According to CNN, a California town has banned cussing. That's all well and good but it also requires a definition of what you mean by cursing.

Last time I went to the US, I was redirected by immigration to a lady at the back of the immigration hall to obtain a more complete address for the hotel I was staying at. The lady asked me where the hotel was and I replied "Hell, I don't know". She then refused to assist me on the grounds that I was 'cussing' at her. It took me several minutes of pleading before she would assist me during which I attempted to point out to her that 'Hell' might be cursing for her but for 99% of the world's population it was not. In fact, you could hear the word 'Hell' used in TV dialogue any night of the week.

Really scares me when someone in a uniform can dictate issues like what constitutes a cuss word.