Greatest legal document ever
A motion to dismiss in a misdemeanor case against a high schooler who used the f-word to his high school principal goes into the history and usage of the word. Best parts from the motion:
"Literally millions of Fucking records have been distributed by national recording artists ..."
"A search of internet web sites suggests Fuck is a more commonly used word than mom, baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet."
"Word/Approximate number of hits
Fuck/24,900,000
Fucking/24,700,000
Fucker/735,000
Mom/9,040,000
Baseball/13,600,000
Hot Dogs/607,000
Apple Pie/308,000
Chevrolet/4,090,000
Freedom of Speech/542,000
First Amendment/933,000
Unconstitutional/691,000
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones/7,360"
"Fuck possesses incredible versatility. It can be a noun (you fuck), a verb (everything Billy touches, he fucks up), an adjective (I'm really fucking broke!), an adverb (I've been fucking drinking too much), an exclamation (holy fuck, Batman!) or question (what the fuck?)."
"...it is nevertheless true that one man's vulgarity is another's lyric."
"...yelling "Fuck!" in a crowded theatre does not create a clear and present danger to anyone and thus cannot be outlawed. Although they are both four letter words that start with F, the distinction is constitutionally significant."
"Fuck is certainly a controversial word that may be appropriate in certain venues and locales (Florida Elections Commission, speed eating contests, public defender offices) and may be inappropriate in others (weddings, Chuck-E-Cheese pizza parlors, district attorney offices." (Via Hit and Run).
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