You think your school district is oppressed? Think again.

[beaner692]

Re: You think your school district is oppressed? Think again.

What if the teacher stubbs his/her toe and whispers "Ahhh f***"? If the students could hear it, would he/she get fined as well?

hahaha

[Squeek]

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Sorry Chrissi.

Next time, I'll use 'fiddlesticks'.

I only "translated" what she wrote. There's no use for expletives at all. Just "I got it wrong" is sufficient.

For example, just now I bumped my elbow on the fridge after closing the door. It hurt a lot. I didn't say anything because there's no reason to say anything. I know how much it hurt. No need to let others know.

I consider words that the FCC deems "un-airable" to be words not to be muttered in a classroom setting, ever. I consider words that bump a movie from PG to PG-13 to be unacceptable in a classroom setting. This, of course, is completely irrelevant when quoting or reading from a text.

[wickedawesomeful]

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My science teacher thinks "darn" is a curse word. He gets really pissed if you say it.

[Chrissi]

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I just ask you this: What's so bad about certain words that make them unutterable?

Is there something inherently bad about the sounds they make?

Is it their intent? Because there are other words with the same intent.... "darn" is generally identical to "damn" but the former is considered less offensive than the latter. Why?

"Butt" is identical to "ass" except that "ass" can also mean donkey...

I'm just saying these things to try to debunk the "it's the intent" side. There is the same intent with many other words. So why are these ones bad?

Is it because society tells you they're bad? If so, did you ever one day wake up and not want to be a sheep anymore?

I just can't understand why some people find one word "better" than another. I mean, I think the "darn vs damn" example makes it clear. Why is darn more acceptable than damn?

[wickedawesomeful]

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It's because of the way they are used.

[Chrissi]

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It's because of the way they are used.

How delightfully vague.

Wouldn't that mean that no matter what word you replaced it with, if you are saying it with the same tone, it's just as offensive?

But that's not what we find to be the opinion of the population. Certain words are just never to be said, no matter how politely. But then some words are okay to say, even angrily.

[meiloyn]

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Sorry Chrissi.

Next time, I'll use 'fiddlesticks'.

I only "translated" what she wrote. There's no use for expletives at all. Just "I got it wrong" is sufficient.

For example, just now I bumped my elbow on the fridge after closing the door. It hurt a lot. I didn't say anything because there's no reason to say anything. I know how much it hurt. No need to let others know.

I consider words that the FCC deems "un-airable" to be words not to be muttered in a classroom setting, ever. I consider words that bump a movie from PG to PG-13 to be unacceptable in a classroom setting. This, of course, is completely irrelevant when quoting or reading from a text.

Speaking when you get hurt or mess something up is an automated action. Most people don't think about what they are saying.

To people who swear, "I got it wrong" sounds empty. All it needs is a "Damn" in front of it, and it portrays your emotion more accurately. (And of course this is done automatically) For people with shorter tempers (such as myself), "I got it wrong" rarely goes without a "damn".

[Silver_Brian]

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It's not until a time like this that one realized how versatile a word like f*** really is.

[Chrissi]

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It really is. You can use it for emphasis, anger, insult, love and sex, flippance...... so much more.

[wickedawesomeful]

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How delightfully vague.

It's because society began using them with malignant intent, and they became vulgarities. There used to be nothing wrong with "bitch," "ass," etc., they all had other, non vulgar meanings. By using them as vulgarities, society has made them so.

[Squeek]

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Speaking when you get hurt or mess something up is an automated action. Most people don't think about what they are saying.

If you're swearing every time you get hurt without thinking, that's just proof that you have nothing better to say to the point that swearing has become a subconscious action.

To me, that's worse than throwing in f-bombs every two words.

[purebloodtexan]

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My science teacher thinks "darn" is a curse word. He gets really pissed if you say it.

.......That's incredible. Even with this crazy rule passed, that's incredible.

Maybe we're crazy liberals up here in Canada.....

I'm thinking that liberals are exactly what we need at this moment. Not to get rid of the crackdown on profanity, but the citation situation.

And again, Squeek, some of us think that profanity is necessary in some situations. If we use the replacement words that you spoke of, not only is the entire school corrupt enough to judge you based on the way you speak, but it just doesn't feel like you're expressing yourself properly. For example, I for one think that profanity should be forgiven (Or not taken so harshly) if you stub your toe and you need a good interjection. If you should allow any vulgar language, atleast allow that in some cases.

Maybe I'm a bit to extreme on my language views, but a simple cussword? They put more unecessary effort into this than they put in ending gang violence in our school.

[Chrissi]

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It's because society began using them with malignant intent, and they became vulgarities. There used to be nothing wrong with "bitch," "ass," etc., they all had other, non vulgar meanings. By using them as vulgarities, society has made them so.

You seem to have the right idea. But realize that just because society says so doesn't mean you have to treat it that way.

It's stupid, isn't it? Certain words being unsayable and offensive no matter the context? I think the context is what matters, not the word. The intent and context. Not which words are chosen to relay your intent.

Saying "society says so" shouldn't be equivalent to "I say so".

[meiloyn]

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Personally, my idea of actual words that should be forbidden would be anything racist or degrading. Everything else, including the F word, can stay.

Ironically, people seem to use the N word (I don't like to say it myself) as a name for calling a friend playfully, when the word started out as an insult.

So words that started with a harmless meaning such as 'ass' are moving into the offensive, and insults are moving into the accepted terms. :/

[wickedawesomeful]

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I agree with meiloyn.