Oh the pressures to blog! For some reason, after coming home my brain couldn't come up with spontaneously ingenious sharable thoughts. Guess I'll just have to stick to youtube links and posting all my songs here to keep going. Last I checked, my iTunes has 8.7 days worth of songs in the list - that's 3125 blog posts waiting to happen.
Or, like I was thinking the other day, I could draw up a five year plan - one of those long term goals which was all the rage in socialist India's beginnings. And then I'd know where I'll stand when I'm 30. 30!! I'll be 30 in five years!! I've always seen 30 year olds as wise, mature and sober family men who have left the follies of youth behind (and sport a thick beard and moustache) When I suddenly realised that I was just a little over a World Cup away from that reality, I panicked. I would have completely succumbed to that panic attack and would have been screaming and writhing on the floor if I hadn't been the cool dude that I am. I tried to rationalize. In the coming five years a lot many things would happen and it wouldn't seem so short. Plus there was a possibility that I might just retain some of the youthful spring in my step. But it became increasingly imperative that I plan on something to do to my life to help counter and balance what my life would do to me - like not being a student anymore; having to file tax returns and buy insurance; having to decide where to settle down; not having the luxury of being crazy or opinionated; of getting married; of putting yourself second to the greater good of mankind!
Suddenly the pressure of creating a 5 year plan started outweighing the pressure to blog, and here I am again to vent. Have you been here before? Advice! Advice!
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Mosquitoes Don't Have Souls
It was one of those nasty Delhi nights when you try to study but can't because for one, your brain seems to have shrunk to pre stone-age levels, and more importantly, some purely evil mosquito clan was plotting your demise with a mixture of malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
I've always found that though mosquito hordes are not exactly easy to get rid of, it's the solitary survivors that are the most annoying. To hover up to your ear, disappear, bite your arm, disappear, come back to attack your leg... and all this while it's like that darn mosquito has got hold of a built-to-size version of Harry Potter's invisibility cloak to wrap around itself... where ARE you!?!?!!!
Chasing one such monster that night, unsuccessfully I might add, I hit upon a brilliant idea. I would kill it with my brain-waves; as in waves that come out of my brain. Much has been said about the power of suggestion and how some people just drop dead because the medicine-man said so. I decided to concentrate on this particular mosquito with the thoughts - "Die!Die!Die!" (yes I repeated it in batches of three, in my mind of course) After a while, since it didn't seem to work, possibly because my brain wasn't trained enough in the art, I started chanting in a low voice. I was surprised when that didn't work especially since I've known it to work in humans. I've seen and heard of many people losing out, not because of lack of abilities, but because someone told them they were no good. If you tell someone long enough that they are no good, there is a high chance of them just folding up and giving in when all they needed was a little encouragement and support to get them through.
I ran to all nooks and corners of my vocabulary to find words of discouragement and hatred in hopes that the mosquito would drop dead, but it continued buzzing in my ears. Something was not right. It was then that I realised there was a fundamental difference between a man and a mosquito. The soul. The eternal engine that pumps life, once squashed, destroys a man, but a mosquito was immune because it had no soul we could speak to. There was nothing we could change with a word, no feelings to hurt, no heart to wound. In its own way, the mosquito was immune to so many things humans are susceptible to. As the futility of my quest dawned to me, I decided the best way forward was to cover myself with a sheet and go to bed.
"Mosquitoes have no souls, but humans do" - Anonymous
I've always found that though mosquito hordes are not exactly easy to get rid of, it's the solitary survivors that are the most annoying. To hover up to your ear, disappear, bite your arm, disappear, come back to attack your leg... and all this while it's like that darn mosquito has got hold of a built-to-size version of Harry Potter's invisibility cloak to wrap around itself... where ARE you!?!?!!!
Chasing one such monster that night, unsuccessfully I might add, I hit upon a brilliant idea. I would kill it with my brain-waves; as in waves that come out of my brain. Much has been said about the power of suggestion and how some people just drop dead because the medicine-man said so. I decided to concentrate on this particular mosquito with the thoughts - "Die!Die!Die!" (yes I repeated it in batches of three, in my mind of course) After a while, since it didn't seem to work, possibly because my brain wasn't trained enough in the art, I started chanting in a low voice. I was surprised when that didn't work especially since I've known it to work in humans. I've seen and heard of many people losing out, not because of lack of abilities, but because someone told them they were no good. If you tell someone long enough that they are no good, there is a high chance of them just folding up and giving in when all they needed was a little encouragement and support to get them through.
