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December 16, 2009

So, "Australian" is a separate language now? ;).

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October 15, 2009

The obsession to not speak bad words is not the same as the passion to speak good words. @chongy

The mistake of this ankle-deep wrangling over Christians and profanity is that it misreads a significant cultural shift—one deeply grounded in intellectual conviction—as a rebellious or apathetic flavor of the moment. No doubt, many a young Christian at university has slipped into colorful language almost involuntarily, without having a well-considered justification for his new vocabulary. Only in a few instances does it require moral courage to utter the word “fuck.” But to imply that most Christians who swear do so out of lapsed scruples, and can be pricked back into conscientiousness with a quick devotional from their favorite journal of “progressive culture,” is to profoundly misunderstand the change that has prompted so many of them to dismiss the petty social preoccupations of their forbearers.

via patrolmag.com

The paragraph above is a mind test. If, after reading the para, you only recall *one particular word* from it, you need to expand your mind a wee widdle bit more ;).

I remember when Dilbert used the cuss phrase "Jeepers Cripes", Scott Adams received angry letters at his profanity.

Adams responded that he became afraid that because of his choice of words, "Gosh" would "darn" him to "heck".

If you ask me, profanity is to take the sacred and treat it commonly. Those who make mountains out of molehills when someone drops the F-bomb, have sex as their god, in my opinion. More accurately, they worship the god of antisex. Which is the other side of the coin of sex obsession.

(Thanks @chongy for the link!)

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August 29, 2009