Do you get ticked when someone from your race acts like a stereotype?

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Amplifier
if I saw a german person doing a chicken dance while eating a mayonnaise sandwitch I'd probably run them over with my car .

you mean in the library? or on the street? you would drive your car into a library?

No one that eats mayonnaise sandwiches is safe!

I never understood the white people eating mayonnaise sandwiches stereotype in "Undercover Brother".

Yeah, i had no idea black peopel hated mayonnaise

 

[FoBoT]

and why would someone eat a mayonnaise sandwich in the library? don't most libraries have a "no eating" policy? i think the OP is total FICTION, i call shens on the whole thread



loser

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Dont fvck with the skatepunks.

It wasn't too difficult. My wife, myself, and two other parents just stood in front of the ledge to keep them from jumping.

I would have just kept on riding.Hopefully I would have smashed your face in...

I ride bmx but same difference....

Sorry, but I would have nut-punched you before you got the chance. There's no reason to be jumping your skateboard or anything else off a ledge into a playarea where kids aged 1-10 are running around. Especially not when the park already has a seperate area for skaters to do their tricks.

Yeah you would have punched me in my nuts while I am on 18lbs of metal going 20 mph while I am in pads... I would have easily crashed into you hopefully maiming some kids in the process....

Thanks for living up to the dumbass stereotype.

No prob.Thanks for living up to the uptight anal-retentive fvck stereotype.....OMG kids are skating..and having fun..

So it would be "fun" for you to run over and hurt someone's toddler? How fvcking ignorant can you be? No one is pissed because you are having fun, they are pissed because you are endangering another human being while doing it. Please don't tell us how "mad" your skills are and that you would never wreck or hit someone by accident. I've seen enough "America's funniest home videos" to know the invariable end. Go ahead, blast me with your teenage angst. Then go cry into you pillow after you whack it to Natalie Portman.


OHHHHHH, WE HAVE A HARD ASS HERE FOLKS!!!!!

Dude...STFU. We don't need a flamefest and we've already moved on.

Moved on? The third post up from mine is still talking about it. :roll: Not to mention that your worried about a flamefest in a racial stereotype thread?

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Dont fvck with the skatepunks.

It wasn't too difficult. My wife, myself, and two other parents just stood in front of the ledge to keep them from jumping.

I would have just kept on riding.Hopefully I would have smashed your face in...

I ride bmx but same difference....

Sorry, but I would have nut-punched you before you got the chance. There's no reason to be jumping your skateboard or anything else off a ledge into a playarea where kids aged 1-10 are running around. Especially not when the park already has a seperate area for skaters to do their tricks.

Yeah you would have punched me in my nuts while I am on 18lbs of metal going 20 mph while I am in pads... I would have easily crashed into you hopefully maiming some kids in the process....

Thanks for living up to the dumbass stereotype.

No prob.Thanks for living up to the uptight anal-retentive fvck stereotype.....OMG kids are skating..and having fun..

So it would be "fun" for you to run over and hurt someone's toddler? How fvcking ignorant can you be? No one is pissed because you are having fun, they are pissed because you are endangering another human being while doing it. Please don't tell us how "mad" your skills are and that you would never wreck or hit someone by accident. I've seen enough "America's funniest home videos" to know the invariable end. Go ahead, blast me with your teenage angst. Then go cry into you pillow after you whack it to Natalie Portman.


OHHHHHH, WE HAVE A HARD ASS HERE FOLKS!!!!!

Dude...STFU. We don't need a flamefest and we've already moved on.

Moved on? The third post up from mine is still talking about it. :roll: Not to mention that your worried about a flamefest in a racial stereotype thread?

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

So, let me get this straight. You are upset because I took offense to what someone says on a internet forum? Then why the hell are you wasting YOUR precious time worrying about what I said? That seems pretty stupid to me.

It IS on topic. The teenage angst filled skater punks are my least favorite "stereotype" Listening to one of them talk about "hopefully" barreling into my infant son in certainly not a way to get on my good side.

 

[gsaldivar]

No.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, DON'T SHOOT ME SO

Is you name in reference to the dark tower books?

:thumbsup:

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Dont fvck with the skatepunks.

It wasn't too difficult. My wife, myself, and two other parents just stood in front of the ledge to keep them from jumping.

I would have just kept on riding.Hopefully I would have smashed your face in...

