The quarterly 'Is swearing bad' thread

[Ricky Spanish]

Resorting to ad-hom.

You lose.

[~TW~]

Resorting to ad-hom.

You lose.

NO why don't you list the benefits of swearing.

               ~TW~

[wigginhall]

Not a benefit, but a reason, free speech.

[~TW~]

Not a benefit, but a reason, free speech.

 Well coming from you I would expect that,the problem with that is this type of free speech spoken in certain places could get you a free night in a police cell.So benefits none.

 ~TW~

[ad_orientem]

Resorting to ad-hom.

You lose.

NO why don't you list the benefits of swearing.

               ~TW~

Does there have to be? Anyway, I can think of at least one: in certain situations it enables people to let off steam without resorting to violence.

[BashfulAnthony]

That's the beauty of free speech:  it allows the nurds to say unpleasant things and justify it by bleating, "it's freedom of speech!"  Any freedom carries along with it responsibility;  and if that is ignored, then that freedom merely becomes licence for the irresponsible and uncouth.

[Shaker]

Resorting to ad-hom.

You lose.

NO why don't you list the benefits of swearing.

That's easily done.

1. It's fun - it feels good.

2. In the hands of a real master (i.e. someone really creative) it can be both funny and creative.

3. It reduces anger and stress.

4. It can reduce physical pain (I'm posting on my phone otherwise I'd provide any number of links to this effect).

[BashfulAnthony]

1. It's fun - it feels good.

2. In the hands of a real master (i.e. someone really creative) it can be both funny and creative.

3. It reduces anger and stress.

4. It can reduce physical pain (I'm posting on my phone ofherwise I'd provide any number of links to this effect).



1.  I may be fun to a certain, crude, type.  It may not feel so good to the listener, or the person on the wrong end of it.

2. It's never funny, except to morons. And to consider it creative rather demeans the concept of creativity.

3.  I think it equally likely to increase anger and stress, both to the swearer and to the listener.

4.  Rubbish!  It may engender a sense of satisfaction to the Neanderthal doing it, but not to those unfortunate enough to be in hearing,  unless they are equally dim.


I note that all your justifications show no consideration at all to those who may be in the hearing of the swearer, or may be on the receiving end.  Typically self-indulgent and unsympathetic. 

[ad_orientem]

BA, you're so far up your own arse. I bet you love the smell of your own farts as well, don't yer.

[BashfulAnthony]

BA, you're so far up your own arse. I bet you love the smell of your own farts as well, don't yer.

That's the pleasure of this forum:  it has so many cultivated and sophisticated posters  -  pity you're not one of them!   

[ad_orientem]

Ooooo! 

[BashfulAnthony]

Ooooo! 

Wow!  Brilliant repartee. 

[jeremyp]

they could for example be talking about far more important issues eg ISIS, pensioners who die every 7 minutes, starving babies, earthquakes and much much more!

What's wrong with you people?

I imagine we all pretty much agree that those things are bad. 

[Shaker]

1. I may be fun to a certain, crude, type.  It may not feel so good to the listener, or the person on the wrong end of it.

Don't assume that everybody else lives by your own uptight, narrow, pinched and prudish standards. It's not 1934 anymore and we don't all live in one of Harry Enfield's Mr Cholmondeley-Warner sketches.

2. It's never funny, except to morons.

I'm sure you know how much credence is given to argument by assertion, don't you? "Anybody with a screen name of BashfulAnthony is a moron." See how it works? 

And to consider it creative rather demeans the concept of creativity.

No it doesn't.

3. I think it equally likely to increase anger and stress, both to the swearer and to the listener.

You're hardly in a position to know, though, are you?

4. Rubbish!

Your usual attitude to evidence very much in play here, I see.

I note that all your justifications show no consideration at all to those who may be in the hearing of the swearer, or may be on the receiving end.  Typically self-indulgent and unsympathetic.

Don't judge everybody else by your own standards. Your quaint, fustian, black-and-white world is not the world that most people live in (and don't want to, for that matter).

[jeremyp]

2. It's never funny, except to morons. And to consider it creative rather demeans the concept of creativity.

I earlier posted a Youtube clip of the beginning of Four Weddings and a Funeral which contained 14 fucks and a bugger.  It has been universally acclaimed as hysterical except by humourless miserable t**s po*s who can fu*k off as far as I'm concerned.

