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Low spark · 08-13-2002, 04:56 PM

I'm an old man by most of your standards here(except Oldguy). But when I was a kid I remember swearing once in front of my dad. He turned to me and said "If you want to swear, that's fine, but if you ask me it shows a lack of intelligence. If you can't find a better word to use, don't say anything at all." I admit, that yes I still swear(under my breath mostly). I think that our society has made the use of foul language into some kind of right of passage into adulthood, so people think that by swearing they are looking tough and cool, in reality their lack of intelligence is what is showing.

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Low spark is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,745 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Inside your head	08-13-2002, 04:56 PM I'm an old man by most of your standards here(except Oldguy). But when I was a kid I remember swearing once in front of my dad. He turned to me and said "If you want to swear, that's fine, but if you ask me it shows a lack of intelligence. If you can't find a better word to use, don't say anything at all." I admit, that yes I still swear(under my breath mostly). I think that our society has made the use of foul language into some kind of right of passage into adulthood, so people think that by swearing they are looking tough and cool, in reality their lack of intelligence is what is showing.