I ride bmx but same difference....

Sorry, but I would have nut-punched you before you got the chance. There's no reason to be jumping your skateboard or anything else off a ledge into a playarea where kids aged 1-10 are running around. Especially not when the park already has a seperate area for skaters to do their tricks.

Yeah you would have punched me in my nuts while I am on 18lbs of metal going 20 mph while I am in pads... I would have easily crashed into you hopefully maiming some kids in the process....

Thanks for living up to the dumbass stereotype.

No prob.Thanks for living up to the uptight anal-retentive fvck stereotype.....OMG kids are skating..and having fun..

So it would be "fun" for you to run over and hurt someone's toddler? How fvcking ignorant can you be? No one is pissed because you are having fun, they are pissed because you are endangering another human being while doing it. Please don't tell us how "mad" your skills are and that you would never wreck or hit someone by accident. I've seen enough "America's funniest home videos" to know the invariable end. Go ahead, blast me with your teenage angst. Then go cry into you pillow after you whack it to Natalie Portman.


OHHHHHH, WE HAVE A HARD ASS HERE FOLKS!!!!!

Dude...STFU. We don't need a flamefest and we've already moved on.

Moved on? The third post up from mine is still talking about it. :roll: Not to mention that your worried about a flamefest in a racial stereotype thread?

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

So, let me get this straight. You are upset because I took offense to what someone says on a internet forum? Then why the hell are you wasting YOUR precious time worrying about what I said? That seems pretty stupid to me.

It IS on topic. The teenage angst filled skater punks are my least favorite "stereotype" Listening to one of them talk about "hopefully" barreling into my infant son in certainly not a way to get on my good side.

Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

 

[meltdown75]

quote much?

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Dont fvck with the skatepunks.

It wasn't too difficult. My wife, myself, and two other parents just stood in front of the ledge to keep them from jumping.

I would have just kept on riding.Hopefully I would have smashed your face in...

I ride bmx but same difference....

Sorry, but I would have nut-punched you before you got the chance. There's no reason to be jumping your skateboard or anything else off a ledge into a playarea where kids aged 1-10 are running around. Especially not when the park already has a seperate area for skaters to do their tricks.

Yeah you would have punched me in my nuts while I am on 18lbs of metal going 20 mph while I am in pads... I would have easily crashed into you hopefully maiming some kids in the process....

Thanks for living up to the dumbass stereotype.

No prob.Thanks for living up to the uptight anal-retentive fvck stereotype.....OMG kids are skating..and having fun..

So it would be "fun" for you to run over and hurt someone's toddler? How fvcking ignorant can you be? No one is pissed because you are having fun, they are pissed because you are endangering another human being while doing it. Please don't tell us how "mad" your skills are and that you would never wreck or hit someone by accident. I've seen enough "America's funniest home videos" to know the invariable end. Go ahead, blast me with your teenage angst. Then go cry into you pillow after you whack it to Natalie Portman.


OHHHHHH, WE HAVE A HARD ASS HERE FOLKS!!!!!

Dude...STFU. We don't need a flamefest and we've already moved on.

Moved on? The third post up from mine is still talking about it. :roll: Not to mention that your worried about a flamefest in a racial stereotype thread?

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

So, let me get this straight. You are upset because I took offense to what someone says on a internet forum? Then why the hell are you wasting YOUR precious time worrying about what I said? That seems pretty stupid to me.

It IS on topic. The teenage angst filled skater punks are my least favorite "stereotype" Listening to one of them talk about "hopefully" barreling into my infant son in certainly not a way to get on my good side.

Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

You quoted the wrong person, genius.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person. But pardon me doing my job as a parent.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

Preach it man!

Now let's go get drunk and beat up some midgets!

(For the So-type people out there, I am not advocating the use of alcohol or violence against the height challenged.)

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

Well you sound like a good motherfvcking upright citizen.So you have to get onto people you dont know for smoking and using naughty language.You sound like the goddamn church lady.Mind your business. See this is the stereotype that I hate the most, the busy-little bee.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Now let's go get drunk and beat up some midgets!

(For the So-type people out there, I am not advocating the use of alcohol or violence against the height challenged.)

i wonder if dwarf tossing is still done much anywhere

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: eigen
Well you sound like a good motherfvcking upright citizen.So you have to get onto people you dont know for smoking and using naughty language.You sound like the goddamn church lady.Mind your business. See this is the stereotype that I hate the most, the busy-little bee.

