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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
I don't have a strong opinion on it either way.
It is funny how some of the same people who complain about soft, newer generations apparently think it's too much for 11 year olds to hear "****" at a football camp.
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Words are a funny thing. We have words that we aren't supposed to use, but words themselves are meaningless. It's the definition and intent behind them. If I use the f-word are s-word or the l-word (assuming there's such a thing as an l-word) in front of a kid, and they don't know the meaning, then it's just an exclamation. It's not harmful.
But the meaning behind words is powerful. If I use the Queen's English and tell the kid that he's a worthless bag of bones who will never amount to anything, I suspect I would do more damage than using the F-word to describe hitting my thumb with a hammer.
I suspect that curse words once had a powerful meaning that was inherent in the word. But few if any curse words really retain those meanings in common vernacular in the modern world. So is it time to unleash them onto the children? Maybe Marshawn is a cutting-edge thought leader.