However, looking at it from the perspective of a grown-up in a North American society, some of the values taught in a 도덕 class are pretty strange. While it was an annoying class to be in, I don't remember ever stressing out about the class material. They mostly taught you a slightly idealized version of common sense (at least, they should be common sense, if you grew up with good Korean values). Honestly speaking, the 도덕 classes were giveaways. Look at the textbook covers, which supposedly illustrates the ethical way of living. These classes go by different names "생활의 길잡이 (guide to everyday living) or 바른생활 (righteous living)" for the elementary school students, "도덕 (ethics/morals)" for middle school students, and "윤리 (ethics)" for high school students. And that class was called "도덕 (ethics)." It is a core class starting in around grade 3 in Korea, and you take this class every year, well into your high school years. While it did not immediately strike me as odd, I realized over the years that there was one core class that the Canadian education system was missing, that the Koreans thought were important. If they persist, we can politely walk away or change the subject.What kind of classes were you taking when you were a grade 9 student? In Canada, where I spent my grade 9 years, I took the core classes (English, French, math, science, physical education), and some electives (business studies, fine arts, and music). If friends and acquaintances use profanity, we can good-naturedly encourage them to choose other words. Setting an example will encourage those around us to use clean language. Instead, we should use clean language that uplifts and edifies others, and we should choose friends who use good language. We should not let others influence us to use foul language. Wise counsel once given said “Allow nothing to enter your lips that would contaminate your body, and permit nothing to issue forth from you lips that would contaminate your soul.įoul language is both degrading and harmful to the spirit. Not only does it degrade the user, but it fails miserably to add clarification or emphasis to any idea. Profanity is a poor substitute for artful presentation of thought. They all represent attempts at emphasis on the part of those who think that such vulgarities give added weight to what they are saying. Slang consists of coined words or phrases modified from or representing either sacred terminology or ribald vulgarities that would be shocking in polite society.Īll of these forms of profanity have one thing in common. This is particularly offensive because it debases that which is inherently sacred.Īnother form of profanity is the use of slang terms. Part of the vulgar language scene is the use of sexually explicit terms. They associate the user with all that is filthy and obscene. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Ī second form of profanity is the use of vulgar language. The third of the Ten Commandments ( Ex 20:7) is a proscription against such evil practice. To desecrate the name of Deity is an offense against God of the highest order. One kind is to take the name of the Lord in vain. Why do you think that it would be okay to use a slang word for the original obscenity when one is angry? Expressed profanities, whether in direct or slang terminology, are the occasional bubbles that escape to the surface that emanate from an inherent rottenness underneath. Also why is okay to use a substitute word when you’re angry and not the original profanity? Don’t you mean the exact same thing, just using a different word? Even so, there are many words we use today that were considered profane centuries ago but as time progressed, they became common words and nobody cares if they are said today. What makes profanity so…well, so profane? If you look at the origin of most of these words we consider profane, they mean nothing other than the old Anglo-Saxon terms for common things we use/do today. I have a curiosity that has been bothering me for a while.
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