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Free Speech? Political Correctness?
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I find it difficult at times to have a conversation where I have to watch what I am saying,that could be the reason I make so many blunders on here,
My daughter is forever saying you can’t say that dad,or that’s not said anymore,my personal opinion is that it has gone to far the other way,yes there are some things should not be said and in saying that I find that the use of the F word in every day speech has become like god bless you to an awful lot of people.
My daughter is forever saying you can’t say that dad,or that’s not said anymore,my personal opinion is that it has gone to far the other way,yes there are some things should not be said and in saying that I find that the use of the F word in every day speech has become like god bless you to an awful lot of people.
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As you all know on AB I am no Psychiatrist and my knowledge of Psychology is at best basic and at worst nil, but knowing Jordy over the years, as I have although i have never met him, is that he was born in Scotland of a working class family, probably many siblings,in the 30's above average intelligence but for whatever reason did not go on to further education....
08:43 Sun 16th Jun 2019
I have taught all my children that there is no such thing as 'strong language' - the term is a nonsense.
There is language, and its use depends entirely on the circumstances in which it is being used.
So, as I advised them when they were growing teenagers, there are words you will hear, and probably use, with your friends at school, but we don't use them at home to each other, because they are ugly words, and we don't speak that way to each other because we love and respect each other.
I always practised what I preached - my language at work among telephone engineers was not the language I would use to speak to my wife and family.
The important lesson as a maturing adult, is to understand how to recognise the situation in which you are speaking, and adjust your language accordingly.
It's not difficult - it speaks to basic common sense and respect - and it is a sad situation that modern parents are not passing on that lesson to their children, especially by example.
Children who grow up with parents who bark obscenities at each other as day-to-day speech will simply do the same - and I find it unacceptable.
My eldest daughter was twenty-seven before I heard her swear seriously, and that was under the most extreme provocation, and she and I were alone (I didn't provoke her by the way!) - but sadly, the respect of people for each other, and the way they talk to each other, is being eroded with each new generation.
There is language, and its use depends entirely on the circumstances in which it is being used.
So, as I advised them when they were growing teenagers, there are words you will hear, and probably use, with your friends at school, but we don't use them at home to each other, because they are ugly words, and we don't speak that way to each other because we love and respect each other.
I always practised what I preached - my language at work among telephone engineers was not the language I would use to speak to my wife and family.
The important lesson as a maturing adult, is to understand how to recognise the situation in which you are speaking, and adjust your language accordingly.
It's not difficult - it speaks to basic common sense and respect - and it is a sad situation that modern parents are not passing on that lesson to their children, especially by example.
Children who grow up with parents who bark obscenities at each other as day-to-day speech will simply do the same - and I find it unacceptable.
My eldest daughter was twenty-seven before I heard her swear seriously, and that was under the most extreme provocation, and she and I were alone (I didn't provoke her by the way!) - but sadly, the respect of people for each other, and the way they talk to each other, is being eroded with each new generation.
I had assumed that Jordy meant that he sometimes refers to people in a way that isn’t acceptable nowadays. Especially about BAME people, (black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) that he still thinks is ok, but that he wouldn’t dream of saying the F or C words in public.
My dad is of a similar age to Jordy and I have to tell him he can’t say things like that (about BAME people) too.
My dad is of a similar age to Jordy and I have to tell him he can’t say things like that (about BAME people) too.