I wouldn't have a problem minding my business if punks, morons, and idiots didn't bring their business up into my face.

But, it's good to know that you're ok with people swearing around 2 & 3 year olds, people smoking pot in front of small children, and people running over small children with their skateboards. Just as long as they're having fun, right?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

Some day your children are going to hear dirty words...they'll even say them. What are you going to do then?

Eventually they'll grow up and reality will hit. IMO, the best thing you can do is teach them in a safe environment and make sure they understand what the words mean. I know that I learned about half of the swear words when my father was working wiring under the train table we had. "<thump>Goddamnit!"

And 'the N word' as you so safely put it...words are words. Don't you find it a bit silly that certain words are taboo? I mean, nobody really cares if I say fvck, ass, hell or damn in a casual, non business setting, but say n_gger, and it's worse than if your grandparents walked down the treet waving their penises at people. Is that really progress? Being a racist is different, but we're afraid to say that word even in an academic setting. It's true that there is rarely a time when you could say it and NOT bebeing racist, but it's not fundamentally different from "wop" "beloved patriot" "cracker"..."polack" (I'm running out here)...but these words can be said in jest. Why is that? It seems like we're moving backward, not forward.

Sorry for the long rant, and I hope that noone is so uptight as to be offended. Keep this rational.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Now let's go get drunk and beat up some midgets!

(For the So-type people out there, I am not advocating the use of alcohol or violence against the height challenged.)

i wonder if dwarf tossing is still done much anywhere

My wife is 5', so I know at least one room of the house where a little dwarg tossing is done.

 

[KarenMarie]

To the OP...

I worked in a restaurant and there were a lot of black guys working in the kitchen. We had one guy who was highly intelligent and very well spoken, as well as being a kickazz cook. Another black guy was in charge of training. thing with the trainer... he was really polite and well spoken in the front of the house to the trainees and the customers.. but when he got to back of house he started speaking ebonics and changed his walk and everything...

the cook got really mad at him one day and told him off in front of everyone... saying that he was a smart guy and there was no need to try to act like a Ni**er to impress ppl cause all it did was perpetuate the stereotype and he should be ashamed of himself for lowering his high intelligence.

Everyone in the place went :Q but i know there were a lot of ppl, especially blacks that were glad to see him get told off.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, DON'T SHOOT ME SO

Is you name in reference to the dark tower books?

:thumbsup:

Long days and pleasant nights to you.

/ka

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: So
Some day your children are going to hear dirty words...they'll even say them. What are you going to do then?

Same thing my parents did to me. Instill in to them the fact that you don't swear out loud in public where everyone can hear you.

And 'the N word' as you so safely put it...words are words. Don't you find it a bit silly that certain words are taboo? I mean, nobody really cares if I say fvck, ass, hell or damn in a casual, non business setting, but say n_gger, and it's worse than if your grandparents walked down the treet waving their penises at people. Is that really progress? Being a racist is different, but we're afraid to say that word even in an academic setting. It's true that there is rarely a time when you could say it and NOT bebeing racist, but it's not fundamentally different from "wop" "beloved patriot" "cracker"..."polack" (I'm running out here)...but these words can be said in jest. Why is that? It seems like we're moving backward, not forward.

Well, the two kids in the street were black and they weren't using it in a joking manner. They were talking about some other kid they knew and using it in a negative manner. I have to refer to Bill Cosby's rant on the use of the "N" word because he said it best.

Sorry for the long rant, and I hope that noone is so uptight as to be offended. Keep this rational.

Not offended.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

Some day your children are going to hear dirty words...they'll even say them. What are you going to do then?

Eventually they'll grow up and reality will hit. IMO, the best thing you can do is teach them in a safe environment and make sure they understand what the words mean. I know that I learned about half of the swear words when my father was working wiring under the train table we had. "<thump>Goddamnit!"

And 'the N word' as you so safely put it...words are words. Don't you find it a bit silly that certain words are taboo? I mean, nobody really cares if I say fvck, ass, hell or damn in a casual, non business setting, but say n_gger, and it's worse than if your grandparents walked down the treet waving their penises at people. Is that really progress? Being a racist is different, but we're afraid to say that word even in an academic setting. It's true that there is rarely a time when you could say it and NOT bebeing racist, but it's not fundamentally different from "wop" "beloved patriot" "cracker"..."polack" (I'm running out here)...but these words can be said in jest. Why is that? It seems like we're moving backward, not forward.

