When is it acceptable to use what some call vulgar language
Such as the F word, the Sh__ word, the N---- word ( I consider that vulgar and racist), .... well any of you over a certain age know what I'm talking about. The rest of you should either know, or should have been brought up to know when you don't use certain types of language. Talking to friends, maybe, but not on the internet. There is no excuse for stupidity/ignorance. (This has nothing to due with 'education').
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I even use "the f-word" from time to time. Yea, some use that and other bad words too much, but what can you do. It is their free expression.
If the N---- word gets posted that person should be banned. I use foul language on the Internets often. And seriously " but not on the internet" 
Have you seen some of the stuff posted on the internet? The F word, the Sh__ word are nothing 
Try ignore.
stop listening to that demonic rock and roll music, and most especially stop fornicating! 
To do otherwise is not "Progressive"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or at least fuck is 
http://www.thefuckitlife.com/
And you could be a duck fucker!
fuck (v.)
until recently a difficult word to trace, in part because it was taboo to the editors of the original OED when the "F" volume was compiled, 1893-97. Written form only attested from early 16c. OED 2nd edition cites 1503, in the form fukkit; earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535 -- "Bischops ... may fuck thair fill and be vnmaryit" (Sir David Lyