Profanity

I feel a need to respond to some letters I received over the past week about some of my articles.

This will be mostly directed at the United States since that's where the majority of the right wing Christian tight-asses live. (Both Europe and Canada are a little more liberal and don't get quite so defensive about a bit of profanity in what they read.)

In one of the articles I referred to a group as being "full of shit" when I could just as easily said "full of sh*t" and not drawn ANY criticism at all, instead of the nasty comments from some people who's sensibilities I offended.

Same with the term nigger! I was talking about racism and how words hurt, with a special emphasis on that word.

If I had made my point by saying n*gger instead I don't think anyone would have complained at all.

We can hold the same to be true for comments like asshole instead of a**hole.

Which brings me to this point.

"Common people, what the hell is this? "KINDERGARTEN?"

Am I dealing with a bunch of 7 and 8 year old's who giggle and blush at the mention of what they consider an inappropriate word.

What the hell is wrong with the average adult when they object to my saying "shit" on this blog while if I type "sh*t" it's perfectly acceptable?

Does this --> * suddenly make it O.K.?

Grow up people, grow up!

This is taking the phrase "If thine eye offend thee, then pluck it out!" a little too far!

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Oscar said; I’ll admit I have not read the posts in question, but you caught my attention with ”right wing Christian tight asses”..I guess I have some reading homework for today.

While I don’t find excessive cursing necessary nor enjoyable for a good read, I can’t help but wonder what is happening...

Really, does an Astrix help take the sting from one’s burning ears?

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Thank you Oscar, and my point exactly.

I will NEVER use unnecessary nor excessive profanity on this blog, but by God, sometimes nothing else will do!

Your "blushing" servant;
Allan W Janssen

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Marilyn M said; As a conservative Christian, I don't use those words. As a writer, I can find other words that work. But I'm not going to be offended if you use them. I have the choice to read or not.

If someone is standing in front of me and we're having a discussion, and he/she uses profanity knowing how I feel about it, then I'd be offended. If you were writing directly to me and used profanity, then I'd be offended. But your writings are out there for everyone to read or ignore.

Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !

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