Today while on the bus back home, I overheard a conversation by a bunch of JC students. What caught me wasn't the details of the conversations, but rather the language used in the conversation. I kept hearing.. "What the **** lah!"
I was shocked! Vulgarities seems to have become a norm for everyone! How come everyone is using it like nobody's business??
We may not see it as something big, probably just a way of destressing or ventilating our emotions. But BE CAREFUL! Today when you get angry, you let loose and vulgar words fly out.... In future, when we get so used to vulgarities and never exercise control and restrain, the thing that lets loose when we get angry would be our fists, throwing punches like a lunatic and getting into all sorts of trouble.
Funny? May not happen to you? Think again... check out some famous soccer celebrities whom didn't know how to exert self control or anger management...
Example A: WAYNE ROONEY punches a soccer player in the eye after a provocation about his girlfriend.
Example B: ZINEDE ZIDANE headbutted Marco Materazzi in the World Cup Finals 2006 and was red carded.
Example C: PAUL GASCOIGNE beating up his wife in the period when he was slumped in alcoholism.
CONSEQUENCES: Shame. Famous for the wrong reasons. Disgraceful.
The same thing can happen to us too. So think twice before you blurt out any vulgar words. Learn to exercise self control. It will do you alot of good in the long run.
You dun need vulgarities to have fun!
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what a coincidence of me coming across this blog. i've recently been thinking about this topic as well. vulgarities are becoming part of normal conversation to lots of people. friends calling each other "bitches". i got the impression that these people (especially youngsters) find it to be cool if they say these words often. is it because they feel empowered when they say these words?
i have to admit i do swear using the f*** word but i don't use it on daily basis and when i do swear, i won't broadcast it so people around me can hear it as it's embarrassing to curse/swear.
the story of people get assaulted triggered by one of the party swearing is common nowadays. i remember reading newspaper article about this guy who got out of his car (in the middle of the road), went over to a lady driver who just swore at him, pulled her out of her car and bashed her up in public.
how sad is that.
Hi mejj, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Yupz, I agree with you.. it's something which bothers my heart alot in seeing youths especially sucking in the wrong kind of culture and thinking it's "cool" to use vulgarities! Gosh!
With Internet highly becoming part of our lives, our "ventilations" even have the capability of spreading worldwide! I stumbled across many blogs recently which curses and demeans others.. Now that's almost equivalent to physical assault.
Yeah, its saddening. But I am determined to do my part and start by influencing the youths and people around me. =)
Thanks again for sharing. May I know who you are? If it is ok with you, please drop me an email @ stargazer20736@yahoo.com. Hope to hear from ya mejj!
i think there is a constant blurring of usage of these words. For example when my really close friends call me "bitch" as a form of addressing me, i don't find it offensive as there is a general consensus that we didn't mean the negativity part of the word when we say it. In effect, it becomes an "endearing" word precisely because we know that we will not get angry with each other for calling one another that. On the other hand, if a stranger or someone i'm not close to, were to call me that, i would feel really offended. So it really depends on how u look at the language u use. Of course "stronger" vulgarities are definitely out of the question!
Huh? Doesn't that mean that you have gotten numb to the word "bitch"?
So the fact that both are good friends and understand it is out of teasing, fun or endearing... Does that make it OK to call each other such crude names? Hmm... I think maybe you have accepted it as a cultural norm.
My personal stand is that whether strangers or friends, we shouldn't be calling each other crude names no matter how endearing it may be.
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