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Or cursing as you lot call it.  Opinions? I can't stand hearing people swear in the street, especially kids. Now I LOVE swearing. I swear a lot at home and with people I know won't be offended. It's part of how I express myself and I think certain words deserve a lot of credit for a: the multiplicity of situations in which they are appropriate e.g. sudden physical pain etc and b: the pure sound they make when uttered regardless of their meaning. Having said all this, because of my upbringing I would never dream of inflicting my industrial language on any unsuspecting member of the GP. Any thoughts? And no ***!!$& in the replies please. 
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There are times when *no* other word will express the strength of what you feel.
Why all the guilt?
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Yes, I don't like hearing it much either. But sometimes it feels awful good to just let those words out. Double standard, I know.  jodi
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Certain situations just require swearing. Like last Sunday when I was stuck in a four-hour traffic jam on I-70 in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, and it was snowing, and I had to pee in front of a mile-long stretch of cars, and when I finally got to a town all the restaurants were closed, and, and .... &*&#&@# *@(@# @#(@*#(* 
"My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests." - Santayana
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Maybe swear words are prayers for atheists?
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Maybe swear words are prayers for atheists?
And while the Christians clasp their hands, we have a somewhat different gesture... 
"My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests." - Santayana
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kenny, not exactly. God answers prayers, but sends the cursing atheists straight to eternal damnantion!
(Without purgatory too.)
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I don't know if I'd call it guilt. It's more a case of sticking to the principle of a place for everything and everything in it's place I guess. :rolleyes:
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I don't understand why swear words are considered offensive.
Why is the "S-word" offensive, but the words "spit", "skit", "shot" and "shut" are not? And "faeces" is not?
It makes no sense to me.
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Maybe it's 'cause you're in Australia? Here in America we still suffer hang-ups over stupid sh...err...stuff.
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While working as a pilot I spent 3 days flying with a man who used a certain profanity on a regular basis. After that trip I quit swearing, I find it very demeaning.
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Originally posted by kenny:
There are times when *no* other word will express the strength of what you feel.
Yes, like every other sentence for me.
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Originally posted by Eusebius:
Maybe it's 'cause you're in Australia? Here in America we still suffer hang-ups over stupid sh...err...stuff. No, it isn't that. Swearing is considered offensive by many Australians, and almost everyone knows it's inappropriate in certain situations.
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Originally posted by Eusebius:
Maybe it's 'cause you're in Australia? Here in America we still suffer hang-ups over stupid sh...err...stuff. Definitely a cultural thing, I've used the F word three times a minute since I was a kid. I've talked that way in front of my Mother since I was 17 or so. I've used the word in front of Commissioners at work. It's just a matter of knowing whether someone would be offended. Few people I know are. It's part of the idiom where I come from.
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CJQ: Definitely a cultural thing, I've used the F word three times a minute since I was a kid. I've talked that way in front of my Mother since I was 17 or so. I've used the word in front of Commissioners at work. It's just a matter of knowing weather someone would be offended. Few people I know are. It's part of the idiom where I come from.
Right! I'm on the next flight over.
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Originally posted by CJQ:
It's part of the idiom where I come from. Aaaaaaa... forgit abot it....
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I don't like cursing, I think it is a bit crude, unless it is humorous. I let anything slide for humor!
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Depends on the person I suppose. When I was a kid our next door neighbour was a London Cockney. He cursed and swore all the time. Didn't matter what he said or who was present. It was how he swore that made all the difference. He made swearing his art of communication.
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Renauda, if he was a cockney couldn't we safely assume he was from London? P.S. Sounds like my partner's Dad btw. :rolleyes:
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I don't like swearing one bit.  (or smoking, but this is the only graemlin I could find )
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