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Should People Be Fined For Cussing?

American☆Atheist 2012/07/14 20:00:34
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  • coolguy 2012/11/12 23:10:45
    no
    coolguy
    because i am a adult
  • dear•LT13☻ 2012/07/16 19:53:37
    no
    dear•LT13☻
    We have this thing called Freedom of Speech, I believe...
  • Wolf97 2012/07/15 23:39:00
    no
    Wolf97
    +1
    Free speech.
  • Erica⚓ 2012/07/15 19:25:47
    no
    Erica⚓
    Freedom of speech. It's your decision to curse in front of children. My parents swore around me my whole life and I don't swear like a sailor...
  • Marianne 2012/07/15 09:53:32
    no
    Marianne
    Unless they ban full contact.
  • Marianne Marianne 2012/07/15 10:01:29
    Marianne
    Sorry, wrong answer - there is no sense. Culture and education usually make the difference. Swearing is mostly vulgar, but there are also colourful terms to smile about.
  • Richard... Marianne 2012/07/15 13:44:46
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    What is considered vulgar varies from different points of view.
  • Marianne Richard... 2012/07/15 14:56:48
    Marianne
    Actually, I said "mostly vulgar, but there are also colourful terms to smile about". I should have added that some of these colourful terms are even spiritual. Will that do?
  • Richard... Marianne 2012/07/15 17:35:48
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    Oh I agree, I'm just saying that just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, likewise so is vulgarity.
  • Marianne Richard... 2012/07/15 18:02:15
    Marianne
    +1
    Quite a nice reference to the beauty in the eye. As to vulgarity, it can also be considered a lack of culture or of interest ...
  • Richard... Marianne 2012/07/16 14:49:14
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    +1
    Thats just it, culture or interest according to who??? Just because a person has a different culture does not mean they lack culture. Surely they are not considered high society, but who's to say they don't view high society as vulgar.
  • Marianne Richard... 2012/07/16 15:21:32
    Marianne
    I consider that the individual attitude, whatever the level or the origin, shows whether somebody has culture or not - I would say that a person with culture will respect the other. So-called barbarian or primitive people often showed more culture than high-ranking aristocrats. As far as I know, there is no true culture which would approve the insulting other people. As to interest, every individual has his or her own interests. Will that answer your question?
  • Richard... Marianne 2012/07/16 15:54:54
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    Sure there is, culture does not necessarily mean a sense of propriety. What you seem to be describing is traditional propriety.

    Just look at any college campus. Male bonding in America today often consists of best friends calling each other the crudest names they can come up with, usually involving a combination of profanity and genitalia. While it is easy to see how some people could say they don't have culture. The truth of it is they do have culture, and profanity is just part of it. It's not the same culture as those who say they have no culture. But it is a culture none the less Those same college students on the other hand may look at the so called "cultured" people and consider them arrogant, stuck up, judgmental and/or out of touch.

    Another fine example comes from our very own military, spend a day in the life of any maintainer in any branch of the military and you will hear more four letter words and insults hurled across the room than a week long south park marathon. It's just part of the culture.

    Just as most Americans turn there nose up at the thought of eating horse meat and the French look at it as just another protein on their plate. There are some people that find a certain word(s) offensive and others that see it as just another word(s) in their lexicon.

    And of...
    Sure there is, culture does not necessarily mean a sense of propriety. What you seem to be describing is traditional propriety.

    Just look at any college campus. Male bonding in America today often consists of best friends calling each other the crudest names they can come up with, usually involving a combination of profanity and genitalia. While it is easy to see how some people could say they don't have culture. The truth of it is they do have culture, and profanity is just part of it. It's not the same culture as those who say they have no culture. But it is a culture none the less Those same college students on the other hand may look at the so called "cultured" people and consider them arrogant, stuck up, judgmental and/or out of touch.

    Another fine example comes from our very own military, spend a day in the life of any maintainer in any branch of the military and you will hear more four letter words and insults hurled across the room than a week long south park marathon. It's just part of the culture.

    Just as most Americans turn there nose up at the thought of eating horse meat and the French look at it as just another protein on their plate. There are some people that find a certain word(s) offensive and others that see it as just another word(s) in their lexicon.

    And of course I agree that each individual has there own interests, this is self evident in everyday life. But all the same, just because I find something interesting does not necessarily mean you will. This does not mean it is not interesting, only that you are not interested in it. I doubt there are two people in this world that share all the same interests.
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  • Marianne Richard... 2012/07/16 16:33:34
    Marianne
    It is sad to hear that certain people are being so rude and respectless. Don't they realise how much they can hurt other, more sensible persons? That reminds me of certain practices, like hazing and mobbing, which can cause irreversible damages.
  • Richard... Marianne 2012/07/16 18:59:18
  • Marianne Richard... 2012/07/17 04:32:16
    Marianne
    I am not confused. The cultures differ, of course, between Europe and the USA. Sure that I understand that men are having a bold language inside their teams and circles, well among men, and that was always the case. And in the army, for instance, the manners are - let us say - rough and disciplined at the same time. Actually, there is not that much difference between Europe and the USA. This display of extreme masculinity seems to be a reaction after the great emancipation wave when an increasing number of women could study and choose rather a professional career than being confined to domestic life. Formerly exclusively men's domains opened to women and legislation followed accordingly. I think that many men felt unsettled because they saw women become self-assured and able to even rivalise with them. Here in Europe, men overreacted too. Some felt even castrated, simply because they were expected to assume their part of "female" duties. Ant there had been probably also anti-gay reactions.
    Also among women, manners became rougher.
  • Resizstance 2012/07/15 05:09:05
    no
    Resizstance
    HELL NO!
  • nico touched the butt 2012/07/15 04:52:29
    no
    nico touched the butt
    Nope. Seems stupid.

