What the fuck is profanity, and why do elected officials keep pushing to have “it” banned? Same officials, no doubt, that push for the banning of various books they don’t like, as well.
BoingBoing brought to my attention the newest farce: South Carolina state Senator (and fucking coward) Robert Ford tries to pass a law there to outlaw profanity. Unknown what he means by profanity, but I’m sure it will come down either to a list of the top seven or so words, or some subjective standard passed off to resemble a generally objective standard, like “reasonably interpreted to be offensive or perverse.” Up to five years in jail or fines up to $5,000 for a mere utterance, because, apparently “…the First Amendment is not absolute… You cannot say whatever you want whenever you want to.”
I call him coward because he’s afraid of words. By fearing words, those words become empowered. Many used to fear the word “damn” because it was thought to be the curse prohibited in the bible (yes, most of this puritan bullshit has origins in religious scripture — surprise!), and supposedly before that, the mere use of the word “God” (as in “God damn”) was considered the curse (using God’s name in vain). Look through television history. I remember a time where “God damn” wasn’t bleeped. Then they bleeped only “damn.” Now they bleep only “God.” I wonder how many innocent souls were forever psychologically scarred (and damned to eternal hell) by our obvious mis-bleeping early on.
On a similar note, Greta Christina asks why our society and world is obsessed with putting restrictions on various manifestations of sexuality. I personally think it’s because the shitheads who come up with such restrictions are closeted homosexuals, BDSMs, pedophiles, or are just plain sexless. And they carry that down generation to generation by claiming that their God watches all the perverted little things they do, and the threat of hell is just too much for them. Moreso, though, it follows the tradition of religious hypocrisy and totalitarianism. It’s just a very effective way to control others through fear and intimidation. We really need to purge our world of this.
(Love you, Greta!)
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What about the South Carolina GAMECOCKS? Will the school have to change their mascot because it is profane?
This is total Humbug.
That sort of silliness is so ripe for jamming – once you get the slippery list of what is prohibited, let the games begin. Noopid Motterflawking shartheads.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/profanity<— a petition to nullify Robert Ford's profanity bill
I personally think it’s because the shitheads who come up with such restrictions are closeted homosexuals, BDSMs, pedophiles, or are just plain sexless.
Bingo. They may think they're fooling us, but they are very much mistaken.
The point of life is to choose between good and evil. Love one another. Be gentle. Peace. Yahweh is coming soon.
why did you use bad words? you could have said more anti-profanity thing. please stop using f words