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Originally Posted by Carn
A lot of ugly people wear blue shirts -----> if you wear a blue shirt you get uglier.
See how dumb that is?
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I see you only selectively read my posts. Perhaps you missed this.
"Cursing doesn't make you more interesting or less intelligent."
Like it or not, many judgments are made by how you act and appear. For example, you can look poor because of the clothes you wear. That doesn't make you poor. Your blue shirt example is not a real stereotype, but if it were, it would be true that on first glance you could be taken for being uglier.
I am not judging anyone's character for cursing; only stating that in my opinion that cursing is viewed as a less intelligent form of conversation.
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Originally Posted by Carn
And you *only* have intelligent conversations?
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Wow, testy. As so well stated by frogza, I was only trying to make a point that cursing doesn't have a place in most intelligent discussions. To answer your question, most of the time I try to have at least half intelligent conversations and cursing isn't necessary.
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Originally Posted by Carn
It's ignorant to judge someone by their manner of speech. That's like judging how attractive someone is by the clothes they wear. "Oh well he doesn't wear Armani so he must be ugly."
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Ever heard the saying, you never get a second chance to make a first impression? I don't judge people's character solely by their manner of speech, but I do get a first impression of people based on how they act. If someone can't express themselves without constantly cursing, I get a negative impression of them. Would you wear a tee shirt and jeans if you wanted professional business people to take you seriously?
In case you missed my other posts, I'm not offended by cursing. There are times it is very inappropriate and others where it doesn't matter. I don't really care if others do it. I don't and if I don't like hearing others curse, I can always choose not to listen.