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Originally Posted by slayda
Yeah, when you mash your thumb, as in missing the nail and hitting your thumb, you need a nice long swearing phrase (mine is son-of-a-bitch) to get the emotion out. Short four letter words have to be repeated several times to be effective.
I obviously led a very shelter life when I was younger. I was 32 when at a "public" park they were having a dog show. Over the loud speaker they announced, "The showing of the bitches will be at two o'clock." I actually cringed, but it got me thinking. That was a perfectly legitimate use of the word. I decided there are no inappropriate words, just inappropriate circumstances and uses of words. Young people need to learn this. I wish I had learned it much earlier in life.
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That's pretty much the view I developed at a very young age. No word is necessarily off limits ... it's just a word after all. It's the intent behind the word ... if my intent was to shock the grownups, well, then that was just being rude. If my intent was to hurt someone, then that was just plain wrong. If a bitch means a female dog and I'm referring to a female dog, then what's the big deal???
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
How do they feel about Disney cartoons? After all, mice and ducks can't talk...
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Dennis
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Can't help but wonder how they would feel about those "Veggie Tales" cartoons that supposedly use talking vegetables to preach Christian values. The last time I checked, vegetables were pretty much all nonverbal.