While I value your input into that word being an opinion, my problem lay in the AMOUNT of times I'd hear it a day.Leon Declis said:Can I just...imperialwar said:Political Correctness: nope sorry you can leave the room now thanks, it's my opinion and I will express it. If that offends you, then you can express that too. Doesn't mean I will change my opinion or the way I present it. Not everyone has to agree on everything.
The "C" word. I used to hear it so much at my former work from the indigenous population here, that I used to get down eye to eye with them and tell them it was against my religion to even hear that word. You'd be surprised how effective that was.
So, you're free to express anything you want, from racist to sexist to unpopular decisions, but if someone says "****", you have a problem with that?
Seems a bit contradictory.
That said,
"Swearing is the sign of a small vocabulary"
I fucking hate it when people spout this crap; for fuck's sake, swearing can be used for dealing with many shitty situations; like when you're dealing with a ****, someone is being a twat or an absolute shit, or when you're just dealing with the cum-stain of humanity.
Don't bloody act like you're the shit because you don't swear; bad vocabulary is not fucking swearing, bad vocabulary is when people say "Yeah, bruv, like, tots, yeah, I tots respect ya, blud, bruv, you know." That's fucking bad vocab, now piss off.
I too understand the value of swearing in language. It wasn't until I was a bouncer that I used "fuck" as much as I do now. It's such a flexible word in that environment / work place.
A lot of things that fall under the "PC" banner have already been covered by basic manners in my opinion.
One more that popped up just now flicking through some of articles here: Is "so and so" over rated. Sorry ? When's the last time you did anything worthy of the annuls of history ? Yes, I know, it's your opinion, sigh..