16th Commentary - The Problem of Swearing
For this week's commentary, we are required to comment on the posting of another student's blog. I have chosen to comment on Adeline Tan's (3305) commentary on the article, "More Americans swearing, poll shows", dated 30th March 2006.
I do agree that Americans swear a lot, and that this fact is clear when one watches American TV programs. The fact that even the American vice-president swears is actually quite shocking, as politicians are supposed to be more or less civilized. Of course, it is quite probable that other members of the government swear too.
But as we all know the problem of increased swearing is not restricted to the US alone. Even in Singapore, one can often hear various swear words being utilized for a multitude of purposes. Swearing has become so commonplace that some people inject them into almost every sentence they utter.
One source of this problem is of course, television programs, especially American ones. With American culture being widespread around the world, is therefore quite unsurprising that even their habit of swearing so often spreads to many other countries. No one really likes to be sweared at, and some actually get very offended at the language used.
I agree with Adeline that reducing the amount of profanity spoken in television programs would help reduce the spread of the use of swear words, and that education plays a vital role. However, one must note that any attempt to eradicate or reduce the problem would still be very tedious and difficult, as the problem is already widespread.
Adeline's URL is : http://generalpaperblog.blogspot.com/
I do agree that Americans swear a lot, and that this fact is clear when one watches American TV programs. The fact that even the American vice-president swears is actually quite shocking, as politicians are supposed to be more or less civilized. Of course, it is quite probable that other members of the government swear too.
But as we all know the problem of increased swearing is not restricted to the US alone. Even in Singapore, one can often hear various swear words being utilized for a multitude of purposes. Swearing has become so commonplace that some people inject them into almost every sentence they utter.
One source of this problem is of course, television programs, especially American ones. With American culture being widespread around the world, is therefore quite unsurprising that even their habit of swearing so often spreads to many other countries. No one really likes to be sweared at, and some actually get very offended at the language used.
I agree with Adeline that reducing the amount of profanity spoken in television programs would help reduce the spread of the use of swear words, and that education plays a vital role. However, one must note that any attempt to eradicate or reduce the problem would still be very tedious and difficult, as the problem is already widespread.
Adeline's URL is : http://generalpaperblog.blogspot.com/
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