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    Quote Originally Posted by rwanttaja View Post
    So far, First Amendment cases have favored profanity users. That said, the Constitution governs only GOVERNMENT action. It doesn't protect one from getting poked on the nose from someone who objects to your language. There are separate laws governing assault, of course.

    As Paul Harvey once put it, "Your rights end where my nose begins."

    The only true cure is to bring back the Code Duello. As Heinlein said, "An armed society is a polite society..."

    Ron Wanttaja
    So, blunderbusses and balloons at dawn?

    http://www.historychannel.com.au/cla...r-balloon-duel

    Also, parodied in a movie:

    <This is where I would have posted a link to the appropriate clipping from "Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines", but couldn't find the right clip...>
    Last edited by Kyle Boatright; 06-19-2016 at 07:10 PM.

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