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Originally Posted by Zenir
Murder/suicide has not lost it's sting because it is common in society, nor would it if it happened all the time.
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Murder/Suicide is extremely rare, even in the USA. I fully expect it would lose alot of it's sting if it where common.
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Originally Posted by Zenir
I find this a little obscure. First isn't the idea of conversing about exploring emotions and developing an understanding of the emotions we have
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Conversation is about exploring emotions? I would think that only a certain chunk of the population would agree with that statement.
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Originally Posted by Zenir
, isn't cursing quite the same as simply raising our voice then (in concurrence with his argument.)
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Someone who raises their voice constantly during conversation is also looked down upon.
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Most taboos have reasons behind them. For example, Jews don't eat pigs, this is reasoned from the fact that pigs are one of the few animals who carry diseases which are a contagion for humans also. Most taboos originate from some original point, although it may not apply now, they are firmly rooted and it takes time to exterminate the whole.
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I would agree that many taboos have been rationalized after the fact. I wouldn't agree that most taboos had reasons being their coming into being.
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Originally Posted by Zenir
An argument isn't lessened for the curse word. Something obviously can not naturally be less than itself. You may attempt to percieve it as so, but that is simply a personal bias or prejudice and no act of the subject.
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You are playing semantic games here. When you say a component of X diminishes X, you are saying "X without that component would be greater", not that X < X.
And then you pull up relativism games: we are talking about social acts, they "don't exist" outside of the beliefs, thoughts and feelings of those influenced by them. So saying that the impact is "merely" in the perception of the beholder isn't diminishing the impact at all.