If ever there was an example of a cure being worse than the disease, the good burghers of Middleborough, MA, have provided it.
Earlier this month, residents voted by nearly a 4-to-1 margin to allow the police to impose a $20 fine on any citizen caught using profanity in a public place. Apparently, none of the voters wanted to curtail their ability to curse a blue streak in the privacy of their homes.
The people of Middleborough were reacting to ...