WHAT THE ...?

As firstborns and to a certain period of our growth we present our feelings to others through tears, unknowledgable of the capabilities of our tongues and vocal chords. We know to smile when happy, pout when upset, cry when angry or sad. Until we reach a certain age, a period of influence and an impressionability, we know only to use those words that are "pure" in human nature, expressing feelings with words of a negative connotation as far as "hate," perhaps even "stupid." We are most receptive, it seems, within the first 4 years of our lives. It is then that we learn the basics of life - to walk, talk, etc. We learn right from wrong, or should, by our teenage years. And through all this we are exposed to profanity and sexual innuendos.



Let's start with profanity. If for anything I will allow it as a shock factor. But when profanity becomes a mundane part of our vocabulary to a point where it lurks in every crevice of our sentences or attaches itself to every verb or noun we may speak, especially when we can no longer pick up on our saying it - something is terribly wrong. Have we really become that low? Has our speech really become so lacking that we have to resort to such negative, offensive and stock words to express ourselves. The beauty of words is that they give us the ability to express ourselves in different ways. Let's not get into the whole "freedom of speech" issue. I find the words meaningless in our every sentence or phrase.



Another point of inquiry: Why has sex become comical? It seems now that a joke is no longer funny unless it has a sexual insinuation. Really...? It says a lot about our culture and, perhaps, our growth through generations. Obviously the sanctity of such activities has been lost.



Needless to say as adults or young adults we are to be mature. Mature, fully developed, experienced? And we denote profanity and sexual innuendos as "mature language" or "adult comedy."