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JohnnyD · 06-12-2012, 06:06 PM

So in a vote of 183-50, the citizens in the town of Middleboro game police the authority to fine citizens $20 for using "offensive words" in public. Middleboro has a population of about 22,000, and had a turnout of 233 people or just over 1%.

I'm not sure which subject should be the bigger story:
- The blatant infringement on Free Speech
or
- A town of 22,000 having only 1% of the population show up to a town meeting and permitting that group to vote on ordinances like this.

06-12-2012, 06:06 PM	#1
JohnnyD Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mansfield, MA Posts: 5,238	"Go %&#@ Yourself" - unless you live in Middleboro... So in a vote of 183-50, the citizens in the town of Middleboro game police the authority to fine citizens $20 for using "offensive words" in public. Middleboro has a population of about 22,000, and had a turnout of 233 people or just over 1%. I'm not sure which subject should be the bigger story: - The blatant infringement on Free Speech or - A town of 22,000 having only 1% of the population show up to a town meeting and permitting that group to vote on ordinances like this.