Comments on: Why I Dislike Cuss Words

By: Maeve O.B.

Maeve O.B. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:19:11 +0000

Hey i sort of agree with you and i sort of dont. I think when you cuss, sometimes you just do it to get a whole lot of feelings off your chest. However, i agree with you that they dumb down a conversation. I think th people who use them in almost every sentence are just making themselves look stupid.

By: Cory Klingsporn

Cory Klingsporn — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:31:23 +0000

Wow! I hear you, Brian (particularly since I am 11.) Cuss words are just rude, hateful words that people use because they can’t express themselves properly. I hate cuss words, too and never use them. Great post!

By: Connor

Connor — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:40:43 +0000

So while reading this post, my boss peeked over my shoulder and saw the title. He then wanted to show me something, so I gave him my laptop. He pulled up the website of a documentary with the F word as its title. The documentary has the F word an average of 9 times per minute. Ridiculous.

I agree with you that the use of profanity is a plague that essentially dumbs down every day conversation. I even try to avoid the “dang” and “frick” and other imitations, because they’re essentially the same thing. While these replacements don’t offend me, I try to be more intelligent and eloquent than resorting to such “filler words”.

By: Mitchster (tingey)

Mitchster (tingey) — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:57:40 +0000

Not that I am disagreeing with you I totally agree, but you should tell this to all the “cussing like crazy” actors and singers.

By: RKM

RKM — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:58:21 +0000

I remember when that happened at LITO — hard to believe people get so worked up about it. You’re probably also right about the mock cuss words — they become filler words that replace better words.

By: Brooke C.

Brooke C. — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:06:20 +0000

It may be true that a movie is only rated R because of language and that we do typically hear that same language at school and work. However, because other people have the free agency to cuss and swear, we are powerless in stopping them and sometimes it is just plain unavoidable in public places. When watching a movie though, we have the power to choose whether or not we want to subject ourselves to that type of language. Why people feel like they can demean you for this choice I don’t understand.