RIP HIS ****ING HEAD OFF

[Braincase]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Braincase, if your kids have ever ridden a public school bus, they've heard far worse than anything you'll hear at a college football game.

Not an issue. Kids are within walking distance to elementary and junior high. By the time they hit high school, they'll be old enough for learner's permits, and my wife can always drop them off on the way to KU.

Guys, my kids have heard the words. They know what cuss words are, and they talk about the kids at schools that use bad language. Like I said, my kids are smart. We talk about it, and they know that my wife and I don't use that kind of language (around them), and that it's not acceptable.

Foul language is foul language for a reason. It's there, but just because they exist it doesn't mean you MUST use them. You talk about "freedom of speech", but that's a crock of it - there is nothing than can be expressed with cursing that can't be expressed without cursing. If you don't believe that, that's an issue with your own intellectual limitations and lack of linguistic creativity.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Braincase

they talk about the kids at schools that use bad language..

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Braincase

Not an issue. Kids are within walking distance to elementary and junior high. By the time they hit high school, they'll be old enough for learner's permits, and my wife can always drop them off on the way to KU.

Guys, my kids have heard the words. They know what cuss words are, and they talk about the kids at schools that use bad language. Like I said, my kids are smart. We talk about it, and they know that my wife and I don't use that kind of language (around them), and that it's not acceptable.

Foul language is foul language for a reason. It's there, but just because they exist it doesn't mean you MUST use them. You talk about "freedom of speech", but that's a crock of it - there is nothing than can be expressed with cursing that can't be expressed without cursing. If you don't believe that, that's an issue with your own intellectual limitations and lack of linguistic creativity.

Likewise, it's completely arbitrary that they are "foul" in the first place. COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.

[Braincase]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Likewise, it's completely arbitrary that they are "foul" in the first place. COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.

Social mores define the obscene. In one African community, the words you and I might look at as being obscene are the term even their doctors use to discuss medical maladies - the proper medical terms (that are accepted as part of any human sexuality class in the states) are the terms that define their foul language.

But if some 4 year old nephew came up to you and asked you where babies came from, I doubt you'd say "Well, your dad stuck his **** in your mommy's ****, and he ****ed her pretty good. He shot his *** and the little sperms fertilized the egg."

There are some words we can explain to kids pretty easily. "Crap" and it's variants are pretty easy, because we all become aware of feces at a pretty young age, like around 0. "Damn", "hell" and "ass" aren't too bad. Once we start breaking into any organ or term involved in the reproductive process, things can get complicated. I don't need to explain that stuff to a seven year-old, so I'd rather wait until a more appropriate time.