threeCs wrote:
If any of you have been watching the TV show Yellowstone you will know what I am speaking of.
When " Gone with the Wind" was shown in a theater in Sweetwater, Texas in the 1940s I was not allowed to see it because of the language used. "I don't give a Damn". You had to be over sixteen, I think was the age requirement, in any case I was not eligible to see it.
I grew up in ranch country in Nolan County, Texas. My Dad worked part time for the large ranchers in the area as most other small time rancher/farmers did to supplement their income. Most ranchers only had a hand full of full time ranch hands.
While watching Yellowstone the F word is a very regularly used word. I don't remember that being the case when I was growing up, Cursing was freely used by most ranch hands including my Dad but not the F word.
Cursing was also not used around females and small children. I was subjected to it by the other ranch hands because my Dad used curse words.
The F word has become so commonly used today you hear it every where you turn. Comedians, elected officials, many TV shows, players, and many others. You see it on clothing worn in public.
You can look up where the word came from but no one is for sure. One story goes that it originated from the " Fornication Under Consent of King, but that has not been proven. I think every language has a word meaning the same thing.
Don't get me wrong, I am not a prude and will let loose with a few curse words at times but the F word is not one that I use.
Those of you with military backgrounds will remember FUBAR but that is also a word I don't use.
If any of you have been watching the TV show Yello... (
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The use of foul language in the movies and on TV is awful but now it seems that the use of the "F" word, and a few of it's variants, has become commonplace within politics. Being a Vietnam era Marine I'm certainly no stranger to the word but I'm appalled by it's use by people that are in leadership roles in our country. It's absolutely disgusting.