Proposed Law in Hamilton is Profane
Mark Nimigan, Vice-Chair of Hamilton's Police Services Board, says that cleaning up the city's downtown is a priority.
At Tuesday's board meeting, Nimigan proposed the city criminalize the use of obscene language in public. (more...)
He argued that issuing fines to people who use profanity in public, in particular downtown and within the city's parks, would reduce the objectionable behavior.
Mr. Nimigan did not comment on issues related to enforcement of his proposal. When informed of the suggested regulation, I wouldn't have blamed Chief Mullan if he'd muttered '$#!+' before giving an official response.
Never mind that HPSB met in-camera yesterday to discuss 12 alleged sexual harassment charges faced by an officer - this proposed crackdown on cussing can only mean one thing:
the city has solved all other @*!#% problems in its universe.
| The proposed Anti-Swearing Statute was the lead on the local newscast. |  chapters.indigo.ca |
Tags: [Swearing in Public] [Hamilton, ON]
[Hamilton Police Services Board] [Mark Nimigan] [Chief Brian Mullan]
[CHCH News] [Michelle Dubé]
8 comments:
This must be an April Fool's Day gag
Nope.
It was the lead story on May 20, 2008
CHCH News at 11.
I swear.
It was actually the Vice-Chair of the Board that came up with the idea - not Councillor Morelli. Get your facts straight. I watch CHCH News all the time.
Thanks. I've made the appropriate corrections in my post.
I hope you'd agree that this didn't merit lead story status. There's so much more going on in Hamilton, Halton & Niagara.
No other local carrier made the story until the afternoon of the 21st.
You can't tell me that nothing else is going on in Hamilton??? With the economy nose diving, gas prices rising you would think they would come up with someway to boost the economy in Hamilton.
It's not truly enforceable and there are other priorities in the city - recruiting family doctors, employment, reducing pollution/improving air quality, intractable poverty, mental health and addiction services, homelessness to name a few.
It's one thing to expect appropriate behavior; but you can't legislate common courtesy.
Hi. I'm the one who told you to get your facts straight. Just want to apologize if I sounded bitchy. I do agree that it should not be the lead story but it should still be covered.
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