"Cussing"

[Mark5-9]

Yes to both of you guys here, lol. I'm sure we've all found ourselves at some point arguing just for it's own sake, being upset about things we couldn't care less about, etc. I don't think this entire thread went the way ANYBODY intended...it sort of became a freeform discussion about...about...um...

Free speech?

 

[Obsessed]

Translation: I'm blowing steam and have no chance of winning.

Hey . . .

 

[wundergussy]

Wow, I started reading this and was going to post about things that are offensive to me, but apparently this has become thread drama. Now I will awkwardly back out of the room.

(For the record, I am offended by jokes about English food. I love me a Ploughman's!)

 

[marvin100]

Now I will awkwardly back out of the room.

That's offensive. Please only walk in the direction you're facing, at least while I'm on the Internet at work.

 

[Obsessed]

Wow, I started reading this and was going to post about things that are offensive to me, but got caught up in the thread drama. Now I will awkwardly back out of the room.

Don't back out. You might bump into something and start cussing.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

Free speech?

LOL...that's one arguement you WON'T win...there is no free speech here. Well, let me clarify...there is, so long as it is not inciteful, hostile, negative, condescending, hurtful, or has anything to do with casting Art in a negative light. Although I STILL feel that a vote for Art is a vote for tyranny...

 

[Mark5-9]

Wow, I started reading this and was going to post about things that are offensive to me, but apparently this has become thread drama. Now I will awkwardly back out of the room.

(For the record, I am offended by jokes about English food. I love me a Ploughman's!)

Don't go now. This is just getting interesting. Here, I'll start a new drama with you.

Ploughmans are rubbish!!!

Cummon, put up your dukes...

 

[wundergussy]

That's offensive. Please only walk in the direction you're facing, at least while I'm on the Internet at work.

Hooray! Now I'm involved!

 

[TimmyBoston]

Free speech?

This is a private forum. There is no guarantee of free speech here. We have rules. I'm sorry if you don't like that, but the rules aren't optional here. You do not have the right to offend others. You want to cuss your head off, go ahead and cuss your head off, but do it somewhere else.

 

[Stubblefield]

Swearing is ungentlemanly, tasteless, and unnecessary. It is the calling card of the crude and unrefined. And I simply can't think of a time or situation when it is actually necessary (or appropriate) to swear.

Now if you want to "cuss", by all means, go ahead. I'm not stopping you.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

I can't believe it took three whole pages before the bouncer showed up...

 

[GoldenMonkey]

Swearing is ungentlemanly, tasteless, and unnecessary. It is the calling card of the crude and unrefined. And I simply can't think of a time or situation when it is actually necessary (or appropriate) to swear.

Now if you want to swear, by all means, go ahead. I'm not stopping you.

It's never necessary, but it can feel very cathartic. Give it a try some time...perhaps at your next toe stubbing or twisted ankle.

 

[marvin100]

Swearing is ungentlemanly, tasteless, and unnecessary. It is the calling card of the crude and unrefined. And I simply can't think of a time or situation when it is actually necessary (or appropriate) to swear.

Now if you want to "cuss", by all means, go ahead. I'm not stopping you.

Intolerance of cultural, socio-economic, and linguistic difference is a far greater "calling card of the crude and unrefined," nowadays, actually.

Samuel L. Jackson's wonderful career, for example, would be impoverished without the choice expletive, as would the scathing social criticism in the comedy of the late Bill Hicks.

ON EDIT:
That said, I'm not at all arguing that B&B should allow cussing. Clearly the community founders & mods don't want it here, and that's how it should be.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Charles Bukowski, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Frank Zappa, Adam Sandler...wait...where was I going with this?

 

[Mark5-9]

This is a private forum. There is no guarantee of free speech here. We have rules. I'm sorry if you don't like that, but the rules aren't optional here. You do not have the right to offend others. You want to cuss your head off, go ahead and cuss your head off, but do it somewhere else.

I do. My blog. remember?

 

[Jasonian]

I'm pretty open-minded about language. There is a time and place where "cussing" is appropriate, and times when it is not.

I don't mind when someone inserts an occasional four-letter word into their speech, but it irks me when they use a stream of foul language to camouflage the fact that they have nothing to say.

Sounds like a lot of stand-up "comedy". It's not funny. It's just foul. A string of cursing isn't a joke. It's intended to stand out and make you laugh for shock value, not because there is any creative wit being put to use.

 

[marvin100]

It's intended to stand out and make you laugh for shock value

Is anybody under 70 "shocked" by cussing?

 

[GoldenMonkey]

For what it's worth...not one "cuss word" has been uttered this entire thread, either directly or implied. Not one argument has broken out, nor has there been anything but open honest discussion. I applaud all of you gents. Top class, you @$#%&@#ers!

I kid. None of you are ACTUALLY "@$#%&@#ers". There is no such thing. I made it up. The symbols in that "word" do not indicate actual letters. Please, continue...

 

[Mr. Igg]

I'm seriously procrastinating more work yet tonight, and if I don't wrench myself away fromm here, I'm going to find out other ways to get fired from my job.

So I'll simply endorse, probably to the every-single-word-level (without actually going back and reading every single word again), everything Jay, Paul, Jon & Shane have said. And that endorsement has zero to do with any authority, real or perceived.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

So I'll simply endorse, probably to the every-single-word-level (without actually going back and reading every single word again), everything Jay, Paul, Jon & Shane have said. And that endorsement has zero to do with any authority, real or perceived.

Way to take a stand.

Personally, I endorse everything John, Paul, George, and Ringo ever said. Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.