What's wrong with young men these days?

[Brandon13]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

I couldn't have said it better myself. I'd like to consider myself a fairly intelligent person and I see absolutely no reason why certain words are deemed profane. I fully understand why the use of racial or ethnic slurs should be discourages because of the impact of the word, but for mere swearing it is absurd that we filter words. A word is a word, plain and simple.

Basically my view as well.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

I think yall are missing the point though....IMO its not about ones view on cursing itself at all.

thats not what I got from the post.

[fishepa]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

Ignorant people cuss all the time because they can't think of anything else to say.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

Ignorant people cuss all the time because they can't think of anything else to say.

That's not always true. I'm an English major, so there is no doubt that I know how to express myself. Sometimes using cuss words can make it a little more humorous.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

Ignorant people cuss all the time because they can't think of anything else to say.

Thats really not a fair thing to say fish

I personally dont curse....I just wasnt raised that way....yuo wont even find a post on here w\ me cursing...the closest youll get is LMAO or !@#$ lol

but thats my choice.....I could care less what other people do.

once again though, I dont think thats what the original poster was debating though.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

This is to the original poster....

What if you were in the mall, and saw someone wearing the shirt that I am wearing in this picture...

[Brandon13]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

I think yall are missing the point though....IMO its not about ones view on cursing itself at all.

thats not what I got from the post.

I agree, it's not. It's definitely disrespectful to cuss in front of a family like that and it's something that I'd never knowingly do.

[Trevytrev11]

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I couldn't have said it better myself. I'd like to consider myself a fairly intelligent person and I see absolutely no reason why certain words are deemed profane. I fully understand why the use of racial or ethnic slurs should be discourages because of the impact of the word, but for mere swearing it is absurd that we filter words. A word is a word, plain and simple. I don't have children yet so I won't discount the possibility my views would change, but speaking now I could never punish a child for swearing and I would go off on any school official who deemed punishment necessary for the use of a swear by my child.

Imagine you have a 7 year old son and he say "Dad, I'm not f-ing going to school today, my teachers a fat b-tch with a big a$s and all she does is say bull sh-t all day. I hate that sl-t." Or your teacher calls you and sayd, "today, we had to suspend your son because he told his teacher that she was a stupid b-tch." While I'm sure you would teach your son to talk to adults with respect, I can't imagine many that wouldn't dicipline their child for that.

If this would bother you, then you should understand why someone walking around in a public place with their kids might be turned off a bit when they hear an adult saying them.

Also, I find your statement a little contradictory. You say "a word is a word, plain and simple", but then agree that racial comments are wrong. How can that be if they are just words (I'm not disagreeing that these words aren't bad). I assume you say they are wrong because they are deemed offensive by the race they attack, but in reality, any word is only offensive when a party is offended and it's not up to the speaker to determine what that is, it is up to the listener. Unfortunately we may be getting to the point where everything is becoming offenseive to someone, but for some reason, these certain cuss words have always been "wrong".

I'm sure you wouldn't say them in the courtroom and if you did, I'm sure you would be repremanded by a judge

[bkrich83]

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Are you seriously suggesting that if I was in that situation, I should bow down to a couple of punks??!??

LOL, I guess you don't know me then.

Right because violence is a much better answer to a couple of kids popping off.

So some kids were trying to get under his skin. Who gives a ****? You're worried about his kids hearing those words, but it would be ok for his kids to see him get in to a confrontation? It would be ok for his kids to learn that violence is how to solve problems? That seems perfectly logical.

[fishepa]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

Imagine you have a 7 year old son and he say "Dad, I'm not f-ing going to school today, my teachers a fat b-tch with a big a$s and all she does is say bull sh-t all day. I hate that sl-t." Or your teacher calls you and sayd, "today, we had to suspend your son because he told his teacher that she was a stupid b-tch." While I'm sure you would teach your son to talk to adults with respect, I can't imagine many that wouldn't dicipline their child for that.

If this would bother you, then you should understand why someone walking around in a public place with their kids might be turned off a bit when they hear an adult saying them.

Also, I find your statement a little contradictory. You say "a word is a word, plain and simple", but then agree that racial comments are wrong. How can that be if they are just words (I'm not disagreeing that these words aren't bad). I assume you say they are wrong because they are deemed offensive by the race they attack, but in reality, any word is only offensive when a party is offended and it's not up to the speaker to determine what that is, it is up to the listener. Unfortunately we may be getting to the point where everything is becoming offenseive to someone, but for some reason, these certain cuss words have always been "wrong".

I'm sure you wouldn't say them in the courtroom and if you did, I'm sure you would be repremanded by a judge

good post

[bkfount]

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Ignorant people cuss all the time because they can't think of anything else to say.

not really, that's just how people choose to talk casually. Most people probably wouldn't talk the way they do at work in a meeting as they do with their friends. So because someone chooses to use words you don't, they're somehow less intelligent or more ignorant? In my view, the ignorant people are the ones that cringe and judge people at every use of "curse" words, regardless of the context.

I'm sure the oringinal poster got frustrated, but the whole world isn't out to corrupt his daughter or get into a fight with him by using these words around them. It's just how some people choose to talk casually with friends while going to social places like the movies or the mall. At worst, they are just guilty of not giving a damn about kids being around, and only concerned with their own lives. Something everyone is guilty of to some degree.

[JohnDoe8865]

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Also, I find your statement a little contradictory. You say "a word is a word, plain and simple", but then agree that racial comments are wrong. How can that be if they are just words (I'm not disagreeing that these words aren't bad). I assume you say they are wrong because they are deemed offensive by the race they attack, but in reality, any word is only offensive when a party is offended and it's not up to the speaker to determine what that is, it is up to the listener.

Well Said!

[Brandwin]

Re: What's wrong with young men these days?

Right because violence is a much better answer to a couple of kids popping off.

So some kids were trying to get under his skin. Who gives a ****? You're worried about his kids hearing those words, but it would be ok for his kids to see him get in to a confrontation? It would be ok for his kids to learn that violence is how to solve problems? That seems perfectly logical.

I agree with that BK. You would just have to walk away. I think your child seeing you get into a confrontation (where more cuss words im sure would fly and maybe even fists) would be a lot worse then some guys walking by cussing.

[Trevytrev11]

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At worst, they are just guilty of not giving a damn about kids being around.

This is what I took as the main point of his argument. There just seems to be more of a lack of respect from kids these days. I'm not saying they're more violent or overall worse than kids of past generations (I really can't speak on that), but there definitely seems to be more kids that just don't give a crap about who is around them or who they offend. Whether this is just perceived or actual is another debate, but I see kids and young adults acting out more than I remember just 10 years ago.

[fishepa]

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This is what I took as the main point of his argument. There just seems to be more of a lack of respect from kids these days. I'm not saying they're more violent or overall worse than kids of past generations (I really can't speak on that), but there definitely seems to be more kids that just don't give a crap about who is around them or who they offend. Whether this is just perceived or actual is another debate, but I see kids and young adults acting out more than I remember just 10 years ago.

Which goes back to the parents.