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[ECBG]

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@StylishLady wrote:

More of the coarsening of our culture. We are all a bit to blame. Who didn't chuckle the first time we heard a young person in a movie use a swear word? The film and TV industry has since been sliding down that slippery slope. I hope the pendulum will swing back the other way soon. My 2¢ worth.

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@StylishLadyAgree.  Let's not forget music and rap stars.  They're not innocent at all!

[Pook]

Just words!!  Some of the sweetist talking people who NEVER use a word nastier than dang are often the ones who treat others poorly and while not usng profanity rip apart others just to be nasty!!  To me it is way more important to treat others with respect than to never utter a bad word!!  

[SaRina]

Exactly @Pook.  It's just words.  Sometimes I laugh to myself when I hear people arguing and cursing each other out.  It just sounds so stupid to me, so unimportant, calling someone a nonsensical word (or giving someone a stupid, nonsensical gesture).  Of course, those who were brought up in pristine households will have assigned the most horrible meaning to those words and are, therefore, the most distressed about it. 

[Laura14]

Wow.  And here I'm going back home to the Northeast just to have some real language tossed my way.  If one more person tells me to have a blessed day, I'll take them out.  That's how I know it's time to go home for a bit.  

I'm afraid some of you may burst into flames on the streets of NYC.  Totally agree with the it's just words group although I admire those of you who don't do it.  My personal anger just needs that extra special something from time to time.        

[Moonchilde]

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@SurferWife wrote:

It's a result of a limited vocabulary and declining virtue. I'm far from being perfect, but I do get sick of hearing people open their mouths (often in front of small children) and speak nothing but vulgarity.

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Ah yes, that old saw about the limited vocabulary. Not true at all and never was, but I understand how people so want their "virtuous" mantra to be true.

Goddess save me from "virtue",

[YorkieonmyPillow]

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@Laura14 wrote:

Wow.  And here I'm going back home to the Northeast just to have some real language tossed my way.  If one more person tells me to have a blessed day, I'll take them out.  That's how I know it's time to go home for a bit.  

I'm afraid some of you may burst into flames on the streets of NYC.  Totally agree with the it's just words group although I admire those of you who don't do it.  My personal anger just needs that extra special something from time to time.    

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If so, they won't burn long, as I understand NYC no longer enforces laws against public urination. 

[asoutherngirl]

I have always thought that the use of profanity demonstrated the lack of a wider vocabulary.

[ValuSkr]

You shoudn't use profanity when you're around friends or acquaintances who don't use it.  It's a matter of respect - respecting their sensibilities.  When you're around foul-mouthed people, feel free to curse away.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Texasmouse wrote:

 I don't know if I'm just becoming a "prude" in my old age or what but it seems to me that profanity is becoming more rampant both on the street and on social media. I'm concerned about my grandchildren being exposed to language at home that my children never were (because my daughters-in-law don't seem to have had the same morals instilled in them that my sons had) but I guess if they don't hear it at home, they're going to hear it and read it everywhere else anyway. I personally find the "F" word extremely offensive but am exposed to it daily, even at work. I just find it sad. Thanks for letting me rant.

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Being exposed to profanity isn't going to cause them any harm. I grew up with a dad who swore. I'm not a criminal, I'm not out on the streets, I'm no different from anyone who grew up in a house where no one swore. 

I'd worry more about kids being exposed to measles by people who aren't vaccinated and being exposed to dangerous behavior like bullying and sexting. Those are real threats that can harm them. No one ever got sick or died from hearing a bad word.

[Q4u]

It's an overall "acceptance" of the practice that perpetuates it in our society.  The more it's said and heard, the more acceptable it becomes!  People don't react to it as they did say 50 years ago....  it's in rap music as well.... and accepted.  BTW, so are lyrics about killing cops and hurting woman.  Unfortunately no one interferes with the "artists" who publish this stuff.... AND more acceptable it becomes.