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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Pirillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/f-that-s/">&#8220;F&#8221; That &#8220;S&#8221;</a></p><p>I&#8217;m sorry, I just don&#8217;t see the logic in claiming that the &#8220;F&#8221; word is a bad word. It&#8217;s not a bad word any more than the &#8220;A&#8221; word is, or the &#8220;B&#8221; word &#8211; and let&#8217;s not forget about the &#8220;Z&#8221; word. Entire civilizations have fallen from using the &#8220;Z&#8221; word. I understand not [...]</p></p><p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/f-that-s/">&#8220;F&#8221; That &#8220;S&#8221;</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/f-that-s/">&#8220;F&#8221; That &#8220;S&#8221;</a></p><p>I&#8217;m sorry, I just don&#8217;t see the logic in claiming that the &#8220;F&#8221; word is a bad word. It&#8217;s not a bad word any more than the &#8220;A&#8221; word is, or the &#8220;B&#8221; word &#8211; and let&#8217;s not forget about the &#8220;Z&#8221; word. Entire civilizations have fallen from using the &#8220;Z&#8221; word. I understand not using the &#8220;Z&#8221; word, because the &#8220;Z&#8221; word is the most offensive word in the entire galaxy. But the &#8220;F&#8221; word and the &#8220;S&#8221; word? </p>
<p>How, precisely, are they bad?</p>
<p>Words can be used as weapons, but that doesn&#8217;t make the words bad &#8211; the people using those words to demean or demoralize are the ones who are bad. The &#8220;F&#8221; and &#8220;S&#8221; words (themselves) are inherently not evil. The &#8220;F&#8221; word helps convey strong emotion &#8211; and the &#8220;S&#8221; word is something that every f&#8217;ing human does. If you&#8217;re offended by the &#8220;F&#8221; or &#8220;S&#8221; words, then I feel sorry for you.</p>
<p>Mind you, I&#8217;m not talking about the &#8220;W&#8221; word, the &#8220;C&#8221; word, or the &#8220;N&#8221; word &#8211; I&#8217;m only talking about the &#8220;F&#8221; and &#8220;S&#8221; words (rather, racially-independent words). I can&#8217;t really defend the &#8220;G&#8221; word, because the &#8220;B&#8221; (and/or &#8220;T&#8221;) strictly forbids its use. Think about WHY you might be offended when someone uses the &#8220;F&#8221; or &#8220;S&#8221; word &#8211; is it because the words are bad, or because you feel it&#8217;s immoral to use words that aren&#8217;t sanctioned by some random moral authority?</p>
<p>Oh, and then there&#8217;s the &#8220;E&#8221; word &#8211; which is a completely different argument (with direct relation to the &#8220;O&#8221; and &#8220;Y&#8221; debacle). Moreover, why is it okay for some people to use the &#8220;J&#8221; or &#8220;K&#8221; words when others can&#8217;t? Doesn&#8217;t seem fair to me, and that is quite offensive in and of itself.</p>
<p>I use &#8220;F&#8221; word, and I don&#8217;t feel a &#8220;D&#8221; bit of shame (especially when I&#8217;m trying to eke out a wicked &#8220;S&#8221;). Let s/he who has not f&#8217;ed cast the first &#8220;Q.&#8221; </p>
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