"Stop Laughing. Its Not Funny!" (Joseph Farah Slams Cultural Obscenity Alert)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 12/04/2006 | Joseph Farah

[goldstategop]

Every one has been focusing on Martin Kramer's use of the N-word. Every one has overlooked the F-Word and other terms that can be collectively term an expression of cultural obscenity. You know, language that would make sailors blush and that ought never to be used in the earshot of women and children. THAT kind of language. No one seems offended or outraged over filthy language. We should. Where are the good manners? The civility? Respecting the moral standards of millions? We can begin with a national conversation about restoring etiquette in our national - particularly cultural life. Its about high time.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[zimdog]

If the "N-word" is controversial because it offends people – and I agree it is – why is the "F-word," which offends even more [...]?

If Joseph Farah feels he can make such as statement as breezily as saying the grass is green or the sky is blue, it says far more about the "attitudes" of his social circle than it does about dying civility.

[goldstategop]

Silly me. I thought gutter talk was always taken as the sign of a crude and unrefined mind. Yes, we've come a long way, baby!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[CBart95]

Just get over it.

A billion Islamic extremists have vowed to murder you and they are coming for you now.

Do you give one sh*t what some actor said to some bum?

[goldstategop]

I could care less about the N word. I do care that we're exposed to cultural sewage far more harmful than racist trash talk. A people's survival is also dependent on the strength of their moral character.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[zimdog]

I thought gutter talk was always taken as the sign of a crude and unrefined mind.

I'll take a foul-mouthed sailor over a noose-bearing Klansman any day.

[donna]

The f-word is a fighting word. It can cause road-rage and get people shot. I find it just as offensive as racist language.

[taxesareforever]

I wonder why the Rev.Jackson appears to be more offended over the use of the N word than over the use of the word "god" in all the television programs? You would think a man who uses the title "Reverend" would speak to spiritual matters more than civil matters.

[goldstategop]

A lot of people find obscenity offensive. Yet according to the doyennes of political correctness, in particular the ACLU - THAT is free speech about which we can do nothing.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[CBart95]

Yeah Yeah.

Are you deliberately excluding the current Pope in his reference of your precious quotation?...as it applies to Islam?

[goldstategop]

I'm fascinated over people missing the forest while seeing the trees in front of them.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[zimdog]

The f-word is a fighting word. It can cause road-rage and get people shot. I find it just as offensive as racist language.

In Joseph Farah's world, the "F-word" is more offensive than racism.

[goldstategop]

I do think Islam in its present state is evil and genocidal. If its a Religion Of Peace, we have yet to see evidence of its professed peacefulness. So my quote is rather apopros, wouldn't you agree?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[donna]

The n-word and the f-word mean the same thing.

[goldstategop]

They both are offensive. What I'm put off at, is liberals are outraged over the N word while polluting society with far more toxic products.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[zimdog]

The n-word and the f-word mean the same thing.

Maybe you're thinking of different words. A Wikipedia search for "n-word" and "f-word" can help straighten things out.

[zimdog]

When the "F-word" becomes shorthand for the very real history of slavery, lynching, and racism, I will consider that it may be "more toxic" than the "N-word".

[CBart95]

If it's ok for the Pope, who am I to care?

I applaud your choice and your civility.

Persevere.

[HelloooClareece]

Banning a word is unconstitutional. Period.

That being said, if Richards' use of that word gets the recipients a big payday then I should consider suing rap artists for calling me a "bitch" and a "ho".

[GSlob]

"How about a national debate about ...profanity, obscenity and vulgarity?"
Well, profanity, obscenity and vulgarity {PO&V} are, among other things, major tools of scientific investigations [what else do we say or hear when something fails?]. Profanity, obscenity and vulgarity are equally indispensable in many other walks of life besides science. Why, didn't His Excellency the Vice President properly and deservedly apostrophized Joe Biden? The trouble with PO&V is that they have themselves become trite and vulgar, while they ought to, and deserve, to be applied creatively.