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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyaricus" data-source="post: 3493241" data-attributes="member: 35678">Indeed, and so are their close neighbours the Canadians, where many of the same mores are ripe for the finding.I know for myself, I swear a lot. Just the way I am, and when I was younger (13-16) I swore even more then I do now. However, I'm not vulgar (per se) with it, using racial slurs (which I think are a terrible slander) or swearing around small children or older folks, who might get offended at such terms. I should also mention I work with the pubic 40 hours a week as a petroleum dispenser specialist (that means I'm a gas jockey, obviously <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) at a neighbourhood gas station, and I never swear around customers; it's rude and they have the power to phone head office and complain about the service - and I like my job and I like the people I work with and the regular customers, so why mess up a good thing?Anywho, I suppose it has to do with whom I associate with - which consists of a bunch of metalheads and alternative-type people. They've heard it a hundred times in almost any of the music they've listened to, and it simply doesn't bother them - and ever since I really started being social (age 12-14) I've always been with this type of people; it's the culture I've always been a part of, and it doesn't faze me in the least.This is not to say that I'm not an intelligent conversationalist. When I was younger, I'd often surprise adults with my broad lexicon and general world-knowledge and was able to hold my own in almost any topic which came up in conversation.But, I honestly think there is a time and a place for swearing. I think it's disgusting for a parent to swear in front, or AT their own children. My own father did both to me as a child growing up, and that is something which I think is inexcusably barbaric, simply unnecessary, and more often then not, a bit abusive. When I have children, I'd definitely be on my best behaviour around them; it just seems right. I always shudder at my job when parents buy cigarettes and light them up in their vehicles with small children in the back seat - and to swear in front of them is no better, IMO.Just my two coppers.cheers,--N</blockquote>

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