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Well in general it depends on the audience, but here at TG, it's not just us (not to mention occasional guests on the forum), it's also on YouTube, so no, I don't think I would use such an expression captured for who knows how long on a video wich is public to the whole wide world.
I have to say, that the dutch use english expressions very very often and lots of swearing in english don't sound as harsh as it maybe does to english speaking people. So, that's definitely part of why I'm not a particular rolemodel in real life when it comes to that, haha! :laugh: So I wouldn't be offended if someone else would do so.
But again, I wouldn't capture it on video.
Ness
I have to say, that the dutch use english expressions very very often and lots of swearing in english don't sound as harsh as it maybe does to english speaking people. So, that's definitely part of why I'm not a particular rolemodel in real life when it comes to that, haha! :laugh: So I wouldn't be offended if someone else would do so.
But again, I wouldn't capture it on video.
Ness
What's worse?
"Let's Spend the Night Together"
"Baby Please Go All the Way"
"Please Please Me"
"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"
etc.
Or
"You're all fuckin' peasants are far as I can see"
To me, the former is explicit/implicit intercourse or sex. The latter is simply an adjective without sexual connotations.
"Let's Spend the Night Together"
"Baby Please Go All the Way"
"Please Please Me"
"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"
etc.
Or
"You're all fuckin' peasants are far as I can see"
To me, the former is explicit/implicit intercourse or sex. The latter is simply an adjective without sexual connotations.
In 2012 the word has became so pervasive in our culture that even Newsweek -- one of the stodgy old American news magazines -- now uses it when quoting the dialog of celebrities who utter the word. If Newsweek feels comfortable enough to use the word without unduly offending its readers, I'm okay with it, too.
Right or wrong, kids use the word constantly. It's in their music, and that's pretty much all it takes to cement it into their culture. I don't think our occasional use of the word in a song is going to have one iota of effect on whether or not a kid uses the word. As far as I'm concerned, what kids need to learn is the proper context for using it.
There may have been a time in history when "bad words" were used by bad people. But nowadays I see the most caring, compassionate, and committed people swearing, so, in my mind at least, there's no connection of profanity to the quality of the person using it. Neither, I think, is there a connection of the absence of profanity to the quality of the person refraining from using it.
Right or wrong, kids use the word constantly. It's in their music, and that's pretty much all it takes to cement it into their culture. I don't think our occasional use of the word in a song is going to have one iota of effect on whether or not a kid uses the word. As far as I'm concerned, what kids need to learn is the proper context for using it.
There may have been a time in history when "bad words" were used by bad people. But nowadays I see the most caring, compassionate, and committed people swearing, so, in my mind at least, there's no connection of profanity to the quality of the person using it. Neither, I think, is there a connection of the absence of profanity to the quality of the person refraining from using it.