I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing people cuss in everyday life. Apparently its no longer limited to sailors it now includes, waiters, tellers, public service employees, so-called Christians, etc. I don't want to hear it. I have started a crusade to put an end to the filthy talk. I have created a group on Facebook for Facebook users. I believe we ought to follow the Apostle Paul's admonition in Ephesians to not allow any filthy or unwholesome talk procede from our mouths. I have always believed that what is in the Well will come up in the bucket. Cussing is a red flag. It is a symptom of a bigger problem in a person's life. So join me in this crusade. What can you do? Make a pledge to refrain from using cuss words. Lovingly suggest other people not cuss in your presence. If you are in a place of business and an employee cusses, tell them you are offended. You may even need to speak with a manager. If we do not take a stand against cussing then in a few short years it will be a part of every conversation. Don't believe me? Have you noticed how television shows on network tv no longer bleep out certain words? A PG-13 movie can be filled with cussing. Our culture is changing and I will not stand idly by. Edmund Burke once said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men to nothing." I refuse to do nothing. I will do something no matter how small a difference it makes or even if it makes no difference at all!
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I'm not as offended as you are by cussing but I do have a couple of pet peeves. First is cussing in lyrics. Why some people have to cuss while they sing, I'll never understand. The other is when someone says they're offended by cussing but use substitutes. For instance, they won't use God as an exclamatory but gosh is okay. Don't shout Jesus unless you leave off the "us". They disapprove of damn but darn and dang are acceptable. The list goes on and on even into the big four letter words. It seems to me that if the emotion behind it is the same, you haven't changed anything. Having said that, I agree with what my Grandmother once told me. People who are constantly cussing must have a very limited vocabulary.
Dutch this is another problem I have...if it offends us or bothers us in one setting but not the other? So in song lyrics it doesn't make sense, but it does make sense in everyday conversations???
I do agree that slangs/substitute cuss words are corny. It is a placebo for vulgar or more offensive language.
Our standards have been lowered over the years. Things that were not tolerated 5-10 years ago are now widely accepted. I am not suggesting we create a new Geneva and cacoon ourselves. I am most frustrated with so-called Christians whose lifestyle reflects nothing of Christ and everything of the world. We are called to be set apart, different. I am working on that in my own life and desire to make changes. I also pray that others would be convicted.
I lived a very sheltered life around here. Then I joined the military. Oh, the language. I had never heard most of the words that were burning my ears. "Not to say that all military is that way." I am blessed today to own my business and be the only one, so I don't have to hear the language all the time. We had a discussion in my youth group a couple weeks ago about this same subject as we were discussing the 10 commandments. We talked about the obvious and then the OMGs. They were in agreement. They also brought up some other ways that I had not considered and was convicted on my part as well. Much of our slang can date back to trying to say the bad word in another way without actually saying the word itself. It still comes out of the same heart though. Good post.
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