I ran to all nooks and corners of my vocabulary to find words of discouragement and hatred in hopes that the mosquito would drop dead, but it continued buzzing in my ears. Something was not right. It was then that I realised there was a fundamental difference between a man and a mosquito. The soul. The eternal engine that pumps life, once squashed, destroys a man, but a mosquito was immune because it had no soul we could speak to. There was nothing we could change with a word, no feelings to hurt, no heart to wound. In its own way, the mosquito was immune to so many things humans are susceptible to. As the futility of my quest dawned to me, I decided the best way forward was to cover myself with a sheet and go to bed.
"Mosquitoes have no souls, but humans do" - Anonymous
Monday, September 1, 2008
W
As part of a recent drive to reenforce laws in Mumbai, all hoardings announcing the names of business establishments in the city should be bilingual, with the Marathi name displayed prominently. Since Devanagari [the script used to write Marathi, Hindi etc.] is a phonetic one [unlike the Chinese jigsaw puzzle] it isn't very hard to write close approximations of the English names, now prevalent, in Marathi. They've successfully managed to rewrite names such as Haute Couture, Smokin' Lee's, Nature's Basket, Not Just Jazz By the Bay etc. But mistakes do creep in and I saw that the Marathi name, for a ladies ethnic work wear store called "W", was "dubloo".
But I guess this one can be comfusing so I shall not laugh at them. When I learned the alphabet, this little symbol was called "Dubbli-yoo". I can still recall, thanks to my amazing memory, the nursery rhyme, "you, we, dubbli-yoo, ex, why, ezed". I had always wondered what "dubbli-yoo" meant until later on I realised it could be "Double-U". But why doulbe-U? Why not double-V?? It definitely looks closer to a double-V and a double-U! Besides, most of the time it's read as double-V anyway : vvhat, vvhy, vvhen rather than uuhat, uuhy, uuhen.
UU-hat?? No vvay!!
But I guess this one can be comfusing so I shall not laugh at them. When I learned the alphabet, this little symbol was called "Dubbli-yoo". I can still recall, thanks to my amazing memory, the nursery rhyme, "you, we, dubbli-yoo, ex, why, ezed". I had always wondered what "dubbli-yoo" meant until later on I realised it could be "Double-U". But why doulbe-U? Why not double-V?? It definitely looks closer to a double-V and a double-U! Besides, most of the time it's read as double-V anyway : vvhat, vvhy, vvhen rather than uuhat, uuhy, uuhen.
UU-hat?? No vvay!!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Fine Line
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:15-16
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
- Matthew 6:2
- Matthew 5:15-16
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
- Matthew 6:2
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Fund raising
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 6:1-4
When the fund raising for the earthquake was going on in our University, there were boards all over the place giving us details on how much each class, group, department and college had managed to raise. Obviously when there is a fund-raiser going on, such information helps raise more.
Unfortunately this has some side-effects. The saying "from each according to his ability" is taken a step further in China. And since everyone knows how much everyone else is putting in, this means that you cannot donate more than your senior officer/co-worker does.
When we printed the banner "People of Wenchaun, we are with you", the printers didn't charge us for it. They said that just our willingness to do this was payment enough. The same happened when we had to scan a copy of the receipt of the Red Cross payment. When we were looking around for a good channel to put the money through, everyone we talked to were surprised and expressed thanks for our thoughtfulness.
We also wanted to do a print-out of the Indians donating the money for the earthquake relief fund. Just to let people know that we do care and that there is no need to be surprised. Especially now that not many people in the university hold a high opinion of the foreign students here.
What about Matthew 6:3 then?
No, we didn't start it all with thoughts of any rewards coming our way from any of the people around us.
But can we just opt for the reward from the people instead of the reward promised when a deed is done in secret? A reward of recognition and respect. Yes, a conscious option for a lesser reward. But we can, can't we?
