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Decline in society; morals etc
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Can anyone explain this? Is it something to do with our ability as individuals to be not restricted to anything; that we are free to live our lives as we like?
'Fuck off' is said so often now, it's appaling compared to in the last century. People used to be shocked. Now it's just commonplace! I personally don't like swearing and don't really do it that much; though I do sometimes. The decline in manners, people being polite and the importance of social ettiquette I think is an issue in today's society often 'overlooked' in preference of more demanding issues.
Nothing they say in parliament can change it back though I don't think; it's about how polite you are to your friends. It's a social thing; up to the individual people. I beleive (and I hate to place the blame) that it stems from the freedom young people had in America; especially during/after WW2. When there were particularly bad crime problems in some places the people with the most influence + fear had the most power + respect. I think that people picked up on this and in order to gain a little respect from other people, resorted to intimidation tactics rather than courtesy etc.
As America is the general role model for Europe (or so it seems) it spread over here. I don't see the problem getting any better though because the problem that it's good to be intimidating (or 'hard') by swearing a lot and generally being rude is already here. Perhaps we should try encouraging people that it's cool to be polite? I know it's never done me any wrong (apart from aformentioned people, who were quite nasty).
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'Fuck off' is said so often now, it's appaling compared to in the last century. People used to be shocked. Now it's just commonplace! I personally don't like swearing and don't really do it that much; though I do sometimes. The decline in manners, people being polite and the importance of social ettiquette I think is an issue in today's society often 'overlooked' in preference of more demanding issues.
Nothing they say in parliament can change it back though I don't think; it's about how polite you are to your friends. It's a social thing; up to the individual people. I beleive (and I hate to place the blame) that it stems from the freedom young people had in America; especially during/after WW2. When there were particularly bad crime problems in some places the people with the most influence + fear had the most power + respect. I think that people picked up on this and in order to gain a little respect from other people, resorted to intimidation tactics rather than courtesy etc.
As America is the general role model for Europe (or so it seems) it spread over here. I don't see the problem getting any better though because the problem that it's good to be intimidating (or 'hard') by swearing a lot and generally being rude is already here. Perhaps we should try encouraging people that it's cool to be polite? I know it's never done me any wrong (apart from aformentioned people, who were quite nasty).
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For example, they cite gay rights as a symptom of this! Who is to say that gays shouldn't have civil rights??
Now some people swear where I live and you can see they are using it just to *look hard*, if you know what I mean.
i agree, in some circumstances people have actually been brought up with this type of language thinking its normal. But it's the root of this which is the cause for concern. We can't really turn the clock back now anyway because those people will teach their children these words + more. Another parallel is the wide acceptance of poor English; that if you convey what you want to say it's ok. This is ok in the short term but in the long term the English language will become full of slang and all the 'eloquent' parts would have gone.
I'd also like to raise the point of how sex isn't treated with the same respect it used to be; which I think is very bad. In the past a lot of things were bad but there were nowhere near the amount of teenage pregnancies, single parent families and things like that.
The times have changed !!!
And as it happens I like a certain amount of swearing at the right time. I cannot overstate the importance and beauty of the word 'fuck' in all its variations. It enriches the English language wonderfully. If only we had an equivalent in Spanish...
So attitudes towards sex are different? Those are simply the times we live in!
We are ALL richer than we have EVER been, the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor.
I would say that often people say 'Ahhh fuck off' as a term of endearment rather than an insult!
I agree with you on the lack of community spirit, but how could we increase that?
As for swearing... sometimes it can be playful and isn't always nasty. For example your friend does something annoying... like tickle you or make a playful comment and you reply "fuck you!" or "bitch!"... I mean it doesn't mean you don't respect them... does it?
Plus words change meaning and are applied differently over time. For example the word "dyke" is often proudly worn by lesbians when a while back it would have been seen as offensive. Or "bitch"... I've heard women be proud that they're a bitch.
thats thatchers fault
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