I happen to cuss and swear every now again. I hope I still have some blog followers after
using the C word in my last blog. I try
daily to not cuss and to watch my mouth, especially around my boys.
The place I work is entirely, at our location, crewed by
men. We have had numerous woman
employees in the past who have held positions from office staff, order entry
positions and several women who worked in the warehouse moving tires. For the last couple of years we have had a
hard time even finding men who want to really work. The work has gotten harder and the pay has
not increased at what would be considered a fair exchange to the increase in
work and responsibility. We have had to
be much more selective with what few positions we have had openings for.
Because of this hard assed testosterone overflowing environment,
only the strongest of men survive. If
you are lazy, weak, thin skinned, or have a big mouth you can’t back up, you
will not last long here. We love
attitude, if you can back it up! It is
because this place is the way it is that when I get agitated, upset, pissed
off, that I run off at the mouth. I can
cuss bad enough to make a sailor blush.
I am not proud of it. I am just
stating a fact.
As an author I have already sold out to public opinion and
edited the majority of the cussing out of my books. They are not cuss free but then neither is
the world we live in. I could write a
book up holding nice Christian moral values with no cussing whatsoever, but how
realistic would that be? Not very. I honestly feel the world is a lot crueler,
darker and uglier place than I portray in my novels. As an author though, we deal in words. Our lives get to where we evaluate exactly
how we word everything, how we describe stuff, the feelings we invoke with the
words we use.
Just as Guns don’t kill people, people kill people with
guns! Words are not bad, it is what
people do with the words, the context they are used in, what is being said,
that is bad! This as with the guns is
another reflection of our humanity, or our inhumanity to our fellow man. So I have trouble attaching the same negative
connotations and feelings to mere words, but rather what or how the words are
being used. Indiana Jones was a really
PG character but I don’t think anyone could blame him when he gets caught in
the middle of the rope bridge with a sword and bad guys closing in on both
sides when he says “SHIT”.
I am not such a PG type of guy. The characters in my books are a bit more
true to life than that. As far as my
humanity, I am American with strong Scottish roots. My father was born in Scotland. In the not too distant past my people were
considered the European version of savages.
What most people aren’t aware of is that savage as the Scottish people
are we are also and always have been very industrious and intelligent. Just as in the movie Brave Heart with Mel
Gibson, my father taught me to use my mind first and if that didn’t work then
kick their ass. As with a large part of
Society in the world today, my social skills haven’t caught up with my other
attributes yet.
The F word started off in Europe and is an acronym for “Fortification
Under Command of the King.” These later
became known as FUCK Proclamations, which everybody knew what it meant you were
supposed to do for the benefit of the kingdom.
They needed to reproduce when yearly wars or battles with other
countries would wipe out several hundred thousand men a year. Their populations couldn't withstand prolonged
campaigns and still maintain enough population to do the work and man the
country. It was years later when the
Bible was taken out of the hands of the Roman Catholic Church and everyday
people could read it for themselves that religion started splintering off into
different sects and denominations.
Through this era of religious growth and dissemination public attitude
turned on this word and other words which were considered “Not Appropriate.”
Let’s be honest. If
the words were really wrong and bad, how is it they have lasted throughout the
ages and survived to still be used to the utter horror of our society. Used in public or in literature they still
stir up scorn and disapproval, yet they remain!
They remain because they are just words that accurately portray part of
our human condition. There are
situations that they accurately describe without equal. These words demand the respect they deserve
and only they can garner through their lowly status in our society. Sometimes one or more of these words used in
the correct situation have exactly the perfect effect. I don’t mean to offend, but if you have read
this far then seeing one or two examples of what I am writing about will
completely make my case. I do not
endorse the use of cussing by children, but as with everything else in our
world among adults if used properly and not breaking the law, then anything
goes.
Example One : A woman
holding a 40 caliber slim semi-automatic pistol at a man attempting to rape
another woman. She activates the slide
of the weapon to chamber a round into the weapon as she states, “Freeze Mother
Fucker!”
Example Two : Even after years of faithful marriage to the same person
sometimes you just don’t feel like making love.
I don’t care what I am doing if my wife leans over and says, “You want
to just go fuck?” I am there, no more
communication needed beyond that.
Example Three : When you step in a streaming pile of shit while wearing your
favorite boots or shoes. You know the
only way you’re keeping those shoes is to clean them off and you’re going to
have to do it. You don’t want to wear
them in the car, or into the house. You
proclaim, “Ahh Shit!” I’ll lay odds that’s where that one has its
origins from.
Class or rant dismissed.
I’ll try and clean it up and keep it clean, my mouth and my
writing. Words aren’t bad – they are
just words. Because from time to time I
cuss or swear doesn’t mean I am a bad person.
Judge me for me; judge my writing by the content.
