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More and More, Kids say the Foulest Things (swearing)
The Washington Post ^ | 04/12/04 | Valerie Strauss

Posted on 04/12/2005 10:06:43 AM PDT by crv16

Dan Horwich's English class is a bastion of clean language, where students read the classics and have weighty discussions free of invective and profanity. But when the bell rings and they walk out his door, the hallway vibrates with talk of a different sort.

"The kids swear almost incessantly," said Horwich, who teaches at Guildford High School in Rockford, Ill. "They are so used to swearing and hearing it at home, and in the movies, and on TV, and in the music they listen to that they have become desensitized to it."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civility; culturalentropy; decencydeficit; profanity; pspl; swearing
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To: Choose Ye This Day
(NOT girls or women).

Depends on the woman and depends on the context. I've known some female investment bankers who were "one of the boys."

161 posted on 04/12/2005 11:38:12 AM PDT by Modernman ("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
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To: Gabz
YAY!! We agree.

;-)
162 posted on 04/12/2005 11:38:30 AM PDT by politicket
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To: politicket

OOo, ooo, I know! I know! Call on me. It comes from the Greek. Moros!


163 posted on 04/12/2005 11:39:45 AM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: crv16
They are doing it much younger than high school. Watch Nanny 911 sometime. Some of these preschoolers are calling mom "b*tch" and telling adults and each other, to "F*** Off."

I see it in everyday settings amongst elementary school-aged kids too. It is shameful and disgusting. These brats need to be reined in, or they are going to be the next generation of criminals. It isn't like language is the only thing they're desensitized to.

164 posted on 04/12/2005 11:40:09 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)
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To: kenth; CatoRenasci; Marie; PureSolace; Congressman Billybob; P.O.E.; cupcakes; Amelia; Diana; ...

165 posted on 04/12/2005 11:40:34 AM PDT by Born Conservative ("Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work" - Winston Churchill)
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To: Gava
You can't be suggesting using fear tactics on children. Are you?

And what is wrong with a good old fashioned fear of discipline or punishment for doing wrong, in this case using inapropriate language?

I do, however, like your mentoring idea.

166 posted on 04/12/2005 11:41:22 AM PDT by Gabz (John Paul II, pray for us.)
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To: durasell
OOo, ooo, I know! I know! Call on me. It comes from the Greek. Moros!

ROFLOL!! Somebody has actually been studying their Greek and Latin roots. Good for you, but I bet you didn't learn them in public school.... ;-)
167 posted on 04/12/2005 11:42:31 AM PDT by politicket
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To: Choose Ye This Day
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it." -- George Washington

My new tagline

168 posted on 04/12/2005 11:42:49 AM PDT by Asphalt ("The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that ever)
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To: Asphalt

Or not. Doesn't fit.


169 posted on 04/12/2005 11:43:33 AM PDT by Asphalt (Three can keep a secret if two are dead.)
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To: politicket

I went to the worst public school you can imagine. Violent with few, if any standards.

odi profanum vulgus et arceo!


170 posted on 04/12/2005 11:45:07 AM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: Gabz

> Why are adults so afraid of demanding respect?

Those who demand respect do not deserve it.


171 posted on 04/12/2005 11:45:57 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: politicket

> You never answered my question.

Yes, I did.


172 posted on 04/12/2005 11:46:47 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: Asphalt

Nice try, though. I'd like to petition for longer taglines.


173 posted on 04/12/2005 11:47:10 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (I'm an "outraged moralist" and I have no good argument. I'm headed to Marie Callender's.)
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To: durasell
odi profanum vulgus et arceo!

Hey, I thought that Latin was a DEAD language! ;-)
174 posted on 04/12/2005 11:47:10 AM PDT by politicket
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To: Peace will be here soon
The strange thing is that I swear more when I type than when I speak(unless I'm home alone or with the guys at the bar).

When I'm around ladies or in a business or professional setting, I usually do not slip.

175 posted on 04/12/2005 11:47:59 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("If Stabenow were any bigger a roadblock, she could halt traffic on all of I-75.")
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To: politicket

No way! Didn't you ever hear of Latin America! When I go there one day, I'll wow'em!


176 posted on 04/12/2005 11:48:00 AM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: politicket

> the etymology of the word 'moron'?

Irrelevant. It's the *current* usage of words that is under debate. As previously mentioned, "dirt."


177 posted on 04/12/2005 11:48:01 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: orionblamblam
Those who demand respect do not deserve it.

Ooooohhhh....that was DEEP!

I do hope that you're not a parent (especially of a teenager).
178 posted on 04/12/2005 11:48:28 AM PDT by politicket
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To: orionblamblam
Those who demand respect do not deserve it.

So, God does not deserve respect?

179 posted on 04/12/2005 11:48:29 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (I'm an "outraged moralist" and I have no good argument. I'm headed to Marie Callender's.)
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To: JenB
"I think the use of "dirty words" indicates a poor vocabulary and inability to communicate."

I think it also reveals them to be emotionally and developmentally stalled out in the maturing process around the pre-adolescent period where potty language is funny. It's like they reach that point and stop growing.

180 posted on 04/12/2005 11:48:44 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)
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