Are you offended by...

[Bulldog_10]

Swears (aka, cusses, potty mouth, etc...)?

I just don't see how ANYONE could be offended by a word. Why would you be offended by shit and not crap? IMO crap is much more disgusting than shit.

Just because a bunch of years ago, some people picked a few certain words to be outlawed, why would you be offended by them? If someone back then called a chair a fuck, instead of a chair...would you still be offended by the word fuck? I doubt it.

So why is the word offensive? Just because society tells you it should be?

 

[EnderJE]

Television programming...

 

[p0ink]

i dont swear around old people or little kids.

 

[onebigab]

No. Just Brooklyn Chicks.

 

[Bulldog_10]

i dont swear around old people or little kids.

But why? Is a little kid never gonna hear these words? Does the kid know what it means? Probably not. And if we didn't make such a big deal about the words, we wouldn't have to watch our mouths around them.

They're just more words, I don't see why certain words are bad. i mean, "fuck" has more uses than any other word in the english language...we should respect the word...not shit on it.

BTW, I'm the same way...don't swear around old people and little kids...i just don't know why that should be.

 

[p0ink]

i just dont want to be potentially responsible for corrupting some little kid.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

fuck this poo

 

[Bulldog_10]

i just dont want to be potentially responsible for corrupting some little kid.

I understand that, but why is it corrupting them? Every little kid in the country, if they grow up to the point where they understand the language, will hear these words millions of times. So why is it bad to say shit, but you can say poo, poop, crap, dookie, and others?

If someone never decided that these words were bad, there would be no issue. So why were these words chosen? If it's religion, then why can we talk about the devil and such...but not about normal bodily functions (sex, pooping, etc...)

I'm sick of having to not swear.

 

[UA_Iron]

there used to be a lot of mormon kids that went to my high school, some of them would bitch about that kind of stuff, didnt stop me from telling them to fuck off.

 

[p0ink]

it's just not very 'becoming' to go around swearing in public, especially with little kids and the elderly. if i saw i was responsible for some nice little kid going around calling people 'motherfuckers' and 'cocksuckers' and telling their friends their teacher has 'sucked a mile of cock', i would feel fucking terrible. it's one thing for a kid to gradually discover the fun and exciting world of profanity and vulgarity, but i'm not going to be the one handing him the manual.

american society is already on a downward spiral, and even though trying to stop it is like painting a burning house, i don't want to contribute anymore to its steady decline.

 

[Bulldog_10]

it's just not very 'becoming' to go around swearing in public, especially with little kids and the elderly. if i saw i was responsible for some nice little kid going around calling people 'motherfuckers' and 'cocksuckers' and telling their friends their teacher has 'sucked a mile of cock', i would feel fucking terrible. it's one thing for a kid to gradually discover the fun and exciting world of profanity and vulgarity, but i'm not going to be the one handing him the manual.

american society is already on a downward spiral, and even though trying to stop it is like painting a burning house, i don't want to contribute anymore to its steady decline.

I guess that makes sense. But that's more of an argument against vulgar topics...not really the language. Of course you don't want to hear a kid talking about a cock sucker...but why can he say poop, but not shit?

I understand why talking about some topics is not cool...but not the words.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

if i saw i was responsible for some nice little kid going around calling people 'motherfuckers' and 'cocksuckers' and telling their friends their teacher has 'sucked a mile of cock', i would feel fucking terrible.

So "my teacher has orally pleased much penis" would be much better? An insult is an insult. A kid who would say this has an attitude problem regardless of his usage of vulgarity. I really don't see your point.

 

[chewyxrage]

lol, I feel the exact same way.

Swearing is like everyday language to me, no word will ever make me cringe

 

[p0ink]

So "my teacher has orally pleased much penis" would be much better? An insult is an insult. A kid who would say this has an attitude problem regardless of his usage of vulgarity. I really don't see your point.

it just all boils down to 'tact'. i can't tell you why one word is considered worse over another, but profanity just isnt very becoming in public. when i see some people start swearing, it actually makes me wince, not because i am offended, but because i wouldnt expect it to come out of their mouth.

i cant think of a good comparison at the moment...give me time.

 

[Sub-Zero]

some bitch who wasnt even my art teacher passed by my art table and heard my frien dsay a bad word, and she told him to never cuss again (in a public fucking highschool), and because all this nobadword shit is cause of damn religion i go "when priests stop molesting kids, well stop cussing"

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

cursing like F-bombs and stuff aroiund my wife or mom offends me.

Also GD always offends me no matter what the circumstances. I hate it when a good movie is rolling along and suddenly...out of no where... GD!! as if a thousand other words would not have sounded just as ignorant.

Fishing with the fellas hunting or playing ball, it doesnt offend (except fopr GD-always offended by GD).

 

[lamamacita]

I have a pretty bad mouth sometimes. I need my mouth washed out with soap!

 

[strongsmartsexy]

i just dont want to be potentially responsible for corrupting some little kid.

That's exactly why I don't want anyone talking about religion around little kids. No sense corrupting them with a huge pile of nonsense before they're able to distinguish reality from myth.

 

[Bulldog_10]

I have a pretty bad mouth sometimes. I need my mouth washed out with soap!

I nominate you for best avatar on elite...right up there with lucidblue.

 

[jenscats5]

When I worked customer service for a cc company, I heard more cursing from the so called "elderly." I couldn't believe it....I had a 70+ yo man call me the big C word, they'd scream F you! into the phone, etc....I would've expected younger people to curse more, but nope....

 

[Testosterone boy]

I enjoy the freedom of expression of private swearing while public swearing is just obscene because some people are genuinely offended by it. Hearing it does not bother me, what bothers me is that it bothers other people while not providing real value or entertainment to the person swearing.

If swearing really makes them feel better then it would be more justified.

If someone really needs a cigarette, I don't mind if they light up and it bothers a few people. if they could easily smoke outside then they should do so.

Fuzzy logic...what it amounts to is that unit A needs to obtain 10 quotients of satisfaction to justify inflicting 5 quotients of dis-satisfaction on unit B.

Just mathematics for me.

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

Fuzzy logic...what it amounts to is that unit A needs to obtain 10 quotients of satisfaction to justify inflicting 5 quotients of dis-satisfaction on unit B.

Just mathematics for me.

you don't agree with that, do you...?

 

[Testosterone boy]

you don't agree with that, do you...?

Huh?

Its a chat board....I just write down whatever flows into my head to keep up some mental actiivity.

Do I agree with it? To some extent..........yes.


I place a high value on enjoying life and believe we should deal with a little necessary discomfort when it allows others much greater satisfaction. Some would call it maturity, others would call it spineless.

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

Huh?

Its a chat board....I just write down whatever flows into my head to keep up some mental actiivity.

Do I agree with it? To some extent..........yes.


I place a high value on enjoying life and believe we should deal with a little necessary discomfort when it allows others much greater satisfaction. Some would call it maturity, others would call it spineless.

ahh ok.. i sorta thought you were thinking like some social utilitarian...

'greatest good should be achieved, even if a couple individuals have their rights violated, because the good is greatest good for all'