Why is profanity banned ?
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Dude U Trippin
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Eh... I don't think it's a good idea to swear for no good reason. It just doesn't make sense to me, like I understand people get into the habit and stuff, but really... It's kind of like those novels we read in class.. People always trying to preserve the innocence of children because we don't want them to face the cruel world where people don't give a fudge.
just my 2 cents anyway
just my 2 cents anyway
Hypemaster
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Difference is. They can't see the road, or the signs.
The thing is. They do it anyways, when a teacher says stop cussing, they'll stop....then 5mins later they'll do it again without the teacher noticing it and even more after school as freely as possible.
FreakensteinAG
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In shorter, more legal versions:
Kid finds cuss word. Kid uses cuss word. Parents ask where they learned cuss word. Parents voice complaint against web site because the kid was very young. Parents call a federal organization. Federal Organization brings up C.O.P.P.A. and ask why an underaged user was registered on your site. Website is now void.
Kid finds cuss word. Kid uses cuss word. Parents ask where they learned cuss word. Parents voice complaint against web site because the kid was very young. Parents call a federal organization. Federal Organization brings up C.O.P.P.A. and ask why an underaged user was registered on your site. Website is now void.
Okay, but samething goes for those people. Why do they make it looked down on, they know they're going to keep cussing and become rebellious. Thus creating us teenagers. The teenager will like the feeling of breaking rules and he'll start doing it some more. Once he grows up and faces the real world, maybe he'll either stop or become bored with it and say it a few times.
FreakensteinAG
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As far as history will bring it, Religion.
But on the flip side, that's not their say until they become 18 years of age, where they are allowed free reign from parental hold.
jiraiya lives
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They'll say it a little bit longer then 20, just cause they know no one is saying stop. He won't really have a purpose except for being cool around his friends or menacing around his enemies.
Once nigger wasn't looked down on, now it is. Just like nigga. Now we consider them Blacks or African American the more "proper" and "respectful" way.
FreakensteinAG
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That is then, however. Beforehand, the 20 year old is a child, which can indirectly put a website on a shutdown for "picking up" language his/her parents do not want him/her to learn yet. It's a slippery slope, but in the experience of having to deal with this situation before, it's not a pretty site when you have Feds knocking on your cybernetic door. It's there as a "shield" of sorts to prevent that sort of thing.
Because the origins of the slang was created to be used in a derogatory manner back in the day, due to the (what was then current) issues of Human Displacement.
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It's not really banned, just frowned upon though now it's becoming more widely accepted.
Why do we bite our tongues around children? To keep them in the dark until they're old enough to appreciate the repercussions of what the words mean to some people. It's undeniable that there are kids who swear before they can even construct proper sentences. The problem is that they don't understand the depth of the words. I knew a kid, about 6-7 years old, who would string racial slurs and profanity into whatever they were saying when they got mad. They learn that these words have a certain shock value to them and use them without truly understanding their origins.
Should we just not be bothered by profanity? You can argue that if people don't react to the words then they'll lose their impact and people will slowly stop using them. The problem is that people will just cycle onto the next lot of offensive terms.
Why do we bite our tongues around children? To keep them in the dark until they're old enough to appreciate the repercussions of what the words mean to some people. It's undeniable that there are kids who swear before they can even construct proper sentences. The problem is that they don't understand the depth of the words. I knew a kid, about 6-7 years old, who would string racial slurs and profanity into whatever they were saying when they got mad. They learn that these words have a certain shock value to them and use them without truly understanding their origins.
Should we just not be bothered by profanity? You can argue that if people don't react to the words then they'll lose their impact and people will slowly stop using them. The problem is that people will just cycle onto the next lot of offensive terms.
I already covered it all. You need to read my post again.
If your way of having "a thrill of the moment" is not "thrilling" to other people around you then you need to keep it for some other private moment or surrounding. If we are mature then we should not have problem in understanding such a simple thing.
Even I who think words are just words and think its unnecessary to look down on them. I kinda don't want my kid to learn it, I want him to become intellectual. I can give 2 shits about his friends though, but why do we do so? Why do we feel this way?
Yes, an endless cycle. In 50 years the profanity we know now will probably become another daily basis word. New words are either going to be made to replace those or some words are going to start looking downed on again. So if we know this why even bother? Society is going corrupt us and change us.
Never undermine value of words. A lot of times they cut deeper than any sword.
FreakensteinAG
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A triumvirate of Religion, Influence, and History mixed together in a melting pot of smut, in all honesty. You take several spiritual societies (not just the super-powerful and super-political Catholic Church [back in the day]) all agreeing that certain words are nasty and shouldn't be said, you bring that powerful influence down upon the people, the generations of parents believe the same thing as well, and you let the melting pot stew for 1.5 thousand years. You have now just enveloped all of society to believe that these words are hot buttons that should be addressed with soapy mouths.
In philosophy, we discuss Lord of the Flies, where those who are put into a place of anarchy have no influences or rules to abide by. Then they all of a sudden say a word that would have been devious against society. Would they think it so? No, they would have considered it just another word.
I completely agree that current profanity will lose it's impact. As a kid the 'bad words' I was taught never to use were simple ones like ass/bugger/hell. These words have pretty much become perfectly acceptable in everyday conversation.
I don't totally agree with giving up and letting profanity have it's place in life. It would be nice for the words to lose their impact but them being a tad touchy is still quite useful. The reason why I make an effort not to curse around kids is because it is a good way to teach restraint. Teach them to think about whether it is appropriate to say what they were thinking. Kinda like how some of the people who swore their heads off as kids are generally the ones who got physically aggressive first.
