For me it tends to be the environment im in, I dont swear in front of
my family, but when I was at Uni age I used to hang around with a lot
of squadies and thus picked up a lot of bad habits, so now if im in an
envrironment where its tollerated then it just comes out,

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:30:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Language today
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I guess you don't listen to hip-hop :)

Tell 50 Cent that his lyrics will be just as effective
without using that kind of language. I must admit I
listen to him a lot and pray I don't talk like that in
front of my kids.

-sm

--- Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

wrote:

> What is it with people today? I'm listening to
> people I work with and they
> use language that years ago would not be considered
> appropriate, especially
> in a work environment. Then, when the 3 year old son
> of one of the owners
> comes in, the language does not change. When were
> the rules changed to allow
> 'curse words' into the vocabulary along side normal
> ones?
> I hear kids calling each other nigger, mother
> fucker, etc. When did these
> become terms of endearment? When did the rules of
> proper speech get thrown
> out? Was it when parents were stopped from washing
> their childrens mouths
> out with soap? And how does this excuse the adults?
> When did the rules
> change and why? (and more importantly, how can we
> change them back?)
>
>
>
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