Why is it that you don’t put your elbows on the table, and why is it that you don’t say fuck and shit, or go shirtless in public? What has made these things seem like a wrong doing in society? This was brought up because when at the dinner table I’m often corrected on my table manners. Of course I would naturally try find a way to excuse my wrong-doing, but during my attempt to desensitize the accusations I realized that I’ve actually done nothing at all wrong. So this brought up the question of how many things have we been programmed to look down upon, that have no biblical reference to good or bad. Immediately profanity came to mind. What makes fuck, damn, shit worse than any other word? As far as I know they take the same amount of air, and certain people use them to better express themselves-(some). Anyone can say/type/YELL these words with no offensive intent, just like any other word. So I asked my mother why profanity in general is a bad thing. She gave a semi-valuable answer saying “They are just words made up to express negativity.” Not exactly what she said but the same general idea. BUT that’s not answering why it’s inappropriate. They aren’t meant to express negativity, it’s just more commonly used in a negative sense because people have labeled them as bad. The answer is it isn’t, table manners and’ profanity’ are bullshit. So in a conclusion to the question, I assume people make up manners and rules to make themselves look good. If I convince the world the moving my right hand to the east at 5 P.M. is a righteous thing, it means that the people who don’t are unrighteous. So the only purpose these rules are serving are causing a problem, and making the people that don’t care to go through the motions seem rude. Now looking at it from another angle: we can’t do anything about the way people look at these things, so why do people find the need to do them? Specifically cussing, why do we need to do it? We don’t. But we as humans have the instinct to rebel against restriction. But that’s beside the point, the problem is when someone is accused of a false wrong-doing. I think that is rude. If you want to show someone that you’re a good respectable person, do something nice for them.
2 comments:
Talble mannors started because old familys would meet and usually have a meal together to discuss if there children would be set up to me marryed someday. Table mannor started becuase you wanted to look like you came from a nice respectable back ground and that you were not a lower class person as most familys set up marriages to get there children into a higher class.
As for the cussing i believe that over time people used them as a neggative way to express what they were saying. Because of this they have been labled as bad and offensive words to people when most are not. If you look up most curse words for the accual meaning there not negavite or bad in any way. For example Bitch means a female dog, Ass is another name for a Donkey and fuck means people having sex.
so... are you agreeing with me or what. I can't tell
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