Mike Hanafin, “Brilliant doesn’t do this justice. @thejuicemedia usually skewers Australian (Australien!) govts/politicians for kissing up to Big Oil, Fossil Fuel extractors, & monopolist billionaires. But they noticed it was happening here too. Great cameos from Galen Weston, Jimmy Pattison, and John Horgan.”
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Be civil???
How many times does the video use fuckn’?
Asking for a friend.
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In my life, I seldom use profanity, but when it’s warranted, I do.
We’re at a point where human and animal life is threatened with extinction because political leaders won’t address factors we know are causing that threat. Profanity describing those people and their actions is warranted.
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but you didn’t use ‘profanity’ to make your point.
I stopped watching after the second fuckn
If there was a message in that video, I missed it.
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Profanity is nothing more than the use of developed language. In my view it requires some skill to know whether, when, how, and where to use it to achieve the desired effect. Read your audience.
For my part, I find that I rarely, if ever, use profanity when in conversation with people I don’t know. (Except for other drivers, of course.) It just seems a common courtesy. The more familiar I am with a person, the more comfortable I am with selecting from the verbal tool box.
As for listening sophistication, my opinion is that people who tune out of an otherwise worthwhile conversation, book, or video solely because of language they consider “naughty” are doing themselves a disservice. “Sticks and stones…”, etc.
Why swearing is a sign of intelligence, helps manage pain …CNN.comhttps://www.cnn.com › swearing-benefits-wellness
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I understand your point, but some issues are so important they cannot be ignored or put aside because someone used language that may not be terribly offensive in their own country but might unsettle a few people in Canada. I judged the Australian piece to be a powerful reveal of Canadian hypocrisy. It was worth repeating. I’d rather listen to harsh language than suffer unnecessary effects of climate change.
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Absolutely Brilliant. Laughed my F#$%*ng head off.
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All I can say is: WOW!
Will keep this on-hand, next time I’m in an LNG “discussion.”
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Rome is burning.. the world is burning. Canada is buried under corruption.. and some are worried bout profanity..? Good god. The truth revealed in that video alone about this country is enough to warrant a week’s worth of non-stop profanity. People concerned about civilities and niceties in this country in the face of so much corruption, ass-licking of the oil & gas industry, and such a dire time this planet is facing like never before, really need to give their head a shake and put their concern where it really should be. Unbelievable when people express their misguided moralistic concern over mere expletives in the face of so much real disaster.
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Dave. Point taken. Some people are sensitive to the use of
the word but it seems to appear rather often in any media
dialogue these days.
Maybe it would have helped you to get ‘the message’ if the word
was a redacted in a transcript for you to read?
The Aussie culture might have a rosier language approach when communicating in social media.
Good vid Norm.
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“Swearing: Swearing is more common in Australia than in many other cultures. Television programmes are less censored and mainstream society is largely desensitised to words that foreigners may find vulgar. It is normal to hear an Australian swear at some point during a conversation.”
https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/australian-culture/australian-culture-communication#
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This demonstrates how woefully pathetic we are in this once great country.
How f***ing Canadian, worried about a an f-bomb as the province goes up in smoke!
For those so insulted by the F word, get a life.
From Wikipedia:
Fuck is an English-language profanity which often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475 CE.
For the faint of heart, those, whose day is shattered by an uttered bit of profanity, I have edited the rest out.
I guess for some, Wikipedia will soon join the Maus, Call of the wild, Anne Frank, to Kill a Mockingbird, The Handmaid’s Tale; Go Ask Alice, Of Mice and men; Brave New world; and a score of others banned and thrown onto the bonfires of the higher purpose persons, who cannot see, cannot, hear and cannot feel.
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