- Matthew 6:1-4
When the fund raising for the earthquake was going on in our University, there were boards all over the place giving us details on how much each class, group, department and college had managed to raise. Obviously when there is a fund-raiser going on, such information helps raise more.
Unfortunately this has some side-effects. The saying "from each according to his ability" is taken a step further in China. And since everyone knows how much everyone else is putting in, this means that you cannot donate more than your senior officer/co-worker does.
When we printed the banner "People of Wenchaun, we are with you", the printers didn't charge us for it. They said that just our willingness to do this was payment enough. The same happened when we had to scan a copy of the receipt of the Red Cross payment. When we were looking around for a good channel to put the money through, everyone we talked to were surprised and expressed thanks for our thoughtfulness.
We also wanted to do a print-out of the Indians donating the money for the earthquake relief fund. Just to let people know that we do care and that there is no need to be surprised. Especially now that not many people in the university hold a high opinion of the foreign students here.
What about Matthew 6:3 then?
No, we didn't start it all with thoughts of any rewards coming our way from any of the people around us.
But can we just opt for the reward from the people instead of the reward promised when a deed is done in secret? A reward of recognition and respect. Yes, a conscious option for a lesser reward. But we can, can't we?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Literary ventriloquist... the follow up
I saw an article in The Times of India yesterday. Looks like another addition to the list of people who can 'read' minds.
"An author has produced a book in which he imagines the thoughts of famous couples while they are having sex, his subjects include Britain's Prince and Princess of Wales, Bill and Hillary Clinton and George and Laura Bush" Other couples he has written about in the book include "...Adam and Eve; Bonnie and Clyde; Attila the Hun and his 12th wife; King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; and even Santa Claus and a female elf." Cheap publicity trick? As it turns out though, this American author is the 1993 Pulitzer prize winner Robert Butler who denies doing any of this to stir up controversies. He says, "It is a rendering of the inner consciences of these people, a way into the inner selves of the characters." Right... but wait, there's more. "Two years ago he published Severance, short stories imagining the final thoughts of decapitated heads, based on scientific evidence that the brain keeps functioning for up to 60 seconds after the head has been severed from the body. His characters included Marie Antoinette, John the Baptist, a victim of Al Qaida and a dragon slain by St.George" He has "...always agreed with WB Yeats, who said that sex and death are the only things that can interest a serious mind." "Severence was my death book; Intercourse is my sex book"
Are you serious??
This is the link for the original article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3382276.ece But we aren't really talking about the same thing... their focus is mainly on whether we are invading the privacy of Charles and Diana.
"An author has produced a book in which he imagines the thoughts of famous couples while they are having sex, his subjects include Britain's Prince and Princess of Wales, Bill and Hillary Clinton and George and Laura Bush" Other couples he has written about in the book include "...Adam and Eve; Bonnie and Clyde; Attila the Hun and his 12th wife; King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; and even Santa Claus and a female elf." Cheap publicity trick? As it turns out though, this American author is the 1993 Pulitzer prize winner Robert Butler who denies doing any of this to stir up controversies. He says, "It is a rendering of the inner consciences of these people, a way into the inner selves of the characters." Right... but wait, there's more. "Two years ago he published Severance, short stories imagining the final thoughts of decapitated heads, based on scientific evidence that the brain keeps functioning for up to 60 seconds after the head has been severed from the body. His characters included Marie Antoinette, John the Baptist, a victim of Al Qaida and a dragon slain by St.George" He has "...always agreed with WB Yeats, who said that sex and death are the only things that can interest a serious mind." "Severence was my death book; Intercourse is my sex book"
Are you serious??
This is the link for the original article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3382276.ece But we aren't really talking about the same thing... their focus is mainly on whether we are invading the privacy of Charles and Diana.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Behind every famous Author there is a Critic
Have you ever seen movies that don't seem to make any sense at all and are really very boring? We call them art films and those are the ones which win all the National awards. Any why? Some super intellectual person decides that if it's so hard to understand it must have some deep seated meaning and so it's an excellent movie. That's what happens most of the time, or at least that's what I think happens most of the time.
