My blogging routine seems to have dwindled down to an average of two or three times a week from my daily postings of last year.
The finals are next week so rants and all that crap will be put off till 6th of May. I'm beginning to feel the pressure and stress but it's good stress as I can study better and concentrate more when I'm being pressured. I'm sure a lot of people probably operate like me or maybe I'm just a lazy bum. Whatever it is, I can't wait for next week to come. Just to get it over with.
A random thought sprang to my mind again (what else is new?) just yesterday. It's a hypocrisy that surrounds the use of swear words that we use everyday. Adults are presumably mature and old enough to know when and how to use foul language in our everyday life. However, we always discourage and punish children for using them.
Of course! You may very well say that. But what then gives the adults the right to swear all the same. It's not like there's an outright rule that says that teenagers at the age of 13 can use midly offensive words like 'damn', 'shit', and 'hell' and people reaching the age of 18 can use more crude words like fuck. (apologies for the rude language again) It's a bloody unwritten rule that just seems to discriminate once again. This war of the words seems very screwed up and just plain stupid. If you really don't want children learning the language then just don't use it. Just because you're an adult doesn't mean that you can freely use these words among your peers just because they are using it too. Children are bound to pick these words up anyway one day and when they do learn to use them, you can be sure that they're not going to waste any time not using them just to show that they are "adults" as well. Swear words should just be banned from dictionaries and vocabularies. Or we should make up less harsh words to say when we get pissed and angry.
Fark could replace fuck. Shit with shat. Heck with hell. And so on. Even among adults we criticise people for using foul language when we use them just as well. Once again the hypocrisy is dominating people. We are our own worst critics. I try not to use them but my efforts are really in vain. The words just spill out of your mouth before you even realise what you just said. It's horrible and yet no one is making an effort to try to curb this swearing habit of ours. Maybe we just don't want to. It's probably some ego thing that we habour in ourselves that using swear words would make us seem more "grown-up" or mature enough to talk anyway we like. In any case, as much as I hate to admit it, this is just another hypocrite talking to the hypocrites of the world.
Bear with me for a moment for it's another JL paragraph coming up here. I was watching the show yesterday and the story had all the seven members sort of bitching, arguing, and pissing each other off as individual superheroes would, what with their egos and stuff. And it dawned on me that they, as adults mind you, did not even use a single swear word. This was what started it all by the way. Technically JL is a children's show but in reality this would never happen. Batman would probably be going head to head with Flash, slashing out at each other verbally with words that even the Malaysian censorship board would be horrified to let the children of Malaysia hear. All the labelings of 'bitch', 'bastard', 'dumb-ass', 'm*th*r-f*ck*r', and all sorts of colourful language would be more suited to such verbal abuse that the JL members would use on each other rather than the kid-friendly language that cartoons are more attuned to. It was a reality check for me when I watched them battling out with each other that I just said aloud, "There's no way that they would get angry with each other like that. Where's all the swear words?"
This is probably just me but if we want to protect the children so much there should never have been any swear words to begin with. I wonder who was the bastard or bitch who started this long tapestry of words that eventually lead to the degradation of society today.
Phew. This ranting thing is wearing me down. It's up to you whether you want to swallow your pride and accept that fact or not but hey, it's not my place to preach my words.
Hey, you don't mind if I use your blog as a semi-blog for me? Heh.. It's like.. I want to blog but I don't have enough for a full post so I decide to comment on your posts instead. At the very least, you get long-assed mini-posts of 'introspection' from me which you can freely ignore or skim through :D
1)Yah, I miss your daily postings.. post more! It doesn't matter about what as long as you post something!
2)Do you know the CSI NY theme sounds a lot like the Baywatch theme? I don't know why and it makes me laugh.
3)Boston Public is SO awesome.
4) On to your post, it has always been my opinion that no matter what curse words you use.. it doesn't matter except for in the context you use it in. Like, some people use curse words like daily verbs... for example, I use damn and shit in every other sentence but it means nothing. Some other people use like, 'fuck' and other words in the same way I use 'damn' and 'shit'. But just because it's 'fuck' doesn't mean it's worse than 'damn' or 'shit'. It's just a word.. it carries the same context as the way I use it in. Like, how some people use the word 'bitch' in a positive/negative way. Some people use 'bitchy' as a positive thing like being confident, etc.. while other use it a more er.. derogatory way. So yah, the swear words aren't the problem.. but the meaning in which people carry in them, the frequency they use them. It's hard to sort of tell though.. because lots of people CLAIM they don't mean to be rude when they say it when in fact they do but you can't do anything about it because you can't tell what they're thinking... yeah.. I've totally flooded your comments. I'm done now. Go study!
had this to say at 27 April, 2005 01:20
1)Yah, I miss your daily postings.. post more! It doesn't matter about what as long as you post something!
2)Do you know the CSI NY theme sounds a lot like the Baywatch theme? I don't know why and it makes me laugh.
3)Boston Public is SO awesome.
4) On to your post, it has always been my opinion that no matter what curse words you use.. it doesn't matter except for in the context you use it in. Like, some people use curse words like daily verbs... for example, I use damn and shit in every other sentence but it means nothing. Some other people use like, 'fuck' and other words in the same way I use 'damn' and 'shit'. But just because it's 'fuck' doesn't mean it's worse than 'damn' or 'shit'. It's just a word.. it carries the same context as the way I use it in. Like, how some people use the word 'bitch' in a positive/negative way. Some people use 'bitchy' as a positive thing like being confident, etc.. while other use it a more er.. derogatory way. So yah, the swear words aren't the problem.. but the meaning in which people carry in them, the frequency they use them. It's hard to sort of tell though.. because lots of people CLAIM they don't mean to be rude when they say it when in fact they do but you can't do anything about it because you can't tell what they're thinking... yeah.. I've totally flooded your comments. I'm done now. Go study!