Should the media allow some swear words?
145749
Media does allow some curse words.  They allow hell and damn all day. I think some stations have time restrictions to when they will air different things.  Check out BET they show some really horrific things later at night and don’t censor as much as broadcasters who have white audiences.  I think it is a racial conspiracy. I'd be curious to hear what people say about that. The same company owns both MTV and BET but they censor the two stations differently.  Makes you wonder...
1066641
It made a significant news story on the TV in Australia.  Any sport violence is bad, and I think if you are looking for discrimination, you have lost the ability to look at it neutrally.
39190
IMHO: Swear words are invented and used for two reasons: 1. to verbally demonstrate that what you want to say should be taken more seriously than what you normally say, OR 2. to warn or threaten the listener that you are emotionally moving into a more dangerous level(physically threatening).
753903
Yes, it's offensive, but a word is a word and something like that really isn't important enough to deserve a news article.
554609
actually this site has prescreened curse words and automatically puts in the astrix in place of them.  SO you have to be creative in order to say what you want.
620106
No. All profanity is abusive, regardless of context. And unprofessional.
463214
No, not against "profanity."  You can say whatever you want.  However, there are a collection of laws and rules that tell you when, where, how loud, and in what company you can say it.  If you are on live TV, there are different rules.  If you are in a kindergarten, other laws may apply.  If you are screaming in public, other laws may apply.\n\nAdditionally, if the "profanity" becomes "obscenity" it can be subject to legislation.  And good luck finding out what "obscenity" is (basically:  lacking in artistic, scientific, political, or other value).
1090576
i hear you, like why is it not ok to swear on tv, but it's ok to show freddy kruger ripping people from the inside out with his mechanical hand? i know, it's dumb, just like alchohol is legal and it kills people, and marijuana is illegal and you can never die from it, it's all political.
352103
No, of course not! But I can see how someone could say it with the emphasis on the AS and make it SOUND like a profanity! But that's why you posted your question in the "words and wordplay" category...!
280315
i am a pro... freedom of expression that offends others can be done but behind closed doors... the government is restricting certain expressions as there are possiblities that it may offend others around the world and this may have serious consequenses...
1150629
This is a hot topic today, considering the secularist attacks on some of our (U.S.) society's traditional practices...\n\nHowever, I believe most courts will allow you to swear in "...under penalty of perjury" as opposed to "...so help you God."
692101
If I have to listen to every vile, disgusting offensive sub culture in this country because of their "rights". Then they have to allow me mine.\n  Let it stay.
310435
I can only answer from opinion, but I think that most movies use swear words now because that's the only way they feel they can relate to "normal people."  It boggles my mind why they feel they have to use so many swear words when most are not necessary to get the point across.  Some use it for comic relief, as in when children use swear words.  People might think, "Oh, that's funny a kid said f*%!"  Why is that funny?  Some movies use profanity just to put it in there, just like they use nudity when it's not necessary, it only detracts from the movie.  In sum, I think they use them to make the movie seem more real, like day to day living.  It doesn't work.
803062
It depends. If a person is offended because of a what the person says in a different group or situation then someone should step in and voice with reason and not with anger.\n\nShalom
472041
Sometimes I get on "News Discuss" and the profanity is the worst I have ever read. They call it "trolling" as an excuse. Sometimes young people are interested in the topics also and all they have to do is depress the "Discuss" icon and they are in the discussion board. \nAlso when I surf the web for certain topics, some of the titles are inviting you to a porn site or anything that is not recommended for innocent children. Parents can program the computer, but some of these kids nowadays know more about computers than older people. Some children can override their parents desires by out-computing their parents. Something has to be done\n\nAbsoultely nothing. If parents are afraid their children are being exposed to something questionable, then the parents should make a point of supervising their children whenever possible. It might not be a perfect plan, but it's better than censorship
9944
Absolutely not. It's necessary to protect the right to free unbiased information. This applies for free speech as well. There's no such thing as the right to censor something to protect something else. About movies, they should come all in UNRATED version, with option to censor through the DVD player those parts children shouldn't see.\nSomething else: those who claim that the so-called "hate speech" should be banned don't really believe in free speech, or at least don't understand the concept.
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They seem to be swear words. Here is a link.\nJust type in the words at the top