to install spell check on here.
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Posted by: Juanito Verde
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Fri May 1, 2009 8:19 AM
Sorry about Stevens, et al. As for me and my house, I still react with horror when I run across the disguised oaths on blogs, such as "WTF". Call me overly sensitive, but when I peruse those initials, the words pop up in my mind, and I'm offended.
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