Long story short: I like to fucking say fuck. You don't like it? Don't talk to me. Easy as that. If Percy has a problem with it, he can suspend my account because I say fuck too much. I personally think you are making much ado about nothing.
BTW, I haven't said that profanity offends me. Pay attention to what I've written.
I am paying attention. You are the one making the biggest stink about it, therefor, you are making it obvious you have a problem with it.
That is my point. This forum is a mixed bag of gender, age, cultures, beliefs, lifestyles, etc. When debating we shouldn't assume an opponent knows all the same slang or even the same level of vocabulary that we do.
Normally, when you don't understand a term or phrase, you either ask what it means or look it up.
Why are you on the defensive? Are you unable to have an emotionally uncommitted discussion about your choice of words?
I'm not defensive. I think you read too much into what I am saying. You seem to be taking what I am saying personally.
Why did you choose the more emphatic word one time and not the other?
That's just it: I
don't use FUCK because it's more emphatic. I use it because it is a word in my vocabulary.
Your position has been they they are just words and while I agree they are words, words have meanings and project or elicit emotions.
And you expect me to assume to know how the lot of you are going to perceive what I say? Am I a mind reader?
You want me to believe that when you use profanity, you are not projecting any harsh emotions at your opponent or casting a harsh tone on your post.
You can believe whatever you want. I am saying that I am not projecting anything. Fuck is
just a word to me.
In your rather useless response you said you didn't feel like. This tells me that there is a feeling that goes along with the use of profanity. It may be stronger feelings for the subject being discussed, the opponent, events of the day, or all of the above. Different emotions are being projected than when using the more neutral word.
That is your opinion. You say it as though you speak for everyone. I've already made clear that fuck carries no more meaning that the word "fork" or "frig". I just like the sound of it more.
Look at what you and crash have done in this discussion. You've brought no facts or reasoning, just belittling bluster.
I've yet to belittle anyone. I am the one here defending why I say fuck and that is what I am doing: defending why I say fuck. As a matter of fact, I think you are the belittling one with your little "pay attention" remarks. But I'm not going to be a little prissy faggot about it and complain.
"What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof."-Hitch.
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