My Faux Pas
From the archives of the Post Apocalyptic Museum of Wishful Thinking, somewhere in another dimension.
From the Office of Semantics, Letters and Phrases
To whom this concerns:
Language is funny that way.
Some people will latch the entirety of their very being onto a singular word. Upon hearing a single word, the entire comportment of themselves, their emotional well being and their ability to think with reason will be ripped apart and they will be incapable of participating in constructive dialogue. And in doing so they will jettison the entirety of all other context in which the word was used; context that may greatly change our perspective on the word in question.
Such words will be branded and badged as profanity or vulgarity and they will have champions who seek to do nothing more than to smite these words from the human lexicon.
Profanity or vulgarity, as such, are often used as party tricks that intend to provoke a feeling. They are words that often manipulate the easily manipulated.
I use them, who am to judge?
I do contend, though, that the feelings invoked by profanity and vulgarity are variable depending on the audience. Some are asked to obey without question. And they do so. I also contend that there is a reason why problem solvers are more prone to using profanity and vulgarities. Problem solvers want the truth. To get to the truth you must consider every hypothesis, then test them so as to not inadvertently risk losing the truth.
This is all to say that the distinction between those who do and do not use profanity is conditional to the person and that there is no universality on which we can rationally conclude an absolute rule forbidding such semntics is justifiable.
And need we remind us all that those who refrain from the use vulgar and profane words are still nonetheless capable of uttering vulgar and profane statements! It is fundamentally true that people who refuse to use singular profane and vulgar words, often string together an array of words that have zero profane or vulgar intentions in so far as the ultimate singularity that is the final definition of each deconstructed semantic in our multiple language virtuality; and nonetheless intentionally and in full earnest, string such words together so as to intentionally invoke a profane or vulgar idea or belief.
Whereas profane and vulgar words are often used in a manner that is consistent with seasoning a dish with salt and pepper; The practitioner of language may employ such words a simple casual inclusions in which they are no more than simple suggestion at mood. Often the mood invoked is ironically jovial.
But what I do understand? I do not understand how some people who are greatly offended by singular words that infer a profanity or vulgarity, cannot discern for themselves that it is not the individual word that matters, but that it is only the context that can ascertain profane or vulgar intent!
Context matters.
Without it you misunderstand.
But if you are the type that latches onto singular words and jettisons the context. You may be over reacting. Maybe most of the time.
Anyhow, not really any point to any of this. And I guess I am not really whinging.
P.S.
It has been brought to my attention that I entirely misunderstood your original premise and that we are actually in alignment. Egg on my face!
My faux pas. I will see myself out the door.
