You guys are so inventive, I am surrounded by GREATNESS

I just jammed a screwdriver under my thumbnail, and heard my self say "son of a fucking bitch bastard". I don't know that I've ever said it before.

I just love it, that "mother puss bucket" survives.

Blasphemy don't make me cool. Making your mom cum with my demonic guitar tones of metallic uber riffage does. Potty mouth stopped equaling street cred when my balls dropped.

That said, I have to fight to keep from using "fuckin" as the adjective for every other word that comes out of my mouth. I choose to engage in that fight, no skin off my back if you don't.

Do you still wuv me? :love:

edit: hey, i just remembered -- at the Testament show 2 weeks ago, I lost my pants in the mosh pit. No lie. Dammit, now you've got me all insecure in my rockdom and I'm defensive.

what about insults that sound bad but when you really think about it they arent that bad.

eg, calling someone a son of a mother fucker (you are the offspring of your dad)

calling a guy a cunt licker or a girl a cock sucker.

calling a sexually active gay man a fucking faggot (although faggot is not a nice word it still refers to a gay man so theres no reason to take offence unless youre straight)

I didn't really follow the point you're trying to make here, but I do think it's interesting that you equate authority figures with principals.

But I'm drifting from the point. I think the aspiration to coolness is not only sophomoric but bogus. Coolness is all about attitude and impressing other people. It's an unworthy goal.

Dar, its really very simple, I'm not sure where your confusion is stemming from. LJ was disappointed that Noodle chooses to become angry over something as antiquated and irrelevant as someone taking the lord's name in vain, blasphemy, or whatever. Noodle seems like an interesting and decent enough fellow, but that kind of crap is a real turn off (uncool?) for some people - like LJ apparently. You brought up high school because the word "cool" was used, LJ furthered the analogy with "principal".

You're speaking of those aspiring to be cool rather than those of us that are.:cool:

my mum says im cool

A faggot is a bundle of wood.

seriously... look it up.

Watch out - she wants something from you.

There's a difference between just cussing and going out of your way to be as blasphemous as possible. Take God out of the equation. If I say to you,

"Fuck off, you lowlife cunt"

that's insulting. But if I say,

"Your dead two-year old sucks your dead father's cock in hell"

I've made it personal. I'm not just cussing, I'm trying to be as horrible as possible. Blasphemy is not just "taking God's name in vain". It's deliberately trying to sully the name and image of something sacred. Goddammit does not equal "Jesus *$% Christ".

I realize that it looks like I'm overreacting -- but is that because I'm so stodgy, or is it because society as a whole has given up on having any kind of decency? I've got my share of bad habits and dirty little secrets -- just because I think deliberate blasphemy is bad doesn't make me some kind of morality cop.

mrnoodle, I soooo hope you've got bad habits and dirty little secrets. I really do.

I'm with ya, though. You don't need to say, "Your mother sucks cocks in hell!" to get the message across. I prefer looking down my nose and telling the asshole that they are boring. People loathe to be boring. It hurts them.

a little sarcasm can go a long way too
"youre so funny!"
"wow shes attractive!"
"your witty!"
"no of course your had doesnt look like a deflated beachball"

Mr.noodle I hear what you're saying about intent versus word choice, and I completely agree. If I feel that someone is trying to piss me off they'll get a much different reaction than someone who happens to use a word or phrase I personally find offensive.
But for you to decide what someones intent is, based only on their choice of words, is wrong. I'm telling you right now that when JFC comes out of my mouth it's certainly not my intent to "sully the name and image of something sacred". Nope, my intent is to swear, to release anger, because I've spilled my tea, lost my keys, or otherwise experienced minor displeasure. JFC being one of many in my personal repertoire. Now if I actually wanted to insult someone, I don't think just saying JFC to them would get it done for me. And if jesus's name or image were sacred to me, I'd be a xtian, and likely would never say JFC in the first place.

What decency has to do with any of this, I'm not sure. If you think that saying "fuck off, you lowlife cunt" is any more decent than saying JFC (keeping intent in mind).... well, again we disagree. The only way that would make any sense to me is if you equate "decent" with "xtian".