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Is "Hell" a cuss word? - Black Tea - 03-22-2013
http://christiannews.net/2013/03/21/evangelist-threatened-with-arrest-for-scaring-people-continues-suit-against-il-police/
What a waste of police resources.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - Black - 03-22-2013
Black Tea wrote:
http://christiannews.net/2013/03/21/evangelist-threatened-with-arrest-for-scaring-people-continues-suit-against-il-police/
What a waste of police resources.
You'd think that if you were going to put the word "news" in the name of your website, you'd want to have more than just one side of a story.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - mick e - 03-22-2013
The word that precedes it would seem to trump your wishes.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - Lemon Drop - 03-22-2013
I'm all for getting those kooks off the streets, they scare children.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - graylocks - 03-22-2013
in the context of talking about damnation, no. at least not when i was growing up. even now, outside of that context which i don't even believe in, i consider the use a tad 'impolite' and don't speak it in general company. don't think i let my son get by using it til he was well into his teens. in some ways i'm still old school.
nonetheless, those cops were reachin' since the dude was preachin'.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - OWC Jamie - 03-22-2013
Black wrote:
[quote=Black Tea]
http://christiannews.net/2013/03/21/evangelist-threatened-with-arrest-for-scaring-people-continues-suit-against-il-police/
What a waste of police resources.
You'd think that if you were going to put the word "news" in the name of your website, you'd want to have more than just one side of a story.
CNN and FOX would be prime examples of news outlets that expose all sides and perspectives of an issue or story.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - Ted King - 03-22-2013
He should have gone to the ACLU.
When it comes to public property it can be difficult to balance the interests of those who want to speak to other members of the public using their free speech rights with people's "right" to not be overly disturbed by other people when they are in public. Given only the information provided in the article, it appears to me that the police, as is probably their understandable natural inclination, came down too far on the side of "not disturb the public" in this case.
The problem with profanity is that it's like pornography - whether something is considered profane or pornographic is highly dependent on the sensitivities of the individual - especially in the "lighter" forms of each. Is it a photograph of an artistically posed nude or a picture of a sexually posed licentious hussy meant to stimulate prurient interests?
My inclination would be to say that all laws against profanity are stupid and should be declared unConstitutional - but then, it's not unusual for me to break into a bit of profanity and I grew up with my dad barely being able to speak several sentences without using profanity, so I'm obviously not very sensitive to it. But I think even most of those who are sensitive to profanity would admit that using the word "hell" in a Biblical context isn't profanity. The police were using that as a thin pretext to get him to move on.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - swampy - 03-22-2013
I find those creeps that insist on washing your windshield at an intersection more disturbing than someone preaching.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - cbelt3 - 03-22-2013
What the Hell is wrong with idiots in Illinois ? "Free Speech". Helloooooo.
Agreed.. point the guy at the ACLU. This isn't a 'religious' issue. It's strictly free speech.
Re: Is "Hell" a cuss word? - SteveG - 03-22-2013
Of course the guy had the right in America ( not in any 'Islamic Republics') to free speech preaching.
What is funny is that after 1800 years, the Christians are still trying to scare the wits out of one another with the concept of 'Hell'.
