Vulgarity: the style of our days

The Remnant ^ | Marian T. Horvat, Ph.D.

[aconservaguy]

That's like saying I lost part of my right hand not all of it. It's better to retain your entire right hand wouldn't you say?

i'd agree i'd rather have all my right hand; however, just because two fingers have been cut off doesn't mean my whole hand is gone. Besides, you're assuming that a class doesn't make up a part of somebody (or promote a person's individuality), which might not be true.

[blackbart.223]

"Now what for the Klintoons?"

Several things come to mind but posting them would violate decorum.

[maxwell]

Bwahaha!

Seriously though acon, I have conflicting views on this. I'll be the first to tell ya that yes on many occasions I'm the worst offender. I TRY to restrict my salinity to duress (e.g. highway situations) and when I am hanging with my buds, as our common parlance comprises it.

However, just down the road there is actually a city ordinance banning public profanity, which I think is a good thing. It really torques me for some reason when folks cuss in front of women and children, or people who would be genuinely offended, and I always feel real bad when I let slip...
Didn't used to feel like that a couple years ago; must be gettin' old... ;)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Hey now, that teen in PA is a lady........but she had been stung by a frickin bee! I would have been cussing too! lol

[CARepubGal]

Most of the names I come up with would be rather vulguar but soo appropriate for the two grifters. PIAPS and Sinkmeister are as kind as it gets. :-)

[blackbart.223]

"i'd agree i'd rather have all my right hand; however, just because two fingers have been cut off doesn't mean my whole hand is gone. Besides, you're assuming that a class doesn't make up a part of somebody (or promote a person's individuality), which might not be true."

Sorry. But that's to convoluted for me.

[Washington-Husky]

Oh, those frickin' bees! I'd just like to take out my @#$%^& photon ray gun and waste every @#&%'n one of those little @#$%*#%s!!

[gargoyle]

...In public in this nation, speak english, or, you'll get no response from me. In forum and debate, speak english, with reason and logic, or, you'll get no response from me. In private, among peers, be free to express yourself in culture and language that you understand. I will associate, or not...

[aconservaguy]

Sorry. But that's to convoluted for me.

i'll grant that. believe me, i'd rather have all my hand:)

[aconservaguy]

i agree

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

That's more like it........

[aconservaguy]

if classes do create a herd mentality, then what is the alternative to a class society?

[2Trievers]

"The revolutionaries of the French Revolution who preached a false liberty from tradition and past conventions were motivated by the perverse desire to be free of all proprieties and formalities, all the dictates of the established order."

Here we go with the FRENCH again ... check this out for VULGAR ...

It's all POKEY's FAULT! &;-)

[blackbart.223]

"Most of the names I come up with would be rather vulguar but soo appropriate for the two grifters. PIAPS and Sinkmeister are as kind as it gets. :-)"

You are far more kind than me. But let's try this, Al Gore is a worthless moron who associates with trees because they posses the same intellect as he does. Not quite right, trees posses greater intellect.

Bill and Hillary make slugs look charming by comparison.

All three have an unmerited high opinion of themselves.

That's as kind as I get.

[blackbart.223]

We'll have to take this up later. It's time for dinner.

Bart.

[Paul Atreides]

I always give tell them "thank you" --- usually they seem surprised to hear that...

That's because there are a lot of women, when a man holds the door open for her, will waltz through without so much as a smile, much less a thank you.

Glad to hear that you are one of the good ones!

[aconservaguy]

hopefully. i'm enjoying this discussion immensely, as i hope you are; i've never had a discussion about this. thanks. you've been very thought provoking. enjoy dinner.

[technochick99]

I don't think there is a classless society, nor do I think classes are a bad thing, per se. I do object to a lack of movememt between classes though.

I don't lose my individuality by being part of any class, that would indicate a very shallow person, I would think. And in America, most of us think we're part of the middle class anyway.

[bimbo]

The trouble, of course, is that when you start limiting speech, where does one draw the line? Isn't that what political correctness is all about? Stifling speech under the guise of not offending others?

I think you're on to something... the vulgarity is tolerated, even encouraged to "show" that we have free speech. The vulgarity is only a mask to hide the fact that through political correctness,we really have no free speech any longer.

[bimbo]

Things were OK when I moved my family to Canada in 1970. When we moved back in 1980, young women had acquired a filthy mouth they seemed proud of.

A lot of young Americans left for Canada in 1970 to avoid what they disliked about America - mainly the Vietnam War and the draft. Yes, and many of them returned in 1980 - after the war - only to find that there were still things they disliked about America. If thing were better up north, why return with complaints? Many stayed in Canada, in Sweden, and in Britain.