Picture by Kris Wilson
A
while ago, Mr Professor Steve Leeper man talked about swearing, and
while we shouldn't swear bunches upon bunches, we should swear if it is
called for.
And
then we had the film, Fridge. And we were divided between who found it
offensive because of the language and who wasn't. And I was one of the
people to raise my hand when he called for the unoffended people. It kind of felt like a slap on the hand while the other hand was in the cookie jar, unashamedly.
But a slap you could see coming out of the very corner of your eye....
If you were paying attention, of course. I decided not to talk about it
or blog about it when everyone else did, because it felt to mainstream
to do it then. (hipster joke anyone?)
I know sometimes for me, it is easy to want to cuss. Hollywood made it seem vaugely glamorous, and my parents didn't help by flat out forbiding it and any usage of it no matter what. And I, being the willful, Human child thing
that I am, said It's my choice. Is it wrong? People tell me so. Why? I
don't know, and no one can give me a better answer than it's wrong.
Which doesn't quite seem like a good enough reason. It's like
evolutionists saying how old are these rocks? well we can see that they
are this old because of the skeletons in them. and how old are they
skeletons? well, we can tell how old they are because of the rocks they
are in. And it just goes round and round and round.
I want to not do something, or not believe something, because I believe it is wrong.
Not because someone told me it was bad, and then took away my beloved
books as a consequence. But because I have a conviction deep inside,
that tells me and makes me believe that I should not do that. Or that I
should.
So in a way, I am sad that I let people down (because I hate letting people down.)
But am I ashamed that I wasn't offended? Not really. Maybe in 20 years,
I'll be wiser, or I'll have kids who I don't want cussing, and then
I'll say, "Damn. Why wasn't I offended?" (you see what I did thar?)
Your name must be Cheerio's, Cause you're good for my heart <3
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