Do You Mind Reading Items Containing The F-Word?
@AJ1952Chats (2332)
Anderson, Indiana
November 20, 2006 12:47am CST
I don't use the f-word, myself, and I think that it gets used a lot unnecessarily.
For instance, I don't care for "entertainment" such as by Shock Jock Howard Stern and Eminem who seem to think that you must be crude in order to be entertaining.
I would like to see the f-word--and, even more than that, extreme violence--not continue to be such a "must" in contemporary entertainment such as movies, music, video games, and stand-up comedy acts.
Having said all of this, I want to share a blog with you.
Be warned that the f-word and other profanity comes into play on several occasions, but these are the genuine expressions of the heart of a woman who has been hurt and discouraged so much during her life and who deserves so much better.
I would really like for you to meet her...
http://tinyurl.com/y4bw7p
3 responses
@AJ1952Chats (2332)
• Anderson, Indiana
23 Nov 06
Then, it definitely won't offend you to read what Jacqui has to say--though you might find the subject matter uncomfortable. One of her missions is to take the discomfort out of her subject matter--that is, to educate people about what people with her challenges go through in day-to-day life...
@AJ1952Chats (2332)
• Anderson, Indiana
22 Nov 06
That's good, because it definitely shows up in this blog, but what you find there is very worthwhile reading!
@zuri25 (2125)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I don't use that word either. I think I've said it less than a handful of times my whole life. One time I used it after my fiancee called me predictable, it caught him off guard, which is what I was going for lol. It does get used a lot. For the most part, I've gotten used to hearing it so it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. However, I speak up if someone says it in front of my daughter because she's at that "parrot" stage where she repeats everything she hears.
@AJ1952Chats (2332)
• Anderson, Indiana
22 Nov 06
Definitely not part of my vocabulary--though I used it a couple of times to shock my parents when we weren't seeing eye-to-eye on something when I was in my early twenties. My mom looked me straight in the eye and told me that this ugly word wasn't anything new to her--that she had seen it written on the wall of the outhouse of her two-room schoolhouse, so I was just cheapening my language and not shocking her.
Even back then, I didn't use the word--only did it a couple of times for shock and rebelion purposes, and I felt cheap afterwards.
However, I do know of some nice people who have this come up naturally in their vocabulary, and I don't think any less of them as friends in spite of it.
Hearing about your daughter reminds me of a friend telling me about her cousins' little girl. It seems as if the girl didn't say all of her sounds right, and her "tr" sounds became "f" sounds.
For instance, a train became a fain and a tree became a fee. So they told Joyce that they were going to identify an 18-wheeler to her as a semi.