Sorry for the long rant, and I hope that noone is so uptight as to be offended. Keep this rational.

I try to keep the language clean in front of ladies and kids, this is not really because I see anything really "wrong" with them. They are, as you said, just words. It is more of a class thing, and what is considered acceptable by society. I wouldn't run down the middle of the street screaming "fvck" for instance, but I meight mutter it if me and a friend are playing video games. It's about respecting other people's space.

I think the whole "N" word is idiotic. If black people are so offended and enraged by its connotations, then why is it that the only time I hear that word is from a black person? It makes no sense to me.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, DON'T SHOOT ME SO

Is you name in reference to the dark tower books?

:thumbsup:

Long days and pleasant nights to you.

/ka

May it do ya fine!

Pass the muffin balls.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, DON'T SHOOT ME SO

Is you name in reference to the dark tower books?

:thumbsup:

Long days and pleasant nights to you.

/ka

May it do ya fine!

Pass the muffin balls.

About the name...no,in fact, I have no clue what you're talking about.

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: So

Fine, but it should be an ON TOPIC flamefest, not stupid sh!t like this. The fact that you care about what one person claimed thy would do in a hypothetical situation in a clearly inflmamatory manner on an internet forum is...well...sad. Color yourself retarted if you like, I wont stop you any more.

Are you running for MOD or something? I'm not sure they have an opening for 'Hypocritcal Mod.'

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, DON'T SHOOT ME SO

Is you name in reference to the dark tower books?

:thumbsup:

Long days and pleasant nights to you.

/ka

May it do ya fine!

Pass the muffin balls.

About the name...no,in fact, I have no clue what you're talking about.

I was speaking to ckGunslinger.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: eigen
Look at your original post. You have listed three occasions where you had to reprimand people you did not even know for behavior that was not really even affecting you.No doubt kids, I doubt you would do it to an adult.You sound whiny to me...so I decided to push your buttons.

First off, you're responding to the wrong person.

Kids walking down the street saying "N" this and "N" that affects me because it isn't acceptable behavior in front of small children. I've had to get on the teen punks in my neighborhood already for smoking and trashing up our gazebos. This isn't anything new between me and some of the teens in my neighborhood.

Skatepunks jumping off a ledge into a children's playground affects me because I don't want to see my child or someone else's child get hurt.

Lastly, I would do it to an adult and have in the past to adults who have sworn out in public in front of my kid for no good reason than to hear their voice. See that guy in the grocery store was an adult.

Some day your children are going to hear dirty words...they'll even say them. What are you going to do then?

Eventually they'll grow up and reality will hit. IMO, the best thing you can do is teach them in a safe environment and make sure they understand what the words mean. I know that I learned about half of the swear words when my father was working wiring under the train table we had. "<thump>Goddamnit!"

And 'the N word' as you so safely put it...words are words. Don't you find it a bit silly that certain words are taboo? I mean, nobody really cares if I say fvck, ass, hell or damn in a casual, non business setting, but say n_gger, and it's worse than if your grandparents walked down the treet waving their penises at people. Is that really progress? Being a racist is different, but we're afraid to say that word even in an academic setting. It's true that there is rarely a time when you could say it and NOT bebeing racist, but it's not fundamentally different from "wop" "beloved patriot" "cracker"..."polack" (I'm running out here)...but these words can be said in jest. Why is that? It seems like we're moving backward, not forward.

Sorry for the long rant, and I hope that noone is so uptight as to be offended. Keep this rational.

I try to keep the language clean in front of ladies and kids, this is not really because I see anything really "wrong" with them. They are, as you said, just words. It is more of a class thing, and what is considered acceptable by society. I wouldn't run down the middle of the street screaming "fvck" for instance, but I meight mutter it if me and a friend are playing video games. It's about respecting other people's space.

I think the whole "N" word is idiotic. If black people are so offended and enraged by its connotations, then why is it that the only time I hear that word is from a black person? It makes no sense to me.

Well put. This is more or less my philosopy on cursing, I never do it in a non casual setting, but with friends, if I'm angry I'll swear like a sailor.