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Originally Posted by Searcher  Taken to an extreme, freedom of speech can be a breach of people's own privacy. For example if swearing were permitted in school on the basis that children are expressing their freedom of speech, then some parents would be outraged that their children were being exposed to it. |
i only reconize "swear words" by the censors that surround them. its just a stupid taboo. the f word has its roots in christianity about sex and christian morals. if my kid asked why he got in trouble in school for saying the f word, i would say "its a long story, but it all started with religious opression."
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Likewise when you see porn on the shelves with the covers err... covered. That's because people acknowledge that while some people want to buy them, not everybody wants to see ladies' breasts as they look for their weekly fishing magazine while their little kids are buying comics.
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i will buy the porn issue. but sex and nudity are not the same. so what if the kid sees nude images. i do not want my kid raised thinking nudity and sex are a dirty bad thing. intercourse is difficult to explain to a toddler tho
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Even on the one issue of T-Shirts, I wouldn't be sure where to draw a line. I don't want to spoil anyones fun, but on the other hand I don't want my kids asking me what all these mean (warning, may offend some):
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i would buy my kids any of those shirts
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I am sure there are worse, I found those with one very quick google in about 2 minutes. I'm no prude, but there is a time and place for that sort of issue with children, and in the middle of a busy shopping centre at a randomly chosen age is not the time. I also appreciate that many adults don't really want to see that sort of thing, some may be upsetting to them.
I have no innate problem with joke or offensive T-Shirts - but they should be worn in places where people can make their own mind up about whether they are funny/offensive/whatever e.g. nightclubs, pubs late at night, rock concerts, etc. Where those people you are exposing to your particular brand of humour are most likely of a type who can choose to ignore, laugh, punch you or whatever. Not on the high street at 1pm, with little children and old grannies alike being exposed to them without any consent at all.
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i love wearing shirst like that, esspecially to express my self to little old grannies.f**k em if they cant take a joke