~It would eliminate most rap music.
~You shouldn’t have to listen to this so regularly.
~Would Jesus swear?
~It’s important for society to have taboos.
~Maturity means choosing to use adult vocabulary. “Use your words” we tell children.
~It requires no intelligence, and in fact becomes a substitute for thinking or developing a proper vocabulary
~They make you seem less intelligent.
~Sometimes people need a little incentive to stop doing something they shouldn’t do anyhow, like smoking.
~This is thought pollution, just as much as smoking is air pollution.
~Disturbing the peace is a crime, this is just an example of that.
~Profanity is a declaration that you are outside civil society. It’s fundamentally anti-social.
~Hitting someone with your words is still hitting someone.
~If the FCC should rule against it in public, then why not make that rule apply to all public areas?
~Profanity is like torturing animals—those who do worse things usually start here. If no one did this, no one would likely do the worse things either.
Bible References: Psalm 19:14, Matt 5:34-37, Matt 12:33-37, Matt 15:11-20, Ephesians 4:28-32, Ephesians 5:1-6, Col 3:5-8, James 1:19-21, James 3:1-12, 2 Peter 2:17-20
Links on Profanity:
Cuss Control Academy
Why Children Swear by Elizabeth Pantley
Creative Swearing
Profanity: A Biblical Assessment by Wayne Jackson
The Plague of Profanity by Wayne Jackson
George Washington's Order on Profanity
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