Are swear/cuss words offensive to you? [Archive]

Shadow

01-03-2007, 08:35 PM

As most people would know there are alot of swear/cuss words.

Im not going to list them all because....well duh.

Anyway are they offensive to you?

Why or why not?

They aren't offensive to me because its just a word, it never hurt anyone.

Rawr

01-03-2007, 08:38 PM

some are and some aren't cuz some i used too and others are just rude

ЯзJзct.çom

01-03-2007, 08:38 PM

They dont offend me because they are just spicy words....well its hard to explain spicy.....but thats all they are to me.....

Ratchet

01-03-2007, 08:49 PM

Milder cussing doesn't bother me, but stronger swearwords do, especially when they come from little kids.

DPWolf

01-03-2007, 09:04 PM

Nah, they don't offend me in the least. If someone attemps to insult me by cursing, I just give them an uncaring look, and they shut up and go away. :D

Zexion of the Twilight

01-03-2007, 09:11 PM

Yeah, but I don't mind the small talk. Strong language, that's what ticks me off.

Mr. Boom

01-03-2007, 09:17 PM

They dont offend me -.- But i do like the swearing on Bad Boys xD

Darkwatch

01-03-2007, 09:19 PM

I haven't much of a problem with swearing.

I don't mind pretty much any word, since I'm not literal about everything, I could care less.

It's just that sometimes some people need to stop using them in a negative standing point.

In my opinion, it's just a way to add more expression or literacy to something.

Example: "Shut up!"

Example 2: "Shut the **** up!

lol...

Rufus

01-03-2007, 09:24 PM

well no it doesn't

it'll piss me off if you dun say it right.....

DX just be like me and say "What the fruit?!!"

kingdomheartsbabe101

01-03-2007, 09:41 PM

i'm used to them being around me,but there still offensive to me,like at my own free will i would slap them hard if they did.but of course thats just violent.language abuse just isnt right.especially with 3 year olds around.

Sunderland

01-03-2007, 10:40 PM

Nope, I don't find it offensive at all. If some random person walks up to me and says "**** you!" -- I just give 'em a nasty look and say "screw off," it's just a way to intimidate someone in my eyes. The "walk away" thing never works. But on to the point, I think cursing is a way of seeming agressive towards someone. Sometimes I actually curse back, I never do it randomly or to start a fight though. Just in a sorta defensive way though.

Oh yeah and on the internet? It's a piece of TEXT. I could be flamed to death with curses and not care.

...and yeah. That's about it. :D

General Grievous

01-03-2007, 11:22 PM

They are just sentence enhancers! They make you all fancy looking.

No they do not offend me.

The Doktor

01-03-2007, 11:23 PM

*shakes head* Nu-uh. None of them do. Man, Fate and I have to listen to them all day everyday at school. You just kinda get used to it after a while.

21stCenturyDigitalGrl

01-04-2007, 12:47 AM

it kinda depends.... usually they Rn't, but if somebody's bein a complete jerk or annoying, then they do offend me/get on my nerves..... other than that, they're just words... i mean, callin somebody a b**** would probably B only as offensive as airhead or somethin

hahannuh

01-04-2007, 12:53 AM

it's not that i get offended but when a stranger says something i get PISSED out of my mind. :)

musicluver75

01-04-2007, 06:08 AM

they offened me but it not like i can do anything about it! you hear them enough every where so i guess my attitude is "y bother?!?!"

Anniexo

01-04-2007, 10:00 AM

No cus there just words and some of them like Bugger (my family keep telling me off for saying that) don't even seems like cuss words. eg. when I say bugger and I get told off I say
"What it's only 'Bug' and 'er' put together" see what I mean?

Also when I swear it just saves me time saying what i mean in full e.g When I say F*** off what i really mean is
"Go away and leave me along"
Also when I say S**t what I mean is
"Aww man I can't belive that has just happened"

So in all there just words

Cin

01-04-2007, 10:44 AM

The fact is, they ARE just words.

A few have been around since the middle ages in fact. Many people beleive they were used by evil witches to curse those around them. Hence "curse" words.

When the witch craze died down and the black plague ened, most people started usuing them as a way to explain anger. However most people were offended about supposedly being "cursed".

As the centuries went by we got more and more words, and people became less worrried about them.

Most people today aren't too offended, however the ones who are make too big a deal about it.

Swear words are given power by those who are offended by them. If people sat back and realized they're just words, then that's what they become. I think that more people would use them this way, but actually a lot less frequently.

But the world is all ****ing ****faced and completely retarded, so that'll probobly never ****ing happen...asses...>.>

Roxas

01-04-2007, 11:48 AM

Make up your mind!

