I see your point but anyone can say whatever they want to be honest. We're all different I have the right to say anything I want plus kids in public school will learn anything so really what's the point of protecting from cursing they're eventually going to know.
societies binding rules don't really support excessive and public swearing so society, in this case, someone with their child, shunned you. and chances are that quite a few people who aren't like dumb children, would support that persons view.
you seemingly dont want to be shunned, you wouldn't have made the effort to start this topic if it didn't have any effect on you. you want positive reinforcement from us that it's ok to continue your cursing.
the right course of action should be clear as day, but you actually don't want to be shunned by society while still cursing excessively and in public. and then you draw out some really weak arguments like 'its not like i'm the only one and he'll hear anyways'.
whats the point of curing people with illness or protecting them from being killed, they'll die eventually anyway.
whats the point of flu shots, they don't have a 100% success rate.
now ask yourself, what do you actually have to lose when you stop the cussing or at least keep it to yourself?
I kinda thought about that. That should be dealt with by the parents. The kids is 14. Not 9. If you're going for a quick 1 hour workout, I'm sure the kid can fend for himself. I am 13 and live on my own. ( Please PM me if I need to explain. Don't call off on that yet. ) Nothing happened to me.
the kid might've actually been a member? several of my peers started going to a gym around that age.
The main problem I have with this is that it is people who decide what words are considered vulgar.
what if the word "Halo" was to suddenly be considered a vulgar word, then would people stop using that word in public freely?
real words have changed into supposedly less acceptable words before
the word "gay" is a great example. it changed meaning and look what happened. when is the last time somebody used that word in a sentence describing having a great day? (excluding watching Flintstones episodes)
I must be incapable of understanding why any words should be labeled as offensive/bad/vulgar?
it is just a word after all and other words that mean the same thing need to used in the place of a bad word for some reason when it means the same thing most of the time.
society decides what words are vulgar, but a word doesn't suddenly turn vulgar from one day to the next. its a process and unless a large number of people use the word halo in that specific way, it will never turn vulgar. but if they did, of course people would take it out of their every day conversations. just that it won't. ever. it has way too many positive connotations,
gay is not less acceptable word. you can use gay without a problem in the context of homosexuality OR even in the not much used 'happy and good' way if you want too. but you can use the word in a sentence where it's clearly understandable you use the word as an insult. thats not accepted.
i'm almost 100% sure what you actually mean is the word fag, which is never used for its original meaning anymore and has completely turned into a slur and insult.
so whats so hard to understand here? words are labeled as offensive and vulgar WHEN THEY'RE EXCESSIVELY BEING USED IN AN OFFENSIVE AND VULGAR WAY.
rarely do we invent a new word to insult people, we slowly change the general meaning of an existing word, add new meaning to it and when it happens to overshadow its original meaning, we stop using it because its ridiculous to believe anyone who uses the word fag is actually talking about cigarettes or bundles of sticks. or is meaning it in a friendly way.
really... its truly not rocket science