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by nastygibbon 3443 days ago
> I also do not swear, for obvious reasons, in front of my three year old or any children for that matter. Again, it's just common sense.

Why is this obvious (I'm not being facetious)?

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See the other answer.

And also imagine I swear in front of a kid and he goes home and says the word I used to his Mum or worse still perhaps to a school teacher.

The Mum/teacher/whatever is potentially going to chastise the kid for using the word that I gave him but bless him, he doesn't know any better and just enjoyed making the sound.

It seems most unfair that I should place the kid in such a predicament given he doesn't understand the wider context of language and where swearing fits within language and perhaps society.

Because although I'm fine with swearing everyone else judges me harshly when my 3 year old says 'fuck'