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Thanet District Council hope to control foul language in areas such as Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs however the plan comes with many controversies as locals in the area give their opinions.
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00:00I don't think so. I think it's hard to control that, because how?
00:05I guess putting cameras maybe there and microphones.
00:09Well, I'd be having to pay out all the time, wouldn't I?
00:12And I don't think it's about swearing anti-social behavior.
00:15I think it's about the bars selling cheap lager on the beach.
00:19That seems to be when the culture changed in Broadstairs,
00:23from it being family-friendly to being hordes of teenagers getting lagered up on the beach.
00:28Possibly, if you carry on after a warning, that might be reasonable.
00:32And it's always quite disturbing if you're on the beach and someone's shouting,
00:36and if they're using bad language.
00:38There's an element of free speech, but I suppose there's an element of what is acceptable swearing
00:43and what isn't acceptable swearing.
00:45Because saying blooming used to be called swearing, it's not anymore.
00:48I agree, I think it should happen.
00:50There's groups of youngsters, not just locals, they're coming down by train and everything,
00:54and they're just causing trouble and swearing and just out of order, but just wrong.
01:02We've brought up streets, weren't we, and not swearing or anything like that.
01:06But it hasn't changed for years and years and years.
01:08I can't see it changing at all.
01:10So...
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