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(note: profanity in the article)

My take for some years now has been thus: I'll start cussing when people will stop being upset if I do and when other people will stop being upset that I don't.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

I've been out of the game too long. Like, up at scout camp, you had to be 'on' 24 hours a day, and you can't go 'off' (especially not around Mormon kids). And after camp, I was around the kids all the time. I didn't want to swear around them. Most of my cousins got kids--------------I know they've all heard foul language, but they shouldn't have to hear it from me.

Well, I guess as long as Paper Mario isn't mentioned this is fine. Lol.

Anyway, cursing is the least of our worries in politics. Ideally we'd encourage clean language, but this is a problem near the bottom of the list, and one of the few that's an issue in every party, unfortunately. And it's more of a cultural problem than anything, really.

I remember when it was shocking to hear damn or crap on TV as a kid. Now there's quite a bit of filth allowed. There was a show on Nickelodeon, can't remember the title but it was like a desert summer camp drama for kids, I guess, and one of the said damn and I couldn't believe it, on Nickelodeon of all things. I'd heard worse of course elsewhere, everywhere from movies to the playground, but still.

The thread is a bit outdated but for a large part, I believe that the language politicians use is indicative of the society that we are living in. I mean, now to all sorts of profanity we have become insensitive, so how can we expect them to be polite when we are not? I do understand that though, it is still refreshing to witness some level of civility from public figures.

derony88 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:55 am

The thread is a bit outdated but for a large part, I believe that the language politicians use is indicative of the society that we are living in. I mean, now to all sorts of profanity we have become insensitive, so how can we expect them to be polite when we are not? I do understand that though, it is still refreshing to witness some level of civility from public figures.

I don't necessarily disagree, but in principle they're supposed to be our leaders, so it'd behoove them to have some decorum. But practically speaking, you're probably right.

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