DemonKia
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Joined: 10/13/2007 From: Chico, Nor-Cali Status: offline
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FR, after continuing skim thru lol Okay, I'm gonna mostly skirt around the main thrust of the discussion that developed about saying 'Master' or whatever in public in favor of a rant that really caught my mind, sorta tangential. Make what ya will, ya will anyway, lol . . . . Swearing. Cussing. Naughty words. Bad words. Uh huh . . . .. I mostly try to be a good girl, but I like to swear. &, while I do try to exercise some restraint in, say, some family restaurant full o' ostensibly vanilla seniors & chilluns & etc, yeah, well . . . . . & I'm really bad about subject matter, mostly cuz I really don't give a flying fuck if the content of my conversation bothers ya too terribly much. Grow a mind, the cynicallest part of me sez . . . . . . & there's nuance, too . . . . . I raised chilluns & they don't swear & I was horrid about language, relative to some perspectives. On the other hand I used my full vocab on them & they were relatively sophisticated users of the language early & etc . . . . . When they hit school age we had many a very frank conversation that went something like this: If you swear at school they will not like it & you will get to deal with those repercussions. & they did. & now they're much better behaved adults than I was at their ages, lol . . . . . Anyways. Thru heroic effort of will & discipline, I managed to host a call-in talk-radio show on the local community radio (not NPR, the hippier alternative, lol), alternating Saturday mornings for 3 1/2 years. Two hours of carefully marshaling my full armoire of 'vanilla' gosh-golly-gee-whillickerisms every other week. & I couldn't talk about sex, & that's my favorite topic in the world. It felt like being in straightjacket. They'd like me back, but I'm only interested in doing an after-midnight show where I can be less-fettered, but after Janet's little nipple incident, they all freaked out & so . . .. . . Eh . . . . *shrugs* . .. . Limbo-land . . . .. For various reasons I've always had a strong interest & attachment to US Constitutional First Amendment & other free expression issues. & the restriction of language in particular has always bugged shit outta me. Language serves us, we are not its slaves. It evolves with us, shifting & changing, as adaptable as any other aspect of that most adaptable of critters, us . . . . . One of the most crucial aspects of free expression is the right to express the objectionable, with an important caveat; the tipping point for suppression seems most logically to be where the harm caused by the expression exceeds the harm caused by its suppression. A parallel case to this free expression caveat can be found in cannabis suppression, where an argument can be made that the harms of suppressing cannabis use & etc quite exceed & exacerbate the harms of cannabis usage. A similar argument can be made for prostitution. The question becomes where the lines of harm can be seen. I am devoutly of the belief that, in & of themselves, fuck-shit-piss-cunt-motherfucker-tits-cocksucker are not harmful. & the suppression of them carries a fair amount of inadvertent 'forbidden apple' appeal to those seeking to be naughty. Like kids. For instance, my kids didn't get much outrage mileage outta swearing, & generally backed down from any attempt at competitive shocking with me, lol . ... They all are quite reserved & polite when it comes to ribald bawdiness. I don't swear like a stand-up comedian all the time, & I also spend very little time in situations where I absolutely have to watch my language. & here's one o' the head-scratchers I always encounter when I attempt to 'police' my linguistic excesses: where does it stop? I truly find the notion that tits & piss are verboten to be ludicrous. Sorry. Not climbing on board that one. Naughty naughty me . . . .. . How about '69' or 'sodomy'? What about 'anal' or clitoris or vagina or breast or nipple or ???? All of these are potentially shocking, even obscene under that technical definition the FCC explains in the link, above . . ... I can support boundaries around the imposition of adult sexuality on children. There are significant harms possible both in suppressing & expressing sexuality with regard to the underage, & creating a 'safe space' for children to be children is a legitimate social concern. But naughty words, in & of themselves, do not rise to that level, certainly not as a priority that would divert energy & etc from, say, social supports aimed at suppressing physical, emotional, & / or sexual abuse. *Note: despite how it might read, I mostly don't advocate much of anything, giving advice can be a huge waste of time & non-negotiated, non-consensual orders is similarly futile. Opinion, mostly.
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