Silent.Assassin: XD I'm getting a lot of highfives lately.

I honestly don't know what to make of you Silent.Assassin... It's like you're two different people, half of your post stike me as being very well thought out and intelligent, while others just sound... well, not to be rude, but very childish and careless.

I'm not trying to insult you at all, so please don't take this the wrong way. I'm just pointing out a slightly comical asspect I've noticed. n.n



EpoxyObsession:

I really appreciate your debating style. It's clear that you know a lot about what you're talking about, and have looked into it. Please join the I.E.D.! It's in the debate forum. n.n

I agree with you as well, and you bring up a very interesting point that I had never noticed. n.n

I think that words are... Difficult.

Because there are so many different people and so many different languages, it's hard to say what can be offensive to ALL or none.

English is one of the hardest, due to the multitude of dialects of it.

But I think that assigning words a particular meaning, and then making them 'forbidden' stems from the Puritan way of life. There were so many enjoyable things you could do, but you could do hardly ANY of them.

I personally don't put much meaning behind words than have been turned into slang, like bitch or douche-melon. I use curse words all the time though, because I was introduced to them at a rather early age. At that time, it was a way to stick it to my grandparents. Hell, I wasn't even allowed to say frick, or friggin, or any other variation that made it more childish.

Unlike my friend Biscuits, I don't typically swear when I get injured. That's where many people differentiate, it's like getting angry and accidentally letting something you never meant to say slip.

That sense of relief only comes for some people, because of the different circumstances. If the younger kids aren't being exposed to the "don't say that word, it's BAD." then they're less likely to want to say those kids of words.

It's the same concept for most forbidden things. If you can't have it, you want it more.

Older people aren't setting a good example on younger children these days. My little sister has said a few curse words herself (and she's three years old!) I rarley curse. I say the d word once in a while, but not too often will you hear me using the f or s word. And I usually only curse when I've hurt myself or something just doesn't go right. I don't curse for no reason at all.

My little sister has since learned not to curse. And if she catches you doing it...she'll tell of course. CX Though not before she looks at you dead in the eye and waves her finger at you. "Bad nennie, you say d word! BADBADBAD!" /runs off to tell mommy or daddy. CX

I once remember seeing a Wikipedia article on the word fuck and how it came to be. Which is kind of amusing. XD Someone posted it, I don't remember who though. o_o; It might have been here on Menewsha or it might have been on another forum. I can't remember. But it's interesting to read how such a word came about. Anyway, a lot of times I look at it like this, words are just words, nothing more. I don't really see the big issue with why some words are labeled "bad", with the exception of things like racial slurs. But just your typical "bad words" aren't that big of a deal to me. I don't say them very much, I don't have any reason to. But if they're not said in anger or offense to anyone; and often they're not, people just say them in everyday conversation if that is simply how they talk, then I don't see any real big deal about it. About the only thing that really bugs me is when little kids do it. Hearing those words come from a teen or adult's mouth isn't horrible, but hearing little kids spout out cuss words every few minutes sounds awful, especially because they do it to be rude and annoying.

...but doesn't that mean that fart sounds are good enough? If they just wanted to be rude or annoying, armpit fart sounds work way better than spouting something vulgar at another. :/

Then again, I can wrong or opinionated.

I cussed on a semi regular basis when i was younger.. I still kinda do .. not as much tho these days..

I did not DARE say them words in front of my parents tho. :shock:

My dad didn't take mind to it as much as my mom did tho.. My dad would mearly say "Watch it!" or he would laugh.. it just depended on the situation..like if someone ticked me off real bad or something..

Mom how ever at times would give a little smack on the mouth.. and say "Watch your mouth." this also depended on the situation... I learned over the years to watch my words more with Mom then with Dad.. still had to watch it around dad but not as much.

Still to this day, tho I am 26 I can't cuss in front of my parents with out feeling guilty after the fact.

they don't do anything about it tho now.. for obvious reasons.. but I still feel odd about it. So if I can help it I wont say such words..

The words like dork and stuff like that tho. I think it just slips out.. I could let my opinion about the word Hell but it might be over a lot of peoples heads.. XD