profanity and censorship. Options

[ApoKa]

why is profanity so bad? the only reason we have the label "profanity" is because people choose to use them negatively. the f word really means sex, or something related. it was never meant to be taken on a negative light. the derogative f word (the one insulting sexual orientation) really wasnt supposed to be considered an insult. it was just meant to classify someone as gay, the same affect as the word "homosexual". now it is considered a bad word. personally, i dont see anything wrong with profanity. do you?

[InfamousOwen]

The censorship of profanity and nudity are for the same reason. And it all goes back to up bringing. As kids we naturally copy what we see and hear. Thats how we learn everything basically. We either copy or through trial and error. So if a younger child who doesnt really have a grasp on right and wrong sees someone with no clothes on they will copy them out of, I hate to say instinct but its the best word I can think of. Same goes for profanity, which is more towards degrading words than towards offensive, for me at least. Once kids get older they rebel and thats when the cenorship works against parents. It is a double edged sword.

Profanity is like everything else in the world. It all depends on your personality. Profanity doesnt bother me but at the sametime I try not to use it. Someone once told me that if you have to rely on those types of words it shows your lack of a vocabulary as well as other things.


I think my post is too big lol <remembers the thread about large posts and no one really reading them>