Article View: hfx.general
Article #308Re: Why Do People Have To Curse & Swear?
From: ResQtech
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:47
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:47
28 lines
2874 bytes
2874 bytes
On 11 Dec 2003 16:09:03 GMT, gman99@NewsReader.Com (gman99) wrote: >"Christine Davison" <Christine Davison@Eastlink.ca> wrote: >> I had this boyfriend for awhile who would swear in a loud voice over the >> littlest things (often in public), and sometimes at the kids. He would >> justify doing it by saying it was normal, and that I was being too >> sensitive. We were in a treelot and he swore <F@#^> very loudly over >> something very small. I ended up leaving him over it. Swearing can be an >> insensitive, aggressive expression of anger. > >That's only because that's what someone else told you or you learned. Being >offened by language / pictures / whatever is learned. Would you be offened >if someone swore at you in a language you didn't understand ? Duh,,, how would she know????? LOL! > >I grew up in the north end...very used to colorful language. Language does >not offend me, I know it offends some people and if I don't know my >audience I'll err on the side of caution if it suits me (business dealings >/ girl friend's relatives...etc). When I stub my toe the word 'poop' does >not come to mind !! So you only swear around folks you are not trying to impress? Cause you don't want them to think you are.....? > >It was the way I was brought up...I use very colorful language a lot of the >time...just who I am.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<27bhtv8v42djbee1p5p4q2q1g5vheq5ku0@4ax.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mailReferences:
<W4QBb.117272$PD3.5830934@nnrp1.uunet.ca> <UI_Bb.9357$IF6.436132@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> <20031211094707.632$Nm@newsreader.com> <g71htvk77pqjicgbfa0a8vl4karbm6ovah@4ax.com> <Vy0Cb.117444$PD3.5832924@nnrp1.uunet.ca> <20031211110903.208$F5@newsreader.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,1b02567551cff00 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: fbdd9,1b02567551cff00 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbdd9,public X-Google-Thread: f7b9c,1b02567551cff00 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7b9c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-11 09:47:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: ResQtech <resqtech@ns.sympatico.ca> Newsgroups: hfx.general,ns.general,ca.general Subject: Re: Why Do People Have To Curse & Swear? Message-ID: <27bhtv8v42djbee1p5p4q2q1g5vheq5ku0@4ax.com> References: <W4QBb.117272$PD3.5830934@nnrp1.uunet.ca> <UI_Bb.9357$IF6.436132@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> <20031211094707.632$Nm@newsreader.com> <g71htvk77pqjicgbfa0a8vl4karbm6ovah@4ax.com> <Vy0Cb.117444$PD3.5832924@nnrp1.uunet.ca> <20031211110903.208$F5@newsreader.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:47:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.177.49.16 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aliant.net X-Trace: ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca 1071164825 142.177.49.16 (Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:47:05 AST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:47:05 AST Organization: MPowered-Subscriber