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08-17-2004, 05:12 PM
| | | | is swearing illegal
hi,
I'm just wondering if swearing is considered a form of verbal harassment in America or Canada?
(for example, calling somebody a bitch or names of the similar kinds.) |
08-17-2004, 05:16 PM
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| | | No one here can speak to Canadian law, which can be very different from US law.
In the US, swearing is not illegal, and in the very broad sense you are asking, would not be considered harassment. |
08-18-2004, 07:15 AM
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| | | As cbg said, swearing is not illegal. But your employer is free to discharge you for using inappropriate language at work and/or demeaning at a co-worker. Depending on the circumstances, the language used, and how frequently, it's possible that it could meet the legal standard for sexual harassment or even the threshhold for criminal harasment. |
08-18-2004, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by wwwww hi,
I'm just wondering if swearing is considered a form of verbal harassment in America or Canada?
(for example, calling somebody a bitch or names of the similar kinds.) |
**A: you f*cking bitch, why did you not answer the question regarding the name of your state? |
08-18-2004, 08:22 AM
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| | Nice, Homey.   |
08-18-2004, 08:25 AM
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| | | These Canadians think they can fool us. |
08-18-2004, 08:31 AM
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| | Yes, they're a sneaky lot, always lying in wait there just over the border... |
08-18-2004, 01:43 PM
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| | | I may walk... |
08-18-2004, 02:00 PM
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| | Okay but it's quite a hike from where you are. | |
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