F*ing and Blinding

Posted by Barneyausten under Social Media
From http://www.starttoblog.com 4712 days ago

When you blog, do you write in the way that you speak? If you use profanity to make a point in speech, would you do the same thing in your blogs? If not, why not? What prevents you? Why wouldn't you?

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Written by businessavante
4712 days ago

Hi Barney.

The other side of the coin is what would you say if you were among co-workers, friends, or family (your Mother or Grandmother) - small children or nuns who you knew would be offended by the language. Do you say it anyway (maybe rarely), or control it? You need to consider your audience. If you're out with your buddies, that's another thing - let fly.

In a work environment I regularly had to modify my speech according to who was there - all gals. There were 2 who cussed like lumberjacks, and another who talked like a 900# sex-line operator, but also several who were highly offended by such talk. I never had a problem with bad language, but it did bother me when someone else in the room was offended by a 3rd party - I respected their views.

Duncan

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Written by Barneyausten
4706 days ago

Hi Duncan. Good point and I would indeed exercise moderation as per the example of the guy on the train that I used. I would never write a "Blue" post with every second word being a profanity - but feel that bloggers should not be afraid to use it if they are comfortable with it. People will either get offended (and move on) or not. Can't please all the people all of the time I suppose.

Thanks for adding to the post - point well made.

Cheers

Barney

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