What happened to MEN?

Whether it 'should' matter what words we choose or not (probably it shouldnt) the fact is that it does.
 
A word MAY be 'simply a word', but we ALL add weight and meaning to the words we hear (and the words we use). Its a natural function of human language.
 
Yes, 'flippin' and 'f_cking' are bot 'just words' (and rather similar sounding ones), but if people as a whole attach a difference to them, then the difference exists. Language is, after all, only the collective agreement of what certain sounds 'mean'. And collective opinion has deemed (reasonably or unreasonably) that certain sounds have a more offensive meaning than others.
 
Philosophically Id tend to agree that this 'shouldnt' be the the case - but the fact remains that, were I to be travelling on a train with my kids and they were making a noise, I would respond quite differently to someone saying "Sorry, but would you mind asking your kids to keep the noise down" than I would if the same person were to say "Oi, sh*t-head, tell those little c*nts to shut up".
 
You can say that Im irrationally attaching arbitary importance to certain words when they're simply sounds, just like any other word - and you'd probably be right - but still, despite agreeing with this, Id still respond quite differently

Reborn


I'm out, rapidly degenerating into something out of place on MT

Erm, I wouldn't have brought this up if you hadn't already played the "you're a mod" card - but how come you get to decide what is out of place on MT?
 
Let's look back on the thread. If you didn't want to get involved in a bit of banter then why would you out of the blue start telling me what my parents think, that my logic is reminiscent of a 5 year old's, when I wasn't even talking to you? I didn't take offence at all. But you took a couple of jokey replies as me "mocking" and "trolling" you and now imply that another forum is out to get you. What's any of that got to do with the price of fish?
 
At the end of the day this is just another debate like hundreds of others
 
JB summed it up well with his Dom Jolly comment IMO. If you go around shouting and screaming then people are going to think you're a weirdo. If you swear in normal conversation then most people won't even notice
 
As they say, YMMV (your mileage may vary)
 

Thats exctly the point I made, moderate your language according to your company and environment. BUT you turned it into something altogether, call it banter if you like but it clearlt wasnt just that was it?

I have reread this and cant fathom the chain of responses, not quite sure what your agenda here is Drab, but I find it hard to believe you dnt get the FP reference. ( of which I only found out yesterday).

If you are a mod (and what are you on about "card")

How about we agree to disagree and stop bickering?

The "card" reference is to the common phenomenon that occurs when a member realises they are losing a debate with a mod. They will find some way to make the fact that one person is a mod relevant to the argument. As you did
 
Of course I agree to disagree, I've said so all along. I'm not the one losing his rag here. Everything's fine