Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:32 pm
Do words hurt because they're "swear" words or do words hurt because they were said with malevolence? Some of the most hurtful words people have ever said to me never involved any profanity.
Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:24 pm
SpiraLethe wrote:Do words hurt because they're "swear" words or do words hurt because they were said with malevolence? Some of the most hurtful words people have ever said to me never involved any profanity.
They hurt because they were said with malevolence. Why else would they hurt?
Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:32 pm
I don't swear, so no.
Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:48 pm
Ammer wrote:SpiraLethe wrote:Do words hurt because they're "swear" words or do words hurt because they were said with malevolence? Some of the most hurtful words people have ever said to me never involved any profanity.
They hurt because they were said with malevolence. Why else would they hurt?
Well that's the point that was being mades. Words in themselves don't hurt, it's the motive behind their saying.
Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:40 pm
I picked sometimes.
Its more than sometimes, but not often.
I have a sufficient amount of control over what I say. So if I do swear, its around friends and classmates. Never younger children.
Its more than sometimes, but not often.
I have a sufficient amount of control over what I say. So if I do swear, its around friends and classmates. Never younger children.
Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:54 pm
I say swear words if they fit into the sentence. I don't go out of my way to swear to sound big, but I never found the point in cennsoring myself to say 'copulate' when another word would do just fine
Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:28 pm
Not as much as Igg ;P But I do my fair share of it.
Once, I was having a rather rough time, and I grabbed a notebook and wrote and wrote out this rant (5 and a half pages by hand, but only 2 in MS Word). Afterward, when I'd calmed down, I reread it. I'd used the "F" word (and it's varients) 13 times, and "GD" once. Hmm, I wonder what my favourite swear word is? =P
I'm also known to yell swear words at inanimate objects from time to time (then again, I've also been known to profess my love for the same objects at time too).
Once, I was having a rather rough time, and I grabbed a notebook and wrote and wrote out this rant (5 and a half pages by hand, but only 2 in MS Word). Afterward, when I'd calmed down, I reread it. I'd used the "F" word (and it's varients) 13 times, and "GD" once. Hmm, I wonder what my favourite swear word is? =P
I'm also known to yell swear words at inanimate objects from time to time (then again, I've also been known to profess my love for the same objects at time too).
Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:09 am
I swear. Yep.
I swear to myself, when no one's around. I don't swear in public.
But, I usually make up words, and replace the swears with them.
I swear to myself, when no one's around. I don't swear in public.
But, I usually make up words, and replace the swears with them.
Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:56 pm
Every day I inch closer to swearing in front of my dad. I doubt he would be impressed. 
Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:09 pm
Sapphire Faerie wrote:Not as much as Igg ;P
Casting aspersions...
Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:17 pm
Let me put it to you this way. I could make priests and nuns have heart attacks if they heard one of my conversations with my friends.
Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:57 pm
Ixistant wrote:Let me put it to you this way. I could make priests and nuns have heart attacks if they heard one of my conversations with my friends.
I could probably do that without swearing.
Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:48 am
I don't use bad language. It's disgraceful to the Lord.
Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:13 am
Yes, but not as much as I used to.
Mostly I just like having a big vocabulary. I try to come up with the most colorful language possible, just for kicks. Usually that doesn't involve swear words, but sometimes I'll throw a swear word in to indicate exasperation or something. And if I drop something on my toe, you can bet I'm going to swear.
Mostly I just like having a big vocabulary. I try to come up with the most colorful language possible, just for kicks. Usually that doesn't involve swear words, but sometimes I'll throw a swear word in to indicate exasperation or something. And if I drop something on my toe, you can bet I'm going to swear.
Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:27 am
shapu wrote:Kugetsu wrote:skizzy the wonder lizard wrote:words never hurt a damn thing. it is utterly ridiculous to pretend like they do.
Wow, just wow. That's utterly ridiculus.
I think Skizzy's saying that words we consider "swears" don't hurt anyone.
At least, that's what I presume.
that's exactly what i'm saying. i'm also saying that words only have the power to hurt when that power is given to them, not by the speaker or writer of the words, but the receiver.
i can call somebody names all day long, and they can either care that i'm throwing words at them or not. if they don't care, then my words aren't harmful at all. i'm powerless over them.
on the other hand, i can throw bricks at someone all day long, and whether or not they care, it's still going to hurt them. unless they're dead. i have full power over them.
why do we give swear words power? giving the words power takes away our power. which is why this censorship is wrong.
words AREN'T harmful. it's how you take in those words that can hurt feelings. so do yourself a favor and lighten up. if you don't get shocked when you hear a "bad" word or don't let your feelings get hurt if someone calls you dumb or something, then all words will be harmless to you and you'll have power over the words rather then them having power over you.
"mild" curse words make no sense to me. how is saying "fudge" any different from saying the f word? you're still inserting unnecessary words. you're still implying the "worse" word. and why are certain words considered milder than others? like "crap" versus the s word. it means excrement, no matter how you slice it. so who give a crap which word is used?