thee canoeist

I think he is very protected by the 1st amendment and should not be punished in anyway. there are plenty of reasons that this guy should not be punished for saying the f-word in public i mean seriously. if you fell out of a canoe and you were confused the 1st thing you're going to think is F**K i just fell into water in which god knows what is in it. also who cares if children hear it. no matter what happens they are going to hear or see that word millions of times throughout their lives. seriously the only reason this guy was ruled against was because it was a jury of stuck up people who think they are too good for a simple word that has many meaning and all this guy was doing was expressing his fear. what else was he going to yell? OMG i'm in the water. to put it simple no he should not have been punished i guess everyone in that little city forgot about the 1st amendment. they had absolutely no right to get him in trouble. he did right by me