I don't have many issues in life that I struggle with but there is one habit that I possess which causes me some concern from time to time. Some people smoke cigarettes, other people are obsessed with pornography but my vice is the use of profanity. Don't get me wrong, when I say that I am concerned about it, this doesn't mean that I have the desire to stop. I just wonder if it is wrong. As I stated, I don't abuse my body by injecting it with drugs and I would not qualify myself as having an addictive personality but there is something about using profanity that just feels SO good.
I always tell people that if I could smoke cigarettes, I would do it in a heartbeat. Smokers seem to blow all of the aggravation of the day away when they exhale and that puff of smoke is released. What I wouldn't give to experience that feeling. I think I come pretty close to that when I let the occasional "F" word flow from my mouth and I get excited because I have expressed myself completely. I am very careful not to curse around my parents, children or older people. Only around friends and those who I know will not be offended by it. I get amused when I am with certain friends who feel the same as I do about using profanity because we understand each other and no offense is taken when we call each other derogatory names. In fact, I think that's how we show our loving but sordid affection for each other.
I have had the discussion about curbing my use of profanity with my sister in the past and she is totally against it. She believes in freedom of expression and if that is how I want to express myself, then so be it. Of course I have heard other people's opinions about using profanity and someone even told me that it is not "lady like". Unfortunately, that person didn't know me well enough to realize that she actually encouraged me to become more profane. (I couldn't care less about what is perceived as "lady like" but that's a whole other blog topic.) I honestly don't think that there is anything wrong with profanity as long as you are respecting others around you. Yes, there are days when I turn the radio off because the content of some music is a bit too vulgar for me. Then there are other days when I can listen to Biggie and recite his lyrics verse by verse. It all depends on how I'm feeling. Is it wrong to curse? I have no idea, but until I'm convinced that something is wrong with using profanity, I'm going to keep on doing it.
I always tell people that if I could smoke cigarettes, I would do it in a heartbeat. Smokers seem to blow all of the aggravation of the day away when they exhale and that puff of smoke is released. What I wouldn't give to experience that feeling. I think I come pretty close to that when I let the occasional "F" word flow from my mouth and I get excited because I have expressed myself completely. I am very careful not to curse around my parents, children or older people. Only around friends and those who I know will not be offended by it. I get amused when I am with certain friends who feel the same as I do about using profanity because we understand each other and no offense is taken when we call each other derogatory names. In fact, I think that's how we show our loving but sordid affection for each other.
I have had the discussion about curbing my use of profanity with my sister in the past and she is totally against it. She believes in freedom of expression and if that is how I want to express myself, then so be it. Of course I have heard other people's opinions about using profanity and someone even told me that it is not "lady like". Unfortunately, that person didn't know me well enough to realize that she actually encouraged me to become more profane. (I couldn't care less about what is perceived as "lady like" but that's a whole other blog topic.) I honestly don't think that there is anything wrong with profanity as long as you are respecting others around you. Yes, there are days when I turn the radio off because the content of some music is a bit too vulgar for me. Then there are other days when I can listen to Biggie and recite his lyrics verse by verse. It all depends on how I'm feeling. Is it wrong to curse? I have no idea, but until I'm convinced that something is wrong with using profanity, I'm going to keep on doing it.
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