Swearing

SailorSam

pupsicola wrote: »

Then why do you take such offence to language that is used by a huge number of the population? Maybe not ideal to use it in front of children, though if they dont hear it from their parents, they would hear it going on around them anyway. You cant wrap kids in cotton wool, if you do it doesn't prepare them for the real world in my view.

So what are you saying, we should do away with censorship ? When you go the cinema they should do away with the age restrictions and let kids into see anything. Heaven forbid we try and protect our kids and keep them wrapped in cotton wool. They're going to see these things anyway when they get older.

Tropez

SailorSam wrote: »

So what are you saying, we should do away with censorship ? When you go the cinema they should do away with the age restrictions and let kids into see anything. Heaven forbid we try and protect our kids and keep them wrapped in cotton wool. They're going to see these things anyway when they get older.

Censorship and age restrictions are not the same thing.

victory

My son always says to me say toffee mum:rotfl: don't know where he got that idea from but if I look as if I am about to swear he always pipes up 'toffee mum, say toffee'.

My eldest swears at the xbox and we tell him often not to, we don't swear in the house, in the town centre where I live, not one person seems to be able to mutter a sentence together without it being full of swearing.... my OH says it is because they cannot think of any words other than those.

My youngest would not dream of swearing in the house, my OH does at work when things go wrong but he does not do it in the house, I do when things go wrong, it is not a nice thing to hear.

SailorSam

Tropez wrote: »

Censorship and age restrictions are not the same thing.

Don't we have censorship 'cos the general feeling of the people is something is unsuitable for some groups to see and hear. Well swearing should be seen the same, if i'm out with a gang of mates and want to swear like a trooper that's fine, but if other people are around it may be inappropriate.

Orlando_Virgin

pupsicola wrote: »

Then why do you take such offence to language that is used by a huge number of the population? Maybe not ideal to use it in front of children, though if they dont hear it from their parents, they would hear it going on around them anyway. You cant wrap kids in cotton wool, if you do it doesn't prepare them for the real world in my view.

That's ridiculous. "Maybe not ideal" to use it in front of children? It's just not right in any way shape or form. There's a fine line between wrapping kids in cotton wool and not making an effort to swear in front of them.

When I have kids I will never swear in front of them, but I'm also not stupid enough to not realise they will hear swear words when they go to school, with mates etc. etc. It's about making them realise when it's disrepectful/inappropriate to do so.

BitterAndTwisted

Swearing in front of children is bad enough but actually swearing at them is completely beyond the Pale in my opinion. I suspect some parents would be shocked at quite how frightening it is to be talked to/at in such a way.

My own parents never used foul language in front of us, not even in anger, although I learned a fair few euphemisms over time.


And yes, about this particular subject, I acknowledge that I am a snob. And I'm not ashamed to admit it, either.

Orlando_Virgin

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Swearing in front of children is bad enough but actually swearing at them is completely beyond the Pale in my opinion. I suspect some parents would be shocked at quite how frightening it is to be talked to/at in such a way.

My own parents never used foul language in front of us, not even in anger, although I learned a fair few euphemisms over time.


And yes, about this particular subject, I acknowledge that I am a snob. And I'm not ashamed to admit it, either.

Me too then. If I hear any of my mates swear around a kid, elderly, woman or in a public place where they can be overheard by any of them I ALWAYS say "watch your language"

We all do it by mistake but everyone of us always puts our hand up and ssays "my bad"

Makes me cringe.

Person_one

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Swearing in front of children is bad enough but actually swearing at them is completely beyond the Pale in my opinion. I suspect some parents would be shocked at quite how frightening it is to be talked to/at in such a way.

My own parents never used foul language in front of us, not even in anger, although I learned a fair few euphemisms over time.


And yes, about this particular subject, I acknowledge that I am a snob. And I'm not ashamed to admit it, either.

My parents relaxed a bit once we were teenagers. They aren't foul mouthed, but they don't faff about saying sugar if they stub their toe!

marisco_2

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I suspect some parents would be shocked at quite how frightening it is to be talked to/at in such a way.

This is what was going through my mind when I witnessed all this going on this morning.

mazza111

Hate the thought of swearing at children.

The sound this morning from my wonderful neighbours, was Fkin stop it ya wee bastid They go and park their car in their garden because it's a heap of poo, then the kids get it for wanting to play in it. Sad gits!!

I have to admit I do swear, probably more often than not, never the c word though, I hate that word with a passion And normally it's the aris word that gets used, usually to describe the pain I'm in after my physio