We couldn’t resist passing this one on. A recent comment on The Cursing Ape – an unusual and thought-provoking analysis of the modern proliferation of bad language at the Aristasia Treasure Trove.
The writer seems to encapsulate all the attitudes of the D.H.Lawrence “swearing revolution”, with all the inbuilt male-centricity and fundamentally abusive attitudes it implies.
What a delight you must be at parties! I could not envision a more tight-***ed, pursed lip, psalm-singing old maid writing the condescending drivel above if I tried. Quite frankly, I almost consider those unable to let go of their cultural inhibitions and “curse” for humorous effect and/or venting of real anger to be inarticulate themselves. Unless you’re going to exercise some real mental discipline, and keep your mouth shut for an extended period of time no matter what happens, get over your Bronze Age taboos about speaking forbidden words. And really get over your sweeping generalizations dismissing and disrespecting people you know absolutely nothing about.
The site organizers replied as follows:
Thank you for your comment. Obviously it was necessary to remove the ritual incantation of one of the Two Monosyllabes at the end, but otherwise not a bad bit of invective, if rather predictable.
You say “get over your sweeping generalizations dismissing and disrespecting people you know absolutely nothing about.” You mean ignorant, disrespectful (and male-centered) generalizations like “tight-***ed, pursed lip, psalm-singing old maid”?
You are right that we know nothing – or at least rather little – about you outlanders. You seem a rather peculiar brand of alien to us. Your continued obsession with a few limited bodily functions is a mystery to us. One would have thought that, after learning about the bathroom ones at the age of two or less and the reproductive ones a few years later, you might have had your little laugh and moved on. But it seems not. This is a lifetime’s supply of amusement. A perpetual village-idiot fascination with dung. It would be quite cute if it weren’t so ugly.
As for “expressing real anger” – didn’t you read the article at all? Or do we just inhabit different worlds altogether? And what is remotely humorous about the constantly repeated reference to the same two bodily functions in the same two words? I certainly would have no desire to attend a party where that passed for “humor”.
But as you rightly say, we know as little about your people as you know about ours.
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