I don't think that "cussing" is a crime.
Our society has stigmatized profanities for a long time, but I feel that "swear words" have become a part of our common day talk.
Stub your toe, hate traffic, can't find a pencil. We don't react to these situations with a gosh darn, we put in a S*** or F***.
Movies, Music, TV Shows, Basic Conversation: All of these things are littered with profanity.
So why do we still treat something so common as so taboo in school and the workplace?
If we're a sociology classroom then we should respect the social existence of bad words in everyday life.
I don't think writing F*** necessarily makes something coloquial either. If my use of negative language is so "coloquial" then shouldn't half the kids writing in all lowercase letters with crappy (excuse me: poor) grammar be picked on?
I think that bad grammar is a bigger sign of laziness and disinterest in these blogs than a cuss word.
I understand that I have to tone down the S*** because these social standards still stand, and I may have overdone my limit for a school assignment...
Yet, let's face it: Swearing isn't going away.
So why the bad rap?
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2 comments:
Mary,
If you have to spellout the connection to sociology at the end of your post, then it is a pretty weak connection. Also - if you want to use slang expressions involving parts of the anatomy in your personal posts that is your choice, but on the ones for class I like you to be academic and intelligent, thanks.
Hey - it's me again. I know you are puting forth the effort - I could see it in your ideas and in the detail of your posts. I just want to encourage you to put the effort towards being witty rather than profane. Part of me worries that students just aren't taking the blogging seriously or that they doubt I am actually reading them but part of me worries that there is this general trend toward speaking and acting less intelligent in our society. Maybe it's because I heard this author speak about a new book called Age of Unreason by Susan Jacoby. Here is the link. Check it out:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=49328288#share
Let me know what you think.
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