{"id":104995,"date":"2019-08-07T15:36:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/08\/07\/polite-society-why-are-british-cities-banning-swearing\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:36:58","slug":"polite-society-why-are-british-cities-banning-swearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=104995","title":{"rendered":"Polite society: why are British cities banning swearing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councils say bans help tackle anti-social behaviour. But critics argue restrictions are a heavy-handed curb on freedom of expressionWhen Salford ditched its ban on swearing last week, Mark Thomas\u2019s reaction was apt. \u201cHoo fucking ray\u201d the comedian tweeted, shortly followed by a \u201cWhoo- fucking -hooo\u201d.Introduced by the city council in 2016, the public spaces protection order (PSPO) outlawed \u201cfoul and abusive\u201d language in Salford Quays, the former site of the Manchester Docks that has now been transformed by upscale developments. Offenders faced an on-the-spot fine, which could increase to \u00a31,000. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2019\/aug\/07\/polite-society-why-are-british-cities-banning-swearing-pspo\" target=\"_blank\">Polite society: why are British cities banning swearing?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councils say bans help tackle anti-social behaviour. But critics argue restrictions are a heavy-handed curb on freedom of expressionWhen Salford ditched its ban on swearing last week, Mark Thomas\u2019s reaction was apt. \u201cHoo fucking ray\u201d the comedian tweeted, shortly followed by a \u201cWhoo- fucking -hooo\u201d.Introduced by the city council in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}