wirty dords.

I found this article online at http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=158837

I have wondered about this topic quite often and I am now motivated to actually write about it. My topic is basically this: Swearing, cursing, profanity, whatever you want to call it, should not be considered bad.

Through my many years of life Its become apparent to me that swearing has become part of my vocabulary. In part because at one time it was dangerous to swear and currently because darn and shoot just don't seem to cut it. I was doing some thinking and decided what's the big deal anyway, everyone does it and a relatively small portion of people I hang out with are bothered by it. As a generation I think that we are sophisticated and intelligent enough so that we have been able to overcome the taboo that is swearing. Now I guess society could be blamed but I'm not sure blame is necessary. If you consider that the Baby Boomer generation overcame the taboo of sex this is not a big deal. There is "sex" on television these days I say "sex" because it's usually implied. When I see two adults under the covers and at just the right time they cut to a new scene I generally get the idea that they had sex.

So I wonder, "What is so horrible about a few measly words?" No one gets upset if you scream out "ARRRGGG!" so why do they act so shocked if you drop the "f-bomb" (I have decided not to swear out of courtesy). If I could I would perform a study on this subject but I obviously don't have the time. The best I can do is theorize that if people would not be shocked by such language, there would be no such language. Yet I also believe that such a scenario is not likely to happen because, some one will always find a way to shock and disgust people whether or not by words alone.

This brings me to a perplexing question: "Why do humans get shocked in the first place?" Some might say it's because we are the only hyper-intelligent being on Earth or even the universe (that's another paper entirely). I'm not sure that I can accept that, when modern man was still in it's infancy, I don't believe we got shocked by anything that others may have, well, grunted or physically done. I think that this whole taboo around swearing came about because of the way we now live our lives. I believe that most people have something lodged in a very uncomfortable place and that they need to pull it out so that they can finally sit and relax. In other words people are too uptight these days.

So in a nut shell, I think that people should be allowed to socially swear without worry. I also believe that day will never come because when we can accept today's current profanity some one with just come up with more. And that in general people desperately need to relax and have a time to unwind.

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This subject was inspired by a conversation with a friend of mine.  To sum up the reading on this page, cursing was a form of witch craft.  However God himself and Jesus (I added that one) did it in the Bible.  Why don't Christians do it?  I know this sounds dumb, but still.  It's not witchcraft anymore (the kind I'm talking about)and I bet there were a lot of things that were considered such in those times.  And all it is is saying a few words.

But then again in the bible there are a lot of places where it says basically, to watch your tongue.  And, true the bible didn't really curse-no words are out of context that I've seen.    

Cursing is basically wishing misfortune on someone(the kind I am not talking about).

But what about saying "Fuck" when you spill lemon basil paint on your shoe?  It's just like saying "Darn".  And does that mean you burn eternally in hell just for mumbling it?  I was just thinking...