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Black Barney wrote: I also don't really see the big deal about bad language.

That probably leaves us with polar opinions on foul language in inappropriate environments then. But that may be just a reflection of me being brought up in a different decade (or two) in a different country with different family and community values.

I do think that profane language is more acceptable, and I know that I am much too profane (or at least I judge myself as such). However, I don't cuss at work or in public around children.

I imagine that most people don't cuss at their jobs. If that is the case, then it is hard for me to believe that cussing around children is anything but lack of respect. That level of lack respect for others speaks volumes about a person's character.

Southernman wrote:

Black Barney wrote: I also don't really see the big deal about bad language.

That probably leaves us with polar opinions on foul language in inappropriate environments then. But that may be just a reflection of me being brought up in a different decade (or two) in a different country with different family and community values.

Cheers, I agree completely. That's likely what is going on here. My friends are more like you though, I think I swear the most out of all my friends and was at a 2-yr old birthday party on the weekend around TONS of kids. At one point I accidentally dropped a really unncessary f-bomb. It was pretty funny cuz it's classic me leaving the parents to pick up the pieces.

My mom hates it when I swear so it's something I've picked up from work and maybe from gaming online (Call of Duty, etc).

Well what you have said seems to line up with the rest of the western world but to be at odds to what other Americans have posted - I'll think the best of governments and go with your post.

we're talking about different things.

I'm talking about swearing like you would on a regular sunny day, "fuckity fuck fuck, that chick is nice"

and others seem to be talking about swearing at people through yelling which is verbal abuse/assault

Black Barney wrote: I don't live in the States or anything but it's hard not to have a ton of respect for how much they value their freedom of speech and fight to keep it.

You've got to be kidding me...

How many news corporations exist in the USA now? Three?

Freedom of speech isn't about being allowed to swear in public, it's about being able to receive unfiltered information, not get brainwashed and forming your own opinion - as every citizen in a democracy is supposed to do.

Space Ghost wrote: I imagine that most people don't cuss at their jobs. If that is the case, then it is hard for me to believe that cussing around children is anything but lack of respect. That level of lack respect for others speaks volumes about a person's character.

After unleashing one of my fairly frequent torrents of verbal abuse at my work computer the other day, someone asked me if I swore in front of my children. To which the only reply I could offer was "fuck, yeah!"

In a serious point I do indeed swear in front of my children, although I've managed to so far avoid the f-word and I certainly don't swear in front of other people's children. I taught my eldest that certain words are ok to use at home, but not at school or in front of other people because some people think they're very rude and would be offended, and we shouldn't swear out of respect for their opinions. She seems perfectly happy with that, and it's pretty much what I believe and how I behave.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words etc etc"

I took my Dad and my eldest daughter to an Easter party this year, and while the children were busy playing he & sat down for a chat and he told me a joke, the punchline of which was basically someone yelling "fuck" very loudly at an inappropriate moment. Which, amusingly, he mimicked out loud, thus unintentionally replicating the same situation he was telling a joke about. We haven't been invited back since.

First of all, MattDP's story is awesome. Now onto business...

Schweig! wrote:

Black Barney wrote: I don't live in the States or anything but it's hard not to have a ton of respect for how much they value their freedom of speech and fight to keep it.

You've got to be kidding me...

How many news corporations exist in the USA now? Three?

Freedom of speech isn't about being allowed to swear in public, it's about being able to receive unfiltered information, not get brainwashed and forming your own opinion - as every citizen in a democracy is supposed to do.

I agree that the media in the States has become borderline propoganda and no longer really reports the news, and when it does it reports opinions more than facts. But that doesn't speak to the presence of some type of blockade on freedom of speech. If you want to speak out against the president or a religion, you can.

And I wasn't saying that being able to swear is freedom of speech. I was saying that being able to swear is a form of freedom, period. I don't know how you can even begin to disagree with that.

MattDP wrote: In a serious point I do indeed swear in front of my children, although I've managed to so far avoid the f-word and I certainly don't swear in front of other people's children. I taught my eldest that certain words are ok to use at home, but not at school or in front of other people because some people think they're very rude and would be offended, and we shouldn't swear out of respect for their opinions. She seems perfectly happy with that, and it's pretty much what I believe and how I behave.

That's exactly what I meant (I was definitely referring to other people's children -- I really don't care what people do around their own children). So you get a plus +1 for Character from me.