You're all rambling on about nothing!

"I think some swear words are good... but others are not."

Are swear words offensive toy ou or not?

As for me... I swear all the time. I could care less if they offend me. I swear at the most trivial things, too, like... I dunno, dropping a pencil. It's just habit.

JackS27

01-05-2007, 12:57 AM

The C-word referring to a lady part offends me. Other than that, the words themselves don't offend me unless the person saying them means badly.

Rouge Angel92

01-05-2007, 01:14 AM

Some words do but other words like a ss and h*ll don't bother me.

~tReAh867~

01-05-2007, 01:45 AM

swear words do not offend me because they are just words, and sometimes they are even said in a friendly, joking way.

sometimes i can get offended when someone swears at me in a violent and crude way, but the words are not what offends me, rather the attitude and behavior of the person saying them.

so no. theyre words.... like the ones im typing down right now.

Mari

01-05-2007, 04:10 AM

It kinda depends. I mean, cuss words in general don't offend me at all, but when it's pushing it to the limit and it's directed to insulting me pretty bad, then I throw a fit.

Mish

01-05-2007, 01:55 PM

Generally, swears don't offend me. But you get people who think they're cool just because they swear in every sentence. >.>

And most of the time swears are said in a way that is meant to be offense. Like 'fsck off' or 'I don't give a fsck what you think'. :/

Darkandroid

01-05-2007, 03:45 PM

Swearing is so common these days they have lost all meaning, and are used alot out of context, which if you say what the words means in the sentence it makes no sense what so ever.

I personally don't find them offensive, we all say them, you can tell someone to "**** off" and they would care and will just act like they would if someone said "Go away."

I just find it annoying when people say it when there is no need for it to be said. To people it's a way of saying "Look at me i'm cool and adult because i'm swearing."

A Shining Armour

01-05-2007, 07:21 PM

Swear words are given power by those who are offended by them. If people sat back and realized they're just words, then that's what they become. I think that more people would use them this way, but actually a lot less frequently.

Couldn't agree more. It's not the word itself that makes them offensive, but the meaning behind them. I don't care if my friend is telling me something about their day and throw in a casual "****", "crap", "***" or any other profantities in there. It's when people throw them at me like they really want it to hurt, sort of chew up the word and spit it out on your face, you know? That's when it gets offensive.

Afterall, it's not the way the the first letter alines with the "uck" that makes gives the word such a negative stigma to it. If that was the case, my own name, "Lucky", would be a cursive word in its self. And that would just suck. :P

hrabbit

01-05-2007, 08:30 PM

I hear all kinds of stuff at school and I can say I do take part in some cussing(sometimes more than others ^_^)... but I feel like high school kids just dont understand because some of my friends say stuff like "WHERE THE **** HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY!?!!?!" and they come running in for like a hug and laugh ans stuff.... but if I said that to like say my mom or something she would probably slap me! Personally, cussing doesn't affect me (I actually like it when used at appropriate times while playing video games ;D) I would never cuss in front of my parents or like little kids or something, but around kids my age its just another exclamation word like saying OMG on the internet.

OH and my view on cussing on the internet, only when its used to start ticking off a loser who's being a jerk ^^ oooor when your using it to say something soo totally amazing (most likely about kh lol)

Kingdom Glory

01-05-2007, 08:34 PM

Some cuss words offend me but not all of them...the "F" Word offends me a lot if it is used casually...if a person is hurt or something badly...then I might allow it...but calling someone a son of a _____ is just rude!

Samurai

01-05-2007, 08:43 PM

Absoloutely not, and I REALLY don't understand the people who do.

oblivion023

01-06-2007, 11:30 PM

i don't mind them......if they come from adults, but from kids...then i get offended.
cuz i think only adults should say them...and kids never should say the big curse words....like the "F" word for example.....thats just my opinion....

Anderson

01-06-2007, 11:34 PM

Cuss words do not offend me in anyway. Those words are very ineffective. But if someone says something that hurts you from the inside...and it includes a cuss word...then it's REALLY hurts. That's when I get very serious...and let's just say...you don't want to see that person once I'm finished with them.

Kingdom Glory

01-06-2007, 11:36 PM

Anderson

01-06-2007, 11:38 PM

Harsh, man!
I find them offensive if they say it for no reason.

I don't consider it harsh. Especially when people do the same thing OVER AND OVER. I gets annoying. Then...that's when I decide...THAT'S ENOUGH.
Tip #1: Never...piss off an Asian person. ESPECIALLY when that person is able to turn ANYTHING into a deadly weapon.

