There are just certain situations in which proper emotions can’t be conveyed without swearing. When you’re at the gym and accidentally drop a dumbbell on your foot, for example, would anyone scream out, “DARN” ?
Another scenario that makes me want to conjure every inappropriate word known to man is the fact that California legislators – whose inability to set aside partisanship on virtually every issue has left the state paralyzed and on the brink of bankruptcy – decided to finally come together, only in support of a mind-numbingly stupid idea.
The California Assembly passed a ceremonial resolution this morning designating the first week of March “Cuss Free Week,” reports the San Jose Mercury News. The Senate is expected to follow suit.
Assembly member Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada/Flintridge, thinks that every citizen of California should behave as if you were visiting grandma. ”When we’re at our grandmother’s house,” said Portantino, “we have respect and decorum.”
But Portantino and other members of the Legislature are apparently forgetting that things inside the halls of government – let alone outside – aren’t always so clean and conservative. Remember that coded message Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, in which the letters in each line at the left hand margin spelled out “F-U-C-K Y-O-U” ?
A spokesman for Ammiano said at the time, “You certainly have to have a sense of humor in politics.” Well, if the Assembly has anything to do with it, the first week of March is sure to be devoid of humor. And passion.
So, since it’s still the end of February, let me say this now while I still can: California legislators need to stop acting like Miss Manners, and start getting some fucking work done.
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