Monday, March 11, 2013

Profanity vs. Vulgarity

If there are two words that are less interchangeable than "done" and "finished" or "can" and "may", they would be "profanity" and "vulgarity". They are not the same. Would you like me to emphasize that more?

Profanity: Classified as anything against the Second Commandment. For those of you unfamiliar with Christianity and/or Judaism, that would mean anything that can be used in reference to God or hell. According to any religion that follows the Ten Commandments, these would be legitimately wrong.

Vulgarity: Average words that society has attached a false stigma to. They are technically "wrong" to say in public in that, as mentioned, society has attached a false stigma to them and so if you use them you can appear crude and uncivilized, but they bear no real meaning and cannot actually get you in trouble.

Also, for any of you who have been worried that my rants weren't lengthy as promised, don't worry. I'm just getting warmed up. Wait until I get to a topic that I can really rant about.

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