It's ok to swear according to CNN

mellowyellow said:
I took great lengths to refrain from swearing when raising my two girls, but even though they don’t swear in my company now they are adults, I know they both swear like troopers in normal conversation. So why did I bother? :)
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LOL mellow.....OH I can so relate.. I have 2 girls and I threatened them they would have to pay me $5 every time they used the f word. They never did at home. Now they are both on their own and use it when they feel it is appropriate :D
 

Rosemarie said:
Using bad language is appropriate when the occasion demands it, but we mustn't make it the norm. Too many children are using the 'f' word because they think it makes them seem grown-up and 'with it'.
Decent society is already being eroded, we must fight to stop the rot going any further.
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I agree kids think it makes them look very grown-up. It is so commonplace now it has lost 'shock value' and does not have the same impact it used to.
I never liked the f word but was ok with hell and damn. I remember in college telling my boyfriend those were the only 2 curse words he could use around me...😄

Then after I was married and my children moved away I VERY rarely used the f word with my husband just to let him know how VERY seriously I felt about something..I think I used it maybe 5 times my whole life...

I did start using the word s*it when really upset and think nothing of it now...interesting how we change over time...:D
 
I let one go occasionally, like when I smash my finger with a hammer, always at myself or an object, never at someone else. In 42 years of marriage, I have never even once hear my wife swear, but both of our grown kids are pretty free with their swearing, not sure where they got that from. In the case of our oldest son, he was married twice, both of his wives were foul mouthed, the first one a little, the last one so much it was disgusting. The youngest is still single.
 

Before I even considered studying psychology in grad school I read something interesting about swearing. Not only does the act release a lot of stress which I'm sure we all would agree (well, probably not as there's always some disagreeable %&#!!), but the actual formation of sounding those words helps let go of physical tension.

When I was just a little guy my favorite swear word was (get ready for this one), POO POO MEOW! Said with serious conviction.

My mom's favorite swear word was, OH SUGAR.

Maybe it's because I grew up with a Navy father but I swear like a drunken sailor. :rolleyes: (of course never in polite company . . . :ROFLMAO: )
 
CNN is the 'news' network where one of the commentators asked this question:

Where does it say that protest has to be peaceful?"

Apparently, having an 8th grade knowledge of the Constitution is not a requirement for working at CNN.
 
Depends on your definition of "peaceful." There is nothing in the Constitution against people yelling at each other, having a verbal argument. Yet, this could hardly be called peaceful. But it's one of our First Amendment rights.

Violence is another thing.
 
Showtime has a series running called "City On A Hill" and the dialogue is saturated with the F word to the point that is distracts from the plot.
 

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