Rules? Rules, you ask? I'll give you the rules!

Johnneylee Rollins johnneylee.rollins at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 18:59:02 UTC 2010


On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are no such things as "Bad Words".
>
> They don't exist, never have, never will.  Its people who "think"
> certain words are bad, and often these "opinions" of what are or are
> not bad aren't universally accepted.  What is considered a bad word in
> one part of the world is just fine in another, and vice versa.
>
> Certain words only have the power to offend because people "let them"
> have that kind of power.  If you choose not to let certain words have
> that kind of power over you then they'll just become harmless words.
> Words cannot hurt you unless you let them.  Don't let them hurt you by
> refusing to acknowledge that they have the power to do so.  If you do
> that nothing anyone can say will faze you ever again.
>
> And, if someone complains about you using those words just tell them,
> "Bad words really don't exist, its just all in your head."
>
You might have a point, if so, can you please explain profanity and
the words deemed as such? I'd love to hear it. : )

~SpaceGhost




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