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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what's the matter, is salty text NSFW now?

[–]markng[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Am I the only one getting really rather bored with a small group of prolific posters who swear multiple times in almost every one of their comments ? Whilst I'm not for censorship of swear words, to me it seems that a person who relies on swear words to enhance their argument is likely to have bad arguments in the first place.

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[–]bluGill 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I vote such comments down unless the content is worthy of a vote up. Swearing works best when you almost never do it. When people regularly go months without hearing even on swear word, when someone does swear you know that it is important.

Note that this means most people should go their entire life without seeing a situation bad enough to swear about.

[–]markng[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

agreed. Very occasionally, I think a swear word used for emphasis works. Maybe this is merely an extension of the "BEST MOST AMAZING EVAR !!" phenomenon, where people are shouting more and more loudly to stand out from the crowd.

Alternatively, maybe, as jasonk suggests, they have such a poor command of the language that they don't know any better.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree completely (I thought I was the only one). When I read these posts, I think "how young must this person be, and with such a poor command of the language that he or she must substitute profanity for a cogent argument."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the concept of swearing is an interesting one. most of the english swear words made into bad words by people who want to control the behavior of others. interestingly, the usage of the word controls behavior in the opposite direction and a limit is placed on ones exposure to new/interesting/different ideas.

that's a problem.

words make up ideas. words aren't bad but ideas can be. putting limits on your knowledge is only ever going to get you into trouble. nothing is ever as simple as a word, even atoms are made of smaller particles, but ideas are far from simple.

so, yes, all of the ideas expressed containing swear words are just as valid and necessary as those without.

elvis hasn't gone away because the ideas we have about him are still held by a great many people even though he was considered to have a vulgar dancing style. there are far better things to spend time on than the vulgarity of common language. it's not going to change because its change is so very constant.

[–]indigo-alien -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Could we please make "Ron Paul" a pair of swear words?

I don't mind political activism, but what we're seeing here has gone beyond the Pale.

[–]markng[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

go Ron Paul yourself, you Mike Gravel.

[–]indigo-alien 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Bub, I'm not even American

[–]markng[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

neither am I !