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Originally Posted by Eric
No, I'm not saying, or even implying, that there is any fault in finding certain words offensive, any more than finding "Life of Brian" or cartoons of the prophet offensive. What is funny to some is offensive to others. If my buddies and I are sitting in front of the big screen watching hockey, the language tends to what some call "bad." But ... c'mon .... a bunch of guys watching hockey and drinking beer. I do believe most people adjust their vocabulary to the circumstances ... this is merely polite behaviour, and I don't see anything wrong with holding back on the expletives in certain social situations. But this obsession with words sometimes seems to take up time which would be better spent focussing on behaviour.
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If a group of guys are sitting around and watching a hockey match or a football match and their language is somewhat ripe....and none of them find it offensive then it is OK......that is akin to the tap room of days gone by...men being men and enjoying banter, but when men are in a public area where women and children are, and they do not adjust their language to accommodate the sensitivities that MAY exist within these groups...then that is bad manners.......and the fall in standards of language seems to have gone hand in hand with a lowering of acceptable behaviour.....rowdyism, vandalism etc.
Foul language is intimidatory, whoever is using it is defying good manners, and in the main, good taste.