    I have no problems with swear words. They're just words. It's the meaning behind them that has a greater impact and rarely is there any meaning at all, when they're thrown around so casually all of the time.
    The only "bad word" out there is the word "bad".
  • cnsharp 2012/07/15 03:55:51
    no
    cnsharp
    Freedom of Speech. We may think some words are more inappropriate than others but that does not mean we should punish others for saying things we find un-tasteful. If that was possible I would be fining people that cussed too much (for example using the f-word 5 times in one sentence instead of some adjectives) because I fel they lacked intelligence.
  • Hadros the dryphon 2012/07/15 03:30:49
    yes
    Hadros the dryphon
    Cussing solves nothing, it messes up children, The amount of six year olds I've heard curse is just annoying, and situations are made worse because of it.
  • Richard... Hadros ... 2012/07/15 13:42:32
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    Cussing messes up children??? Please elaborate.
  • classic Richard... 2012/07/15 16:22:40
    classic
    +1
    I have heard the same,, 6 ,7 10 year olds using MF, CS, C, ,, I suppose their mothers are proud of them...
  • Richard... classic 2012/07/15 17:39:55
    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    Just because your parents are not proud of you does not necessarily mean you are "messed up". If the parents are not proud of them, then they have failed as parents. I would venture that most parents are proud of their children regardless of what type of language they use. Believe it or not there are a great many of us that don't get offended buy profanity, we simply accept it for what it is, just another word.
  • SlaveWaterNymph 2012/07/15 02:02:13
    no
    SlaveWaterNymph
    +2
    called freedom of speech. :D
  • lucythetooth 2012/07/15 01:36:21
    no
    lucythetooth
    Nope. Just because I'm speaking doesn't mean you have to listen. If you don't like what I'm saying then...

    zzz
  • marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS 2012/07/15 01:18:39 (edited)
    no
    marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS
    +1
    FREEDOM OF SPEECH, You know that issue LWNJS are against as long as it does not compromise their own.
  • America... marcuss... 2012/07/16 12:10:51
    American☆Atheist
    What? You realize that the right-wing bans cussing, right?
  • ~*PoliceGirl*~ (>^-^)> 2012/07/15 01:07:31
    no
    ~*PoliceGirl*~ (>^-^)>
    i would die O.o
  • Alethia 2012/07/15 01:02:56
    no
    Alethia
    There are enough restrictions on language as it is.
  • Panloker 2012/07/15 00:05:57
  • artistheweapon 2012/07/15 00:01:21
  • MyDaydream90 2012/07/14 23:44:27
    no
    MyDaydream90
    +1
    No they shouldn't. They're just words.
  • BloodlessVeins 2012/07/14 23:31:30
    no
    BloodlessVeins
    +1
    I'd be really poor.
  • ♥☯ ʂıoвнaп ☮♥ 2012/07/14 23:28:17
    no
    ♥☯ ʂıoвнaп ☮♥
    No. The last time I checked, we had freedom of speech in this country.
  • ⚜3rd Street Boss⚜ 2012/07/14 23:21:09
    no
    ⚜3rd Street Boss⚜
    Hah that's never passing
  • no
    Pixie·ŸŸMzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠
    +2
    Not at all!
  • TheVynne 2012/07/14 23:03:27
    no
    TheVynne
    +1
    Absolutely not and kids are going to be hearing it for the rest of their lives so if one doesn't want their kid repeating it, they should teach them about appropriate public language. They're only words and it's proven they decrease pain by a significant amount when injured as well (which I thought was very interesting). Now cursing as every other word is just a tad irritating (especially if it's not even creative).
  • Nameless 2012/07/14 22:52:53
    no
    Nameless
    Okay, well, maybe at minor league baseball games. However, if you take your Little Bobby or Roberta to a Red Sox v Yankees game and get offended by even simple things like "Ump! YOU SUCK!" you can bite me. I hate when people complain about being offended about profanity at what were meant to be adult events. If folks think that baseball back in the day, for instance, was filled with people behaving pristinely - read your history and stay away from the majors. Little Bobby's or Roberta's virgin ears will be tarnished by me if I think stuff needs to be said...
  • Whitney Kendall 2012/07/14 22:50:55
    no
    Whitney Kendall
    thats sooo stupid:/
  • Demon Destroyer 2012/07/14 21:28:45
    no
    Demon Destroyer
    +1
    I'd go broke

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