Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 4914333)

You've got soooo much to learn about life.

You know how many lawsuits happen each year because of words?

Call some random woman a C and see what happens. Get in an altercation with a ghey and use the word Rump Ranger....use a racial slur with a coworker and get back to me on the results on the field test of your hypothesis.

Originally Posted by sfuria (Post 4914350)

This assistant fire marshall would fit right in with the morality police in places like Saudi Arabia. You know, those "religious" and 'holier than thou' type people in many arab countries that would rather see young school girls die in a burning building than let them escape because the girls are not properly dressed.

IMO, handcuffing and ticketing a person for saying a cuss-word is almost as drastic as letting little girls burn to death because their short skirts might be too much skin for some people.

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP (Post 4914387)

You're confusing the difference between a 'slur' and a general curse word. The F-bomb is gender, race and sexual-orientation neutral. It's an equal-opportunity obscenity. :)

Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ (Post 4914623)

In all seriousness, I have never heard an explanation as to why "f***" is even considered a curse word or a "bad word". What is so bad about it? Why do we shield our kids from it? Looking up the definition in the dictionary, there aren't any bad connotations from it. The only reason everyone on the board thinks its bad is because our parents or teachers told us that it was bad and we went along with it. There are a few other "curse" words that fall under this category and I have no idea why.

Originally Posted by Old Joke

A grumpy old man walks into a local First Baptist Church and says to the secretary, "I wanna join this damn church."

The astonished woman replies, "I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?"

"Listen up, dammit. I said I want to join this damn church!"

"I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in this church."

The secretary leaves her desk and goes into the pastor's study to inform him of her situation. The pastor agrees that the secretary does not have to listen to that foul language. They both return to her office and the pastor asks, "Sir, what seems to be the problem here?"

"There IS no damn problem!," the man says. "Looky here, I just won $200 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to join this damn church to get rid of some of this damn money."

"I see," said the pastor. "And is this bitch giving you a hard time?"

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 4914630)

?

Almost all curse words are associated with bodily parts or functions, just like ****.

Originally Posted by Sully (Post 4914654)

Anyone who is arguing that this is "okay" has now lost all right to ever accuse anyone of trying to make the world "politically correct." it's over. That term has no meaning to you at this point.


Also, I heard that what she actually said was, "Don't taze me, mother****er!"


This also reminds me of an old joke we've all heard or read... probably many times...

Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ (Post 4914670)

So why is "screwed" not a cuss word? Why is "crap" not a cuss word? They both refer to the bodily functions of the f-bomb and s*** in your example. So why are those words not censored and the other words are censored, even on Chiefsplanet?

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk (Post 4914691)

Which part is "okay"? Writing the ticket or deserving punishment? Arguing this is freedom of speech?

Originally Posted by Sully (Post 4914706)

It's NOT okay to write someone a ticket for cursing. It's not okay for the government to punish them for offending them. Hell, it's not even okay for someone to take it into their own hands and puch someone for cussing.

However, it would've been perfectly okay for Wal Mart to ask this woman to leave their property, or for the Fire Chief to simply ask her, and when she said no, walked away. The lady is **nty either way, but I don't think anyone should have the authority to say, "That word is not okay to use," unless they own the property and plan to ask the person to leave.

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk (Post 4914693)

No idea.

Why are boobies more dangerous than gunshots in films?

Originally Posted by Sully (Post 4914706)

It's NOT okay to write someone a ticket for cursing. It's not okay for the government to punish them for offending them. Hell, it's not even okay for someone to take it into their own hands and puch someone for cussing.

However, it would've been perfectly okay for Wal Mart to ask this woman to leave their property, or for the Fire Chief to simply ask her, and when she said no, walked away. The lady is **nty either way, but I don't think anyone should have the authority to say, "That word is not okay to use," unless they own the property and plan to ask the person to leave.