Profanity as an important part of a culture and our daily life?
Every language or dialect ever studied, living or dead, spoken by millions or by a small tribe, turns out to have its own forbidden speech.
So, main questions are: Why mankind use bad words for hundreds and hundreds years? What magic profanities contain? Why people cannot stop using foul language? Is it an important part of a culture and daily life or its just a bad habit?
Yes, it's important
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No,it's just a bad habit
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Nowadays profanity is one of the most important aspect of our everyday life. 1. cursing can be an effective means of venting aggression and avoiding a potentially dangerous physical clash. 2. sweating is one of the best ways to reduce stress. Of course, it would be better and healthier if you went out and scream or play the piano. But what if person has not an ability to scream or play the piano? Should he keep his stress inside him or release it using several bad word? In my opinion second variant is preferable than first. So profanity is quite effective in this case. 3. profanity, especially F-bomb, not only reducing anger and pain but also signalize about strong positive emotion. As example, 'This is a big f... deal', or 'This was a big deal'. What will show off your emotions better first or second phrase? In my opinion, first one will be better among close friends. Side: Yes, it's important
There are a lot of other ways to vent anger and I'm sure you could scream other words to relieve stress and if you don't have the ability to scream then how can you swear it doesn't even relieve stress that well the best thing to do for stress is things that will benefit you like running or sports. There are thousands of words in our language I'm certain that you would be able to come up with you better and less crude words. Side: No,it's just a bad habit
Yes, I agree that every language have thousands and thousands of words but only (and I want to emphasize this fact) offensive words have weird effect on us. According to Richard Stephens, It [invective] taps into emotional brain centers and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain." Apparently, using some simple words, which does not contain so powerful emotional relief, won't help your vent aggression. Moreover, profanity "increased pain tolerance, increased heart rate and decreased perceived pain compared with not swearing". If your are interested in this fact, your can find more information on the scientificamerican website. Quotation retrieved from and http://www.scientificamerican.com/ Side: Yes, it's important
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I believe it's important as a means of emphasising your true feelings about a topic. I guess it's important in the same sense that shouting to show anger or speaking softly to show sympathy/empathy etc. is. It's just a lingual way of doing it rather than a tonal way. I do think however that swearing for the sake of it is uncalled for - the people that swear after almost every word when it adds nothing extra to what they're saying actually annoy me. Side: Yes, it's important
Profanity is important when talking about a culture. If we are to accept people as they are and the aspects of their culture then we should accept ALL aspects of their culture and not just the ones that suit us. The thing about "swear words" is that they are only offensive when a third party chooses to be offended. When I hurt myself and I scream out "FUCK" I am not trying to offend anyone nor should anyone take offense to what I have said. At the end of the day profanity should be accepted as part of a culture and not dismissed because some people find it offensive. Side: Yes, it's important
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yes, using profanes help us to feel great in stressful times, but it is very bad habits if person use it every time.... nowadays it is popular to teach kids to these words....Fortunately, kids do not understand the meaning of these words, but happily reproduce the "bad phrases" shocking others.... we cannot do anything with this... Side: No,it's just a bad habit
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Well, speaking about kids... Did I say a word about kids in Debates description? Yeah,I agree that we need to think about situation if it is appropriate or not for using foul language. Moreover,we have a head on one's shoulders and we, as a parents should realize that babies grasp words without understanding it's a meaning. And still who gave offensive meaning to "bad words"? We are. And why this word became offensive? Apparently, profanity means more than just a "bad words", which we are not allowed to use. Side: Yes, it's important
I don't really swear because it says in the Bible not to swear. Ephesian 4:29. If on accident I do swear at someone later on I feel bad when I said it to someone. Also those swear words are pretty harsh. In fact people in my school swear all the time in my high school. Every other word is the f word or the s word. If you also start swearing a lot then you will happen to get into a habit for saying those words over and over again. Side: No,it's just a bad habit
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We choose what words are offensive and which ones aren't. We choose them. But ultimately, they're just words. That's all. You don't have to have an offensive connotative meaning of a word made up in your head just because other people tell you to. Side: No,it's just a bad habit
Exactly! So, it mean that offensive words are part of our culture. It's a reflection of an oral tradition and a mirror into that culture’s fears and fixations. I'll use same link http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/ and one more link to emphasize that offensive words are part of cultural fixations. I've read 'The F-Word' by Jesse Sheidlower where author explain why word with 15th century German origins and original word’s root meant, ‘to move back and forth’ became a part of offensive language. Side: Yes, it's important
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Well, your only want to see negative aspects of swearing but there is an interesting point of view: profanity as a reflection of an oral tradition and a mirror into that culture’s fears. Quotations are retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/ "In some cultures, swear words are drawn mainly from sex and bodily functions, whereas in others, they're drawn mainly from the domain of religion," Dr. Deutscher said. In societies where the purity and honor of women is of paramount importance, he said, "it's not surprising that many swear words are variations on the 'son of a whore' theme or refer graphically to the genitalia of the person's mother or sisters." Among Christians, the stricture against taking the Lord's name in vain extended to casual allusions to God's son or the son's corporeal sufferings - no mention of the blood or the wounds or the body, and that goes for clever contractions, too. Nowadays, the phrase, "Oh, golly!" may be considered almost comically wholesome, but it was not always so. "Golly" is a compaction of "God's body" and, thus, was once a profanity. " Moreover, profanity shows off cultural standards of a nation and a particular person. So, isn't it interesting to know more about nation's cultural standards, it's fears and believes through foul language? Side: Yes, it's important
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I personally am disgusted by people who use foul language. Especially when people use cuss words like adjectives. I mean, c'mon! It's ridiculous. I've even heard young preteens that cuss every word just because they think it's cool or acceptable. It's disgusting! Side: No,it's just a bad habit
Apparently, this tendency appear not from nowhere. It was provoked by wrong attitude toward profanity. Everyone know the rule: "forbidden fruit is sweet". The more negative reaction profanity arose among society the more teenagers swear. And not because it's cool but because they want to rebel against everyone and everything, including language standards. So everything depends on society and how it's react on it [cuss]. Side: Yes, it's important
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