-Edit- Just so you didn't know, I AM Asian.

Kingdom Glory

01-06-2007, 11:43 PM

I don't consider it harsh. Especially when people do the same thing OVER AND OVER. I gets annoying. Then...that's when I decide...THAT'S ENOUGH.
Tip #1: Never...piss off an Asian person. ESPECIALLY when that person is able to turn ANYTHING into a deadly weapon.
I can turn anything into a weapon as well. Thanks for the "tip" though.
But, still, they offend me a lot when used wrong!

sora roxas60

01-06-2007, 11:45 PM

i just dislike the strong ones, and the racist ones.:(

mr_croup

01-06-2007, 11:57 PM

For me, it's not the words that offend me. It's the context of the words and how they are used.

It doesn't matter if someone who insults you swears or not. If they say something hurtful, you'll know it, no matter what words they used. I mean, what's the difference between someone yelling "I HATE YOU, YOU ****ING *******!!!" as compared to someone yelling "I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID POOPYHEAD!!!" The answer is: there's really no difference. The person is expressing distaste towards you. You can probably tell from the tone of their voice that they don't like you, not just the words they say. The words are just gift wrap for the lovely gift of hate the person is expressing towards you.

Of course, i will say that it's just stupid to swaer around little kids.

Kingdom Glory

01-07-2007, 12:01 AM

Roxas is Hot

01-10-2007, 09:30 PM

Being in high school, you hear almost every swear word like, every day. After hearing all the crap, I've gotten used to it, and it really doesn't bother me. XD

Skyru

01-12-2007, 06:59 AM

I'm not offended by them, but I don't use them because they are a cheap way of expressing yourself, I mean any moron could go (insert bad word here) you.
I mean they are overused and now plain pointless.
But that is just my opinion...

John Clay Rice

07-02-2007, 08:33 PM

The GD word offends me. But I don't mind words like "damn" "hell" and
"***." As long as kids don't learn these words.

Kairi_and_sora_forever

07-02-2007, 08:34 PM

no cause when people swear at me they dont know wuts comming back at them

Repliku

07-03-2007, 11:24 AM

I don't mind swear words or consider them 'swear' words for the most part. I don't really like racist rude words though or when someone is using cuss words directed at a person specifically. Mostly though I just ignore it as I say cuss words myself in jokes or if I'm angry. I just use them how I feel conveys the message and try to not say them in ways that totally cut someone down.

Someone also mentioned above the old argument I've had with so many people about the difference between calling someone a 'poopie head' or some other sort of name rather than using the 'swear' words. To me it is also the same thing.

07-03-2007, 04:25 PM

They offend me if they are used in a way to offend me. Other than that I don't mind really.

Xigbar

07-03-2007, 04:39 PM

No they don't offend me at all, in real life I swear...ALOT

yushe\sora

07-03-2007, 04:51 PM

I really don't care. My parents use'em arond me all the time.

no-reality_allowed

07-03-2007, 05:26 PM

I swear almost all the ****ing time. I love doing it because it makes some people uncomfortable :3

I love all the swear words, and the rascist ones too.

Emo Pengwin

07-03-2007, 05:28 PM

Nope...I use them all the time...and I really don't give a damn if it makes anyone uncomfortable...because if they don't want to hear it, then they need to adapt, because life isn't always like it is at home...

Rosey

07-03-2007, 05:48 PM

It really depends. I dont care if they are used around me or at me, but when some idiot comes and calls my friends stuff, it makes me mad and then i go and beat the dude up.

Circle of life

Skittles

07-03-2007, 05:53 PM

No not me,I'm use to them.I sear alot so I don't really care.

Tootsie

07-03-2007, 08:37 PM

Well..
it depends.
For example,where I live,people call their friends "son of a b-" and "aszho-" in a friendly way.
Also,I dont find it offensive when MY friends call me a bit-- or ska--,but if its a stranger..its another story.
Actually I really dont care if a stranger calls me a who-or something.

Xaldin

07-03-2007, 08:45 PM

You see, I wonder why they're called cuss/swear words though, because saying "You're a ****tard" is the same as saying you're a "Retard" just kids have been brought up to take **** more seriously....

VideoGameNerd246

07-03-2007, 08:59 PM

Coming from meh friends, it's a joke, from other people, I'd get angry about it.

Ienzo

07-03-2007, 09:43 PM

I have to admit before I turned Christain I was swearing all the time and one of my friends couldn't stand it and then another one of them said they wouldn't speak to me for the rest of the day if I swore infront of her again. It was funny. I don't anym ore. When people insult me using them when they are serious then I get offended but not otherwise.