f0xx Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yo man, how did you manage to get that other thread locked? Anyway, I got a video for you, from my favourite internet bros. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yo man, how did you manage to get that other thread locked? Anyway, I got a video for you, from my favourite internet bros. <3 See?! THAT IS FUNNY!!! That is smooth, contextual, specific, humorous, AND subtly smart s***! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I have to say, I liked this one a lot more too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulian Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Stop being such a ****ing intellectual Pali... WE'RE ALL GETTING REALLY SICK OF IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sorry, I promise to swear and link to mindless-yet-strangely-amusing videos more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0xx Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 That's the Pali we like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sorry' date=' I promise to swear and link to mindless-yet-strangely-amusing videos more often.[/quote'] Come on, Pali...I know you want to argue that "swearing" is just a socially constructed machination of the establishment meant to control people's language and habits. Frak. Gorram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Actually, I find swearing to be a useful linguistic tool for communicating intensity of feeling, among other things. It's the treatment of the terms as obscene or immoral or otherwise "wrong-to-use" that I find to be nonsensical, though I grant that overuse dilutes their purpose. Oh. And... uh... sh*t. Yeah. And... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Actually' date=' I find swearing to be a useful linguistic tool for communicating intensity of feeling, among other things. It's the treatment of the terms as obscene or immoral or otherwise "wrong-to-use" that I find to be nonsensical, though I grant that overuse dilutes their purpose. [/quote'] I'm not denying the effectiveness of their ability to convey feeling. I'm asking who decides what is and is not morally acceptable for our society? In Michigan you can still be charged with a crime for swearing in front of women and children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Who decides? Everyone. No one. For the more authoritarian members of our society, religious or political leaders may be able to dictate what is or is not moral for them, but these people are often powerless to stop attitudes on many subjects from evolving in the general society at large (note gay and interracial marriage, single parenthood, pot smoking, etc.). In a society like ours, asking who decides what is moral is like asking who decides what is proper English - you'll have plenty of people who say they are the decider, and some of them are stupid enough to believe it, but at best they simply have a bit more influence than others on a constantly evolving subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Who decides? Everyone. No one. For the more authoritarian members of our society, religious or political leaders may be able to dictate what is or is not moral for them, but these people are often powerless to stop attitudes on many subjects from evolving in the general society at large (note gay and interracial marriage, single parenthood, pot smoking, etc.). In a society like ours, asking who decides what is moral is like asking who decides what is proper English - you'll have plenty of people who say they are the decider, and some of them are stupid enough to believe it, but at best they simply have a bit more influence than others on a constantly evolving subject. An excellent answer. I prefer to examine it in the form of petite and grande narratives, further splitting up your answer into each of the aforementioned categories, from individual household make-up to city, county, state, segments of country...pretty much anyway one could want to divide it, but I'm certain you are already aware of all these methodologies. And with that, we've probably interjected enough intellectualism to get ourselves hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyorvin Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You both suck. I'm deleting my forum account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inscribed Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104282/smuggy-san-francisco-town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I love that episode. THAAANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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