{"id":1927,"date":"2012-08-23T08:21:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2012-08-23T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T16:04:39","slug":"curses-when-is-enough-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/08\/curses-when-is-enough-enough.html","title":{"rendered":"Curses! When Is Enough &#8230; Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ll admit it &#8230; occasionally when I get angry or frustrated I use a curse word or two.<\/p>\n<p>I am not proud of that and I always feel disappointed and worse about it when I do.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not classy to curse and even worse I think it&#8217;s vulgar and sinful.<\/p>\n<p>What am I getting at? Who knows &#8230; lol!<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, what I am getting at is the more people curse the less effect the words actually have.<\/p>\n<p>That is, when people use curses to either sound &#8220;tough&#8221; or to &#8220;fit in&#8221; or express other emotions the less effect the words have.<\/p>\n<p>For better or worse, the latter in my opinion, the groundbreaking show NYPD Blue or the early part of Howard Stern&#8217;s radio career seemed fresh and exciting to some.<\/p>\n<p>Cop dramas of today are &#8220;cleaner&#8221; ones like Blue Bloods or Rookie Blue, while Stern arguably gained critical praise as a mostly &#8220;clean&#8221; judge on America&#8217;s Got Talent.<\/p>\n<p>While the first &#8216;Blue&#8217; and Stern&#8217;s radio show are not part of the mainstream media now, where are the boundaries for programs now? When you use the same vulgar language over and over again what&#8217;s the so-called &#8220;fun&#8221;? Where&#8217;s the excitement?<\/p>\n<p>Cursing just seems so old and blah to me &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts? I am overthinking a topic (again)?Is cursing on TV or off it not such a big deal? Please leave your comments below &#8230; thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ll admit it &#8230; occasionally when I get angry or frustrated I use a curse word or two. I am not proud of that and I always feel disappointed and worse about it when I do. It&#8217;s not classy to curse and even worse I think it&#8217;s vulgar and sinful. 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