Get your head out of your a**e and embrace the richness of the entire English tongue.

I think it equally likely to increase anger and stress, both to the swearer and to the listener.

You'd be a tw*t then.

Rubbish!  It may engender a sense of satisfaction to the Neanderthal doing it, but not to those unfortunate enough to be in hearing,  unless they are equally dim.

According to f***w*t Anthony, it's really bad to swear, but insulting people is perfectly fine.

F**k o*f.

And yes, I do feel better, less angry and violent for writing that post.

[BashfulAnthony]

Shaker, you are an ignoramus and so egotistical you make Pietersen look like Pope Francis.  Anybody who contends that there's nothing we can do about climate change, world starvation or ISIS, is so totally wrapped up in his own, sordid world, it it is numbing.  It is wholly understandable that a person so out of empathy with his fellows should feel that swearing, so obnoxious to so many, is an acceptable way to behave in society.

[Shaker]

Shaker, you are an ignoramus and so egotistical you make Pietersen look like Pope Francis.

And who is Pietersen? Am I supposed to know who this is?

Anybody who contends that there's nothing we can do about climate change, world starvation or ISIS, is so totally wrapped up in his own, sordid world, it it is numbing.  It is wholly understandable that a person so out of empathy with his fellows should feel that swearing, so obnoxious to so many, is an acceptable way to behave in society.

Doubtless you feel better after that little irrelevance-stuffed paddy.

Now: do you have something on-topic to contribute in response to the points I raised earlier?

I suppose not. If you had, you'd have done so already.

[jeremyp]

Shaker, you are an ignoramus and so egotistical you make Pietersen look like Pope Francis.  Anybody who contends that there's nothing we can do about climate change, world starvation or ISIS, is so totally wrapped up in his own, sordid world, it it is numbing.  It is wholly understandable that a person so out of empathy with his fellows should feel that swearing, so obnoxious to so many, is an acceptable way to behave in society.

There's no need to insult other posters.  It bespeaks a shallow mind, a childish intellect.

[Shaker]

It certainly bespeaks somebody furious at being unable to gainsay the opposing arguments put forth, that's for sure.

[BashfulAnthony]

Shaker, you are an ignoramus and so egotistical you make Pietersen look like Pope Francis.  Anybody who contends that there's nothing we can do about climate change, world starvation or ISIS, is so totally wrapped up in his own, sordid world, it it is numbing.  It is wholly understandable that a person so out of empathy with his fellows should feel that swearing, so obnoxious to so many, is an acceptable way to behave in society.

There's no need to insult other posters.  It bespeaks a shallow mind, a childish intellect.

So, since you've just roundly insulted me, that little assertion applies equally to you!  Fool!

[jeremyp]

So, since you've just roundly insulted me, that little assertion applies equally to you!  Fool!

It's not an insult if it's true.

[BashfulAnthony]

So, since you've just roundly insulted me, that little assertion applies equally to you!  Fool!

It's not an insult if it's true.

Yes, it is. Idiot.  You sound more absurd the longer you go on!

[jeremyp]

So, since you've just roundly insulted me, that little assertion applies equally to you!  Fool!

It's not an insult if it's true.

Yes, it is. Idiot.  You sound more absurd the longer you go on!

Here's the thing.  I'm not the one claiming that swearing is bad whilst simultaneously insulting the people who disagree with you.  You think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard, yet you seem incapable of meeting it yourself. 

I'll do a deal with you.  I'll stop using swear words on this forum if you stop insulting other posters.

[BashfulAnthony]

"Your quaint, fustian, black-and-white world is not the world that most people live in (and don't want to, for that matter)."


Apart from the glaring irony of that remark, I wonder on what basis you come to that conclusion?  Is It based on some kind of evidence?  Or just a figment your usual  screwed up thinking?   

[BashfulAnthony]

So, since you've just roundly insulted me, that little assertion applies equally to you!  Fool!

It's not an insult if it's true.

Yes, it is. Idiot.  You sound more absurd the longer you go on!

Here's the thing.  I'm not the one claiming that swearing is bad whilst simultaneously insulting the people who disagree with you.  You think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard, yet you seem incapable of meeting it yourself. 

I'll do a deal with you.  I'll stop using swear words on this forum if you stop insulting other posters.

Okay, with the caveat that, I'll also go with your contention just now, that telling the truth is not insulting.