Most people would think that as the creator of Bleep!, I've never said a bad word in my life.
Guess what?
I have. Everyone's slipped at some point in their life (as I have blogged about previously), and sometimes you just wanna say a word and you say it, throwing caution to the winds. I have admitted that I do indulge in words I call Category 2 words (but never worse on purpose), like crap, sucks, screw, etc., that are slightly objectionable, but have never been considered earth-shatteringly horrible.
Today I said the word crap, and immediately my friends were on me. "How can you say that? You're the creator of Bleep!!" they exclaimed, slightly horrified. The reason I do indulge in milder of the objectionable words out there is because I'm trying to show that Bleep!'s mission is not to make a blind blanket ban on all bad words. The First Amendment guarantees you the right to say whatever you want, and if you want to use a word that few people will be offended by, then go ahead. Might people think less of you? Yeah. They might. It's a chance that anyone, like me, has to take when they use Category 2-type words.
My bottom line: it's really okay if you say a mild word here and there. Just don't make it the only words you use.
Talia! I mean-R-E-A-L-L-Y!! Please next time use 'excrement'!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I really shouldn't use words like crap. Although maybe not excrement, either. :)
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