With books it's even worse. There have been lots and lots of books which went unread in their time and whose authors starved to death. But half a century later some guy decides that the book is worth more than it's weight in gold because it is an exposé of the human nature in disco lights or whatever else pops into his confudled head. And if that guy is influencial enough, people buy into his largely confusing interpretation and certify that the said book is indeed a masterpiece and start raising funds so that they can erect a statue of the said author in front of their local libraries.
And this is mostly true of poems. All those old classics are pretty good; as long as you have someone to explain them to you. The critics are so brilliant! They not only explain the poem and it's ever present importance and connection with the modern society, they also tell you in what state the poet was when he penned those lines. They can draw parallels between anything and everything. They can even tell you what the poet had for lunch. They can tell you everything except the name of the poet, which unfortunately was lost somewhere along the way. Without the critics, those 'great' works would probably just be worth their weight in firewood.
But I do wish I had my own super cool critic friend, who could find all sorts of hidden meaning in everything I write; who could read between lines, phrases and words and portray such a wonderful picture that even I would be stunned at my abilities.
Yes, that's what I'm going to do; befriend a critic.
With books it's even worse. There have been lots and lots of books which went unread in their time and whose authors starved to death. But half a century later some guy decides that the book is worth more than it's weight in gold because it is an exposé of the human nature in disco lights or whatever else pops into his confudled head. And if that guy is influencial enough, people buy into his largely confusing interpretation and certify that the said book is indeed a masterpiece and start raising funds so that they can erect a statue of the said author in front of their local libraries.
And this is mostly true of poems. All those old classics are pretty good; as long as you have someone to explain them to you. The critics are so brilliant! They not only explain the poem and it's ever present importance and connection with the modern society, they also tell you in what state the poet was when he penned those lines. They can draw parallels between anything and everything. They can even tell you what the poet had for lunch. They can tell you everything except the name of the poet, which unfortunately was lost somewhere along the way. Without the critics, those 'great' works would probably just be worth their weight in firewood.
But I do wish I had my own super cool critic friend, who could find all sorts of hidden meaning in everything I write; who could read between lines, phrases and words and portray such a wonderful picture that even I would be stunned at my abilities.
Yes, that's what I'm going to do; befriend a critic.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Using 'bad' language - 2
"This must mean I'm disgusting
But it's just me I'm just obscene"
- Eminem, in Without Me
[After my blog titled "Using bad language" I thought of doing a follow up of that topic to try and answer some of the questions. It should be obvious to you that as this is a blog about foul language, its use here would be a foregone conclusion; especially because I would like to present both sides of the argument. And as I do not use/do not like to use/do not pretend to like to use foul language, I just have to say that if it does indeed disturb you, please do not continue reading]
I'm not generally inclined towards rap but I like Eminem. His lyrics can be funny or thought-provoking but more importantly they are powerful. And why? Because as he raps in The Real Slim Shady,
"I'm like a head trip to listen to
cause I'm only givin you things you joke about with your friends inside you livin' room
the only difference is, I got the balls to say it in front of ya'll
and I aint gotta be false or sugar coated at all
I just get on the mic and spit it..."
And of course with this comes the use of foul language. One of my favourite Eminem songs is "Stan". I once heard its clean version and it seemed to lack the punch. [Maybe its better to have a censored song than none at all... the Wal-mart version of Nirvana's "Rape Me" is "Waif me"]
But my point is that using "cuss" words does add more emphasis to what people say. Plus all the "exclamation phrases" seem much more whole hearted.
Some people have gotten around this by using words like "fricking", "shyte" etc. leaving no doubt in the mind of the listener what is intended. They add emphasis without using the actual words. Can this be categorised as use of 'bad' language? They afterall do mean to convey the same meaning. And if people do not have any problems with this, then why should they have problems with the actual words?
Do we now need a new set of "exclamation phrases"? [heh I know thats going too far :)]
But still... think about it.
But it's just me I'm just obscene"
- Eminem, in Without Me
[After my blog titled "Using bad language" I thought of doing a follow up of that topic to try and answer some of the questions. It should be obvious to you that as this is a blog about foul language, its use here would be a foregone conclusion; especially because I would like to present both sides of the argument. And as I do not use/do not like to use/do not pretend to like to use foul language, I just have to say that if it does indeed disturb you, please do not continue reading]
I'm not generally inclined towards rap but I like Eminem. His lyrics can be funny or thought-provoking but more importantly they are powerful. And why? Because as he raps in The Real Slim Shady,
"I'm like a head trip to listen to
cause I'm only givin you things you joke about with your friends inside you livin' room
the only difference is, I got the balls to say it in front of ya'll
and I aint gotta be false or sugar coated at all
I just get on the mic and spit it..."
