General Chat

well its nice to see an healthy debate that as been kept civilised, a lesson to us all WELL DONE Linda and paul. Pat x

Linda, A very well put arguement, however what I personally would say is... live and let live. It's OK for you to not like it, that's your personal opinion. But perhaps you need to accept that the majoirty on here don't seem to mind, and therefore perhaps you just need to accept that there will be the occasional post that you don't approve of. I'm sure most on here accept your viewpoint, what they don't want is to be told what to do (which I accept is not what you were doing). oh and one more thing - this is a friendly debate, not a slagging match, if anyone posts anything nasty on here I'll just delete the thread. Paul

sounds like a cue for a song Lou :)

swearing dont bother me at all never has its only words................

sorry paul,will start again.....no,i dont find the odd offensive word,unacceptable...best wishes....bryan.

BRYAN and everyone else, I will stress once more, it was NOT a nasty email that I got, it was a polite request, which I accepted... I was not trying to stir up ill feeling here, just see what opinion was. please lets not turn this into a big issue.

paul...two nasty emails,ran me off this site........dont let it happen to you......your a nice guy,same as sharon, ignore the prudes,that end up as prunes.....bryan.

he's a rapper - MC Rob lol

Paul, was somebody having a laugh by objecting to your wording?? Im not taking the mick (could have put that a bit stronger but i won't) but i really am amazed that it could cause offence to anyone. Rob, what job is it that you do that swearing is a common practice?

The majority Paul remember the song and the pythons and smile the minority complain and find fault :)

Can I just say again that this wasn't a who's right and who's wrong thread, it was simply to guage reaction. The person in question wasn't "having a go" at me, just making a request. I do take issue with Roberts comment though, that he is agreement with the majority. It seems to me from re-reading this thread that the majority were not bothered.

I agree with the majority here; swearing is best avoided (and I am in a profession famous for its language, and use it a lot when at work!). It is useful for letting off steam in a stressful situation; when it becomes part of everyday parlance, the effect gets lost. However, I do find it especially annoying to see swearing referred to as "strong language"; please keep it as "swearing", or "foul language". It is anything but strong; it is weak, the sign of someone who cannot think of what to say next, or who feels the need to exude "machoness", or who has to pad his otherwise empty statements. Rob

paul, i agree it was nothing compared to what we hear every day lol. and i love that song too it always gets a smile even when i don't feel like it, especially yesterday lol. many thanks for the words. melinda

I love that song and if I am feeling blue it always lifts my spirits and there is nothing wrong with that. Up the pythons ;)

OK so NOT including the word, my attempt at subtletly, was obviously daft. The word was shit, used in the context "life is full of shit, when you look at it" (or similar). Elaine, no I wasn't getting grief as such, I was just surprised that someone would be offended by sich a trivial use of the language, and so asked the question. I really was just trying to guage opinion rather than defend myself or, heaven forbid, mock (sorry Linda, I won't mock, but we'll just have to agree to differ :) I too came from a home where swearing was, and still is, frowned upon, but even my father occasionally succumbs to a bloody or a bugger (or a shit !) lol.

well you know what they say ' Always look on the bright side of life de dum de dum de dum de dum' Pat

The offending word peeps.... is in the text of my earlier reply to this thread. Elaine X :o)))))))))

Some people have obviously got too much time on their hands - perhaps whoever wasted umpteen minutes complaining would like to do something more constructive with their time - my housework for a start!!! Then I can do some more research! Maz. XX PS I went to see Life of Brian at the pictures when it first came out amid loads of controversy. Some people obviously STILL don't get it!

Oh Paul You just wanted to see what it felt like to be on the wrong side of people . Have you had any NICE e-mails thou ? I cannot see anything wrong with THAT word, i,m sure it has been on here loads of times . Keep smiling . (((((lol Val ))))))

Hi Paul, I don't find any words offensive as long as the intention isn't to offend. Neither you nor Monty Python set out to be offensive so it's difficult to be offended. Gwynne