Let's face it: In 2012, an ordinance against public profanity is like fining people for burping.
However, in recent years efforts have been made to eradicate profanity from British streets.
With the exception of profanity or statements known to be false, comments go unedited.
Conversations pulled from wiretaps and acted out by puppets are punctuated with bleeps to cover profanity.
Item 30: Newspapers must not use profanity and avoid obscene gestures in their reporting.
Harmon reportedly criticized Chase publicly, and Chase then left Harmon a voicemail punctuated by profanity.
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In addition to grabbing and shoving players, in the video Rice also berates them and uses profanity.
Profanity is not going to show up in a tweet or Facebook post.
The U.S. company already pledges to protect users from any profanity relating to any music appearing on its site.
One reason for Louisiana's low cheeriness ranking is its inhabitants fondness for profanity.
So the question remains: is there a place for profanity in the workplace?
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Numerous articles about Carol Bartz this year remind us that she was known for her profanity in the workplace.
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One reason for Louisiana's low cheeriness ranking (they must not have measured during Mardi Gras) is its inhabitants' fondness for profanity.
However, he cautions against blanket attacks on profanity - the lexicon of which, after all, derives power from its own waywardness.
Fox Television Stations is back before the Supreme Court in its long-running battle with the Federal Communications Commission over profanity on TV.
It was the merest shadow of what Patton called his "eloquent profanity, " but it was more than the mass-movie audience was used to.
Jim Neill was known for humor and occasional profanity in his previous job as an assistant vice president of a Washington manufacturing industry group.
Ask Al Gore to participate in a global warming debate, or even field a few challenging questions, and watch him launch into a profanity-filled tirade.
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The rest of the language is just color and punctuation, like most profanity, and few middle schoolers today are likely to be wounded by it.
The FCC said the court incorrectly applied a rule - which has since changed - regarding expletives that required a profanity be repeated before it is deemed indecent.
One theory: the players are united by their love of profanity.
It was a hatchet that helped give McGillvary a brief taste of fame in February when he gave a rambling, profanity-laced interview to a Fresno, Calif.
It sparked profanity-laced tirades by Steve Jobs over the last year and laid the seeds for the new iCloud service that will be rolled out shortly.
When I saw it, I thought using profanity to reach kids does not seem to me like the best way to make the message get across.
To reduce conflict with drivers, the Toad Detour operates by a "Toad Code" that bars volunteers from using profanity and from drinking alcohol at their outposts.
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The justices said in that free-speech dispute that the Federal Communications Commission imposed unfair punishment for isolated profanity and sexual content during evening "prime time" hours.
Tourette's syndrome is marked by movements such as shoulder shrugging, eye blinking and head jerking, as well as bizarre vocal tics including barking and uncontrollable outbursts of profanity.
Americans need to rethink what is considered profanity in 2012.
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