To curse or not to curse!!

In regard to the use of profanity.........I have a difficult time tolerating it on message boards.......I'm not into censorship, but there should be a bit of grace applied when sending messages to many people whom you've never met.

First, such language shows a lack of class. However, the complete disregard for the feelings of others, the sensitivities of children, etc., shows a lack of class in anyone who uses profanity in public. Second, it shows an inability to express oneself by using the English language. Expletives are a lazy way of substituting gutter language for the adjectives and adverbs that make our language colorful and powerful. Young people, realize this. It is not cool to cuss, and it shows no power. The only thing that is revealed by your use of profanity is ignorance!

"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one"

Although many are unwilling to recognize it, the use of profanity is a big deal. "Swearing" imposes both personal and societal penalties. For the individual user, it endangers relationships, discloses a lack of character, reflects ignorance as well as immaturity, and creates an overall bad impression. It often turns discussions into arguments and can lead to violence. Our reluctance to restrain our impulses and to make the effort to be polite is contributing to a coarser, less civil society."

It does not present a good impression for visitors, and I don't care to have to wade through some of it either. It is so common that many people do not realize how it reflects upon them.

Profanity is never necessary. It is a matter of not thinking in those words, and phrases. The use of profanity makes me cringe ......

Phrases such as........

The bitch is coming into heat (dog breeder lingo).

Get your ass out of my garden, it's eating my corn. (if you own a jackass that got into the neighbor's property).

Proper and fine when used in the right context, but context is everything.

Profanity is a crutch that people with a poor grasp of the English language and a lack of creativity use to make themselves feel better. The lengths that some go to to include implied profanity in message board posts makes one wonder why they don't spend that time & energy expanding their vocabulary. Laziness I guess.

Not that I'm guiltless of it but I do try to keep it to a minimum. There are enough descriptive words in the English language which will still get your point across.

Continued use of profanity on a public message board, could cause fence sitting members to shy away or simply unsubscribe, which would hurt our cause by making us appear to be the 'uneducated uncouth rednecks with a gun' image. With the political climate being what it is more effort is needed to polish the image of intelligent responsible citizens discussing the issues of our age.

Try to show a little class in your posts. Who wants to make someone look bad to their grandmother by making it sound like they're hanging out with a bunch of uneducated lowlifes? Or anyone else. Not me. Carefully chosen phrases can keep some of the lurkers here long enough to expand their knowledge base from some of the more knowledgable members.

"Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind trying to express itself forcefully" Like anything else, there is a time and place for everything. Cursing is simply a nasty habit.

Now, you will say to me "The First Amendment gives us the freedom of speech, but it only limits it to politics and creative arts. There are no real ways of determining whether a word is vulgar, because each person might not take offense to the same word or words.

Cursing is more of a moral issue. It’s actually annoying to hear profanity.