And of course with this comes the use of foul language. One of my favourite Eminem songs is "Stan". I once heard its clean version and it seemed to lack the punch. [Maybe its better to have a censored song than none at all... the Wal-mart version of Nirvana's "Rape Me" is "Waif me"]
But my point is that using "cuss" words does add more emphasis to what people say. Plus all the "exclamation phrases" seem much more whole hearted.
Some people have gotten around this by using words like "fricking", "shyte" etc. leaving no doubt in the mind of the listener what is intended. They add emphasis without using the actual words. Can this be categorised as use of 'bad' language? They afterall do mean to convey the same meaning. And if people do not have any problems with this, then why should they have problems with the actual words?
Do we now need a new set of "exclamation phrases"? [heh I know thats going too far :)]
But still... think about it.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Explanations
[A Dictionary entry]
A-ranting n. the process of ranting. Generally associated with people who mean no harm but may be sarcastically inclined. usage. has a positive connotation [merry-making]
history. made popular by the hit song "I'm a-goin' a-rantin' ey-oh" sung to the tune of "Shippin' up to Boston" by 'The Dropkick Murphys'
:y symbol. a popular internet smiley called the 'sheepish grin' smiley.
#$%^&*!~@ symbol. notations available universally on keyboards. used instead of foul language in polite internet conversation inc. emails, blogs etc.
Grabbing n. the process by which a person attempts to keep only the good qualities of his personality(-ties) while leaving out the rest.
My ing'lish ise very poor phrase. If perfectly executed it means "Leave me alone!"
Sooraj proper n. A name hard to pronounce in this part of the world.
Illustration.
A telephone conversation.
C: What is your name?
S: Sooraj
C: I know you are student. What is your name?
S: [slowly] ...my name is Sooraj.
C: [angry] are you making joke?
S: ^%#^@
A-ranting n. the process of ranting. Generally associated with people who mean no harm but may be sarcastically inclined. usage. has a positive connotation [merry-making]
history. made popular by the hit song "I'm a-goin' a-rantin' ey-oh" sung to the tune of "Shippin' up to Boston" by 'The Dropkick Murphys'
:y symbol. a popular internet smiley called the 'sheepish grin' smiley.
#$%^&*!~@ symbol. notations available universally on keyboards. used instead of foul language in polite internet conversation inc. emails, blogs etc.
Grabbing n. the process by which a person attempts to keep only the good qualities of his personality(-ties) while leaving out the rest.
My ing'lish ise very poor phrase. If perfectly executed it means "Leave me alone!"
Sooraj proper n. A name hard to pronounce in this part of the world.
Illustration.
A telephone conversation.
C: What is your name?
S: Sooraj
C: I know you are student. What is your name?
S: [slowly] ...my name is Sooraj.
C: [angry] are you making joke?
S: ^%#^@
Are We Destroying the Earth?
[A conversation]
Its in the news, all the intelligent men of our times are worried about it, the environmentalists are losing sleep over it, people around the world are wired up.... the earth is dying! "Save our planet" is the slogan, "we have only one home".....WHAT??????Can we REaLLy destroy the earth? is it PoSSibLe??Am I implying that all the brains in the world, the majority of the people... are all stupid?
Yes.
Why?
Because we cannot destroy the earth, not yet, at least not with the technology I know of.... maybe the US military has something up its sleeve... but other than that I highly doubt it.
But then what about a World War? Surely that will be the end of mankind!
Yup...
??? MAke up your mind!!! You say we can't destroy the earth.... and now you say that mankind will end... #%^$%@
Thats where you are wrong my friend. We are fully capable of destroying ourselves. But not the earth. What part of earth's history do men cover buddy? Do you know? To put things in perpective for you, consider the entire history of earth as 24 hrs. You know how much man takes up?
