“With intent to cause public inconvenience”
Now this seems to be a little overzealous prosecuting/lawmaking - from Wyoming:
Bar’s banner brings obscenity citation
By ROBERT W. BLACK
Star-Tribune capital bureauCHEYENNE—Life, sometimes, can be a real (rhymes with witch).
Lois Tobin found that out when she was cited for disorderly conduct because the banner hanging outside her Lingle tavern reads, “The Bitch’s Corner Bar.”
Specifically, Tobin was charged on Wednesday with violating the small eastern Wyoming town’s obscenity ordinance, which states that a person is guilty of disorderly conduct “if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or carelessly creating a risk thereof, he or she ... utters profane or obscene language in any public street or other public place, or place to which the public is invited.”
Suddenly I feel very very tired.
The Comments
Mr. Wilson November 29, 2005 at 10:46pm
Wow, it’s illegal to swear in Lingle, Wyoming. Who knew? Is “bitch” even “profane or obscene” these days? I was under the impression that “bitch” and “ass”, among other words, were pretty much hunky dory now.
Mr. T November 29, 2005 at 11:03pm
The thing that gets me is how poorly this particular ordinance is drafted when it comes to “intent to cause public inconvenience.” I mean for crying out loud, talk about prosecutorial discretion… Sheesh!