Developing PC Totalitarian Police State Now Bans Swearing. Time to fight for Free Speech and Thought.
Messages against bad languages include "No 'Effin & 'Jeffin" and "No
Aggro" which can be read on
signs and banners across Preston, Lancashire.
Other reminders are "No Pavement Pizza" which depicts a person being sick in the
street and "Don't Pee Anti-Social" which shows someone urinating in a public
place.
The £20,000 'Respect our city' scheme is designed to reduce anti-social behaviour such as swearing, spitting, litter dropping and dog fouling. Police can give out fixed penalty notices of up to £80 for various public order offences while council officers can impose £75 on-the-spot fines for litter offences. Posters have been put up in shops, restaurants and takeaways in the city centre. Later this week, 10ft banners will be displayed on the sides of buses. The rules will be enforced first in the city centre and then rolled out across Preston, including housing estates.
In one year, the city had 223 incidents of violent crime and 638 reports of anti-social behaviour, Councillor Kate Calder, of Preston City
Council's community safety committee, said: "Christmas is a great time to visit
Preston and enjoy festive nights out and shopping trips, but we want people to respect the
city and each other when they are out and about. "We want to put a stop to
anti-social behaviour such as fighting, littering and swearing around town so that
everyone can enjoy a happy, safe Christmas. We're spreading the message in shops, pubs,
restaurants and on buses and streets across the city. (12.09.2008, Urmee Khan)