12 hrs? 6 hrs? one hour at least?
heh.... less than a minute. The earth has been... and will be.... as far as man is concerned... but in the cosmos... earth's life is very short and will end soon.... but that wont be for some millions of years when the sun starts to burn out...You remember all those movies when meteorites hit earth and brings up the ice age? Even through that the earth will survive... if we can build something far more powerful than that.. we might have a chance to destroy earth
You dummy!! the life on earth will be destroyed! thats what everyone talks about when they say the earth will be destroyed!
Nope, life will survive... because it has survived worse and it will endure for some time to come... even if all humans are destroyed...and I want all the dumb people of the world to realise that. They still think... "Oh I'm doing a good thing... I'm saving the world... I use recycled paper... I dispose off batteries carefully, because I care for the earth... I am a good citizen" FOOLS!!!! They don't realise that they are trying to save themselves, but still they maintain the attitude of feigned benevolence
What about the clever people then?
Uh?
You said you want the dumb people to realise....
Oh, the clever already know
yea right... you self important @#%$@!
What did you say?
#^&$*%!
.... whatever...
Its in the news, all the intelligent men of our times are worried about it, the environmentalists are losing sleep over it, people around the world are wired up.... the earth is dying! "Save our planet" is the slogan, "we have only one home".....WHAT??????Can we REaLLy destroy the earth? is it PoSSibLe??Am I implying that all the brains in the world, the majority of the people... are all stupid?
Yes.
Why?
Because we cannot destroy the earth, not yet, at least not with the technology I know of.... maybe the US military has something up its sleeve... but other than that I highly doubt it.
But then what about a World War? Surely that will be the end of mankind!
Yup...
??? MAke up your mind!!! You say we can't destroy the earth.... and now you say that mankind will end... #%^$%@
Thats where you are wrong my friend. We are fully capable of destroying ourselves. But not the earth. What part of earth's history do men cover buddy? Do you know? To put things in perpective for you, consider the entire history of earth as 24 hrs. You know how much man takes up?
12 hrs? 6 hrs? one hour at least?
heh.... less than a minute. The earth has been... and will be.... as far as man is concerned... but in the cosmos... earth's life is very short and will end soon.... but that wont be for some millions of years when the sun starts to burn out...You remember all those movies when meteorites hit earth and brings up the ice age? Even through that the earth will survive... if we can build something far more powerful than that.. we might have a chance to destroy earth
You dummy!! the life on earth will be destroyed! thats what everyone talks about when they say the earth will be destroyed!
Nope, life will survive... because it has survived worse and it will endure for some time to come... even if all humans are destroyed...and I want all the dumb people of the world to realise that. They still think... "Oh I'm doing a good thing... I'm saving the world... I use recycled paper... I dispose off batteries carefully, because I care for the earth... I am a good citizen" FOOLS!!!! They don't realise that they are trying to save themselves, but still they maintain the attitude of feigned benevolence
What about the clever people then?
Uh?
You said you want the dumb people to realise....
Oh, the clever already know
yea right... you self important @#%$@!
What did you say?
#^&$*%!
.... whatever...
Using 'bad' language
Does 'bad or 'foul' language bother you? Should it bother you? Is it 'wrong' to 'cuss'? Is it 'wrong' if it does not bother you?
Well, almost everyone around me curses. One way or the other. The words themselves range from funny name calling to potentially serious verbal abuse of family members. So why do people tolerate it? It has become so common that it has become part of common language. Thats how friends address each other now. But still respect to elders demands that we don't use these words while addressing older people. But that dosen't prevent people from using them behind their backs.
So is it a serious crime?
Once you are used to it you no longer feel anything is wrong. Maybe thats why Mel Gibson got into so much trouble.
This topic will be open for discussion for some time to come....
Well, almost everyone around me curses. One way or the other. The words themselves range from funny name calling to potentially serious verbal abuse of family members. So why do people tolerate it? It has become so common that it has become part of common language. Thats how friends address each other now. But still respect to elders demands that we don't use these words while addressing older people. But that dosen't prevent people from using them behind their backs.
So is it a serious crime?
Once you are used to it you no longer feel anything is wrong. Maybe thats why Mel Gibson got into so much trouble.
This topic will be open for discussion for some time to come....
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