What constitutes vulgar and obscene language: the heart or intended meaning, or the words in and of themseves?
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I would say intented meaning. Some people put the pressure on specific words- but someone could call someone anything with enough venom to try and make it hurt. I could call someone a "Stupid chair head" and say it with such venom, and a look "that could kill", and make it feel the same as if I had used the "N" word or something equally as vulgar. A word is just a sound you make until you give it meaning. Great question, Sheep. It's a question that really made me think.
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If language is offensive to others and one uses them anyway, say swearing in front of your mother or the elderly, or using racist or sexist language, then you have to wonder what the person's heart or intent really was in using those words at that time. Words definitely have power, thus the phrase "those are fightin' words."
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For me it's certain words, regardless of their intended meaning. For instance, my all-time most hated word is that four-letter "C" word that some use to refer to women or their genital area. I don't care what the intent, there is just no way to put a good spin on that word. Now, on the other hand, the five-lettered "B" word that some use to refer to women or their temperment, I can find humor in almost always because mostly when I get called that, it's because I'm acting like a man or exerting some show of strength or authority.
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I would have to say the intented meaning is what makes it vulgar or obscene. I am the type that is never offended so words to me are just verbal expressions which hold nothing without their intent.
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