excalibunny

Mar 3 2010, 10:41 AM

SwitchStyles

Mar 3 2010, 09:44 AM

excalibunny

Mar 3 2010, 09:04 AM

SwitchStyles

Mar 3 2010, 08:38 AM

I don't cuss a lot and one thing I hate is when people cuss in public in front of children. My ex-girlfriend would cuss almost every 2 minutes at the house or out in public in a store and if it was in a store I would always tell her to stop cussing if children are around. I don't know why but I just think it's disrespectful. Also my friends know I cuss but my mom doesn't and none of my family members do except for my cousins because I don't do it around them. My step-brother knows I cuss and was talking to my mom one day and said something about me cussing and she said "Steven doesn't cuss" and he said "WhaaaT?? you never heard him say anything?"

I honestly can't care about the beliefs of other.

When ever I see a middle eastern girl walking around with her face covered because of their religion, it infuriates me. I'm not sure about you guys, but I've seen the punishment for what happens with the girls who take their veils off, and it's often cleansing by fire.

On top of this, have respect for Christianity? It doesn't have respect for me. Christian push their beliefs on the whole world. They have 0 respect for anyone else's beliefs. Whether it's around the world, or door to door, missionaries go around disrespecting other peoples cultures and belief systems every day.

Oh, and have we forgotten the crusades? Christians going around beheading anyone who isn't christian?

So poor you if I don't respect your belief. The only reason is because your beliefs don't respect mine.

I knew a arabian girl from high school who wore a viel. She was really nice and everything, a good friend of mine and a kid at the zoo called her a ninja. I think they should be able to walk around without it.

Have you ever heard of ritual beheadings? They still go on here in the states.

When a father gets mad at her daughter for doing something, removing veil, talking to non middle eastern boys, ect, the family will remove her head.

Andsy

Mar 3 2010, 11:27 AM

This is a sheer uneducated assumption, but I'm guessing you're a young white male, either American or English. You've probably only heard the word 'nigger' thrown around by young black people, or by immature kids on the Internet. I'm guessing you've never encountered first hand the power, and hatred behind this word. In some social circles, it's become an accepted term. However to many others, they still remember, or still have to experience the power and hatred behind the word.

SwitchStyles

Mar 3 2010, 11:39 AM

The father didn't remove her head and she ended up marrying a gothic boy.

Andsy

Mar 3 2010, 11:27 AM

Religion isn't the leading cause for murder, it's simply an excuse used by evil fanatics who wish to force their own power onto others. If you really wanted to go down this route, it's money that's the greater killer. Be it territory, oil or other. But we're going off topic.

As with all words, swearing is a form of expression, traditionally used in situations that warranted a strong exemplification, or were used to describe things of an unpleasant, or adult nature. They traditionally didn't have a place in day-to-day life. However as time goes on, and times change, people have become sort of 'desensitised' to swearing, and it's become a bit more socially acceptable to use them in normal, everyday situations. This in turn desensitises people further... And it becomes a commonly used crutch in some peoples vocabularies. As with most things however, this doesn't apply to everyone, and there are plenty of people that chose not to frequently use these words. Hence, in these social circles, using them is less acceptable.

This is a sheer uneducated assumption, but I'm guessing you're a young white male, either American or English. You've probably only heard the word 'nigger' thrown around by young black people, or by immature kids on the Internet. I'm guessing you've never encountered first hand the power, and hatred behind this word. In some social circles, it's become an accepted term. However to many others, they still remember, or still have to experience the power and hatred behind the word.

It all comes down to acceptance. You have a certain acceptance of these words, and others will have a difference in acceptance. An understanding of this isn't necessary, but an acceptance would be just dandy

FisHeaD

Mar 3 2010, 03:01 PM

Swear words should never exist...they are words and are made to insult and are yet frowned upon.
They are meanings to other words you wouldn't consider too bad if a child shouted them out:
Fuck = Intercourse
Shit = poo
Piss = Urine
Wanker = masturbater
cock = Penis

Urinate off you intercoursing masturbater!!!

excalibunny

Mar 3 2010, 09:04 AM

SwitchStyles

Mar 3 2010, 08:38 AM

I don't cuss a lot and one thing I hate is when people cuss in public in front of children. My ex-girlfriend would cuss almost every 2 minutes at the house or out in public in a store and if it was in a store I would always tell her to stop cussing if children are around. I don't know why but I just think it's disrespectful. Also my friends know I cuss but my mom doesn't and none of my family members do except for my cousins because I don't do it around them. My step-brother knows I cuss and was talking to my mom one day and said something about me cussing and she said "Steven doesn't cuss" and he said "WhaaaT?? you never heard him say anything?"

I honestly can't care about the beliefs of other.

When ever I see a middle eastern girl walking around with her face covered because of their religion, it infuriates me. I'm not sure about you guys, but I've seen the punishment for what happens with the girls who take their veils off, and it's often cleansing by fire.

On top of this, have respect for Christianity? It doesn't have respect for me. Christian push their beliefs on the whole world. They have 0 respect for anyone else's beliefs. Whether it's around the world, or door to door, missionaries go around disrespecting other peoples cultures and belief systems every day.

Oh, and have we forgotten the crusades? Christians going around beheading anyone who isn't christian?

So poor you if I don't respect your belief. The only reason is because your beliefs don't respect mine.

TheHBF

Mar 3 2010, 08:13 PM

Back on topic, yeah, you really haven't offered any 'intellectual' argument to your views on cussing.

Andsy

Mar 4 2010, 03:00 AM

You're missing the point entirely.

Words by themselves mean absolutely nothing. By that much, you're correct. Just an assortment of letters in a particular order. However, these particular words invoke different understandings and feelings in different people.

Even within the English language a single word can have two very different meanings, depending on region and different societies. If I were to ask person A if I could 'bum a fag' - they may give me a cigerette. If I were to ask person B, they may back away slowly. Two very different understandings of the same word.

Just because you see particular words as empty insults, or because certain words have lost their power of emphasis through regular use, doesn't mean the same applies for everyone else. You just gotta move on and accept this lad, different folks, different strokes.

Andsy

Mar 4 2010, 03:00 AM

Incidentally, for the record I'm 100% free of any religious belief. I'll respect your views just as much as I would of a Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu etc etc. Just because you believe something to be true, or false, doesn't mean that's the case. All the world needs is a little bit more understanding, or dare I say it Acceptance.

browland1

Mar 4 2010, 10:06 AM

It ultimately depends on the sensitivity of the person the words are directed at. The other night, I told my girlfriend jokingly to "fuck off" when she said I messed something up. It was obviously done in a playful and joking way and she took absolutely no offense to it. Another people might be totally put off by that.

Blasphemy and "taking the lord's name in vain" is something people in our culture seem less offended by these days, save for those fanatical religious types that get squamish around anyone who dares challenge their beliefs. But I am also reminded of the Danish cartoon scandal that had the muslim world up in arms, so I guess some are more sensitive than others.