Read-read the post.

I pasted someone else's reply to a similar situation from years ago, and was in the process of editing when I posted it by mistake.

BTW... you are making the assumption that I was offended by certain words. I was only using that as an example.

What I am arguing against here is the mistaken idea that profanity is protected by freedom of speech. I don't think you will find any constitution in any country protecting free speech which protects some kind of "right" to cuss. Don't read more into that than is there: I'm not at all suggesting profanity is illegal, just that I've never seen it specifically protected. Anything not specifically protected is up to the communities involved, and subject to the rights of others. For example, yelling fire in a crowded theater is not protected as free speech either. We have decided together, in most places, that this is just a bad idea.

In reply to Re: Re: Profanity in the CB/Nodes by csh
in thread Profanity in the CB/Nodes by AcidHawk

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