I am no stranger to the occasional curse word. But the common use of the f word and another word is unbelievable. I sound like a prude here but I am not considered one. Looking objectively I see a massive coarsening of society. Massive nudity, cursing, rage and violence. Some sociologists blame the massive covid deaths and a result…
I am no stranger to the occasional curse word. But the common use of the f word and another word is unbelievable. I sound like a prude here but I am not considered one. Looking objectively I see a massive coarsening of society. Massive nudity, cursing, rage and violence. Some sociologists blame the massive covid deaths and a resultant "give a darn" attitude. That same attitude is also blamed for the serious rise in automobile accidents and deaths in this Country. Throw in the carelessness and coarsening of the so called political "leaders" and we have a pretty bad mix going on right now. I would hate to raising a child right now.
Words should have power and meaning and I have always thought that the overuse of four letter words deprives them of that power to truly express a very bad situation. We just finished Peaky Blinders where everyone uses the f word liberally. Now we are on to Ozark and that is the same. I do love Ruth though. I was at my chiro's recently, who is Swiss, and he wondered what has happened to us. I said that the veneer of civilization has disappeared and we have a large part of the population who have no boundaries and who are also angry. I agree. I would hate to be raising a child right now too.
These things start small and then escalate to larger and more dangerous behavior. Every night I hear road racing to the west of us. Earlier someone was racing on a major street to the west of us and hit someone and killed them. Then the driver threw the body in his trunk and drove the car with body to the north of Salem. He did get caught although I can't remember the details. Another person drunk and speeding mowed down some homeless tents and killed four people. In Portland a small group of people cause all kinds of havoc. One group takes over streets and bridges for road racing. The police do make some arrests. In one area business owners are having to hire their own security. One problem is recruiting officers and the other seems to me to be the police pouting because their bad eggs have been criticized and sometimes brought to trial
In 1961 we had a Reading class which used the SRA(?) system. It emphasized improving vocabulary for comprehension. It seems obvious to me that the people who lack vocabulary fall back on expletives, and also the brain uses shortcuts to expletives for effectiveness when under stress
An interesting idea. Both my spouse and I have large vocabularies, but we have an overflowing swear jar. For myself, I see it as a bad habit that started as a rebellion.
I vaguely remember this. My Dad was against cursing and name calling. He would say: "There is better use for the King's English." Which is odd since he was from Ireland.
This is attributed to Oscar Wilde, JB Shaw, any many others, but when I read it years ago, it was someone from Italy or France. ¨America Is the Only Country That Went from Barbarism to Decadence Without Civilization In Between¨ .
Hadn't heard this one. Well, America was originally overrun by people who were not, by and large, the best. England viewed America as a giant workhouse where they could send those who the upper classes viewed as the dregs of society. There are exceptions to this of course, but perhaps some of our national characteristics stem from this...I am thinking the anti-intellectualism that runs through our history for example.
Reminds me of one of the takeaways from the new Hulu movie, Good Luck to you Leo Grande, there would be a lot less BS if people took the movie to heart, my interpretation.
Haven't seen the movie although I know what it is about and read an article about Emma Thompson in the NYT. So I am not sure what you mean....not criticizing, just wondering.
Yep, and given the movie, this reminds of our close relatives the bonobos....who are a matriarchy btw, and given to pleasure much of the time. Just finished deWaal's book Different about gender. I read of review of it which has some criticisms, but I thought he was pretty careful throughout the book.
I am no stranger to the occasional curse word. But the common use of the f word and another word is unbelievable. I sound like a prude here but I am not considered one. Looking objectively I see a massive coarsening of society. Massive nudity, cursing, rage and violence. Some sociologists blame the massive covid deaths and a resultant "give a darn" attitude. That same attitude is also blamed for the serious rise in automobile accidents and deaths in this Country. Throw in the carelessness and coarsening of the so called political "leaders" and we have a pretty bad mix going on right now. I would hate to raising a child right now.
Words should have power and meaning and I have always thought that the overuse of four letter words deprives them of that power to truly express a very bad situation. We just finished Peaky Blinders where everyone uses the f word liberally. Now we are on to Ozark and that is the same. I do love Ruth though. I was at my chiro's recently, who is Swiss, and he wondered what has happened to us. I said that the veneer of civilization has disappeared and we have a large part of the population who have no boundaries and who are also angry. I agree. I would hate to be raising a child right now too.
" I said that the veneer of civilization has disappeared ..." Very well said. That is it in a nutshell.
These things start small and then escalate to larger and more dangerous behavior. Every night I hear road racing to the west of us. Earlier someone was racing on a major street to the west of us and hit someone and killed them. Then the driver threw the body in his trunk and drove the car with body to the north of Salem. He did get caught although I can't remember the details. Another person drunk and speeding mowed down some homeless tents and killed four people. In Portland a small group of people cause all kinds of havoc. One group takes over streets and bridges for road racing. The police do make some arrests. In one area business owners are having to hire their own security. One problem is recruiting officers and the other seems to me to be the police pouting because their bad eggs have been criticized and sometimes brought to trial
You are speaking of the same exact situation here in Louisville. I dread driving now.
It's beginning to sound like organized. crime.
A lot of it is gangs.
We were so happy to leave SoCal. Road rage was/is everywhere. I miss so much about my state, but we feel so much safer and happier here in Spain.
In 1961 we had a Reading class which used the SRA(?) system. It emphasized improving vocabulary for comprehension. It seems obvious to me that the people who lack vocabulary fall back on expletives, and also the brain uses shortcuts to expletives for effectiveness when under stress
An interesting idea. Both my spouse and I have large vocabularies, but we have an overflowing swear jar. For myself, I see it as a bad habit that started as a rebellion.
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I vaguely remember this. My Dad was against cursing and name calling. He would say: "There is better use for the King's English." Which is odd since he was from Ireland.
God bless the Irish!
This is attributed to Oscar Wilde, JB Shaw, any many others, but when I read it years ago, it was someone from Italy or France. ¨America Is the Only Country That Went from Barbarism to Decadence Without Civilization In Between¨ .
Hadn't heard this one. Well, America was originally overrun by people who were not, by and large, the best. England viewed America as a giant workhouse where they could send those who the upper classes viewed as the dregs of society. There are exceptions to this of course, but perhaps some of our national characteristics stem from this...I am thinking the anti-intellectualism that runs through our history for example.
Reminds me of one of the takeaways from the new Hulu movie, Good Luck to you Leo Grande, there would be a lot less BS if people took the movie to heart, my interpretation.
Pristine acting and a beautiful story. I feel it's just a piece of the puzzle, but yes, if we were all just more loving and accepting. ❤️
I hope to see it. We don't have Hulu but hopefully can rent via Amazon.
Haven't seen the movie although I know what it is about and read an article about Emma Thompson in the NYT. So I am not sure what you mean....not criticizing, just wondering.
Thanks Michele. If people had enough pleasure in their lives, there might be less anger, aggression, wars and division in our world.
Yep, and given the movie, this reminds of our close relatives the bonobos....who are a matriarchy btw, and given to pleasure much of the time. Just finished deWaal's book Different about gender. I read of review of it which has some criticisms, but I thought he was pretty careful throughout the book.