Should I Give a Damn About the Mayor’s F-Bomb?
Why It’s OK for You, Your Kids, and Even Your Mom to Listen to L.A.’s Foul-Mouthed Eric Garcetti
In using an expletive last week to tell a rally of hockey fans, “This is a big fuckin’ day,” did Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti cross a line?
There are real data now to help answer such a question. Relatively recent technologies—cable television, satellite radio, and social media—provide us with a not-too-unrealistic picture of how often people swear in public and what they say when they do. People now are capable of recording and being recorded at any time. Before these new forms of reporting, the media provided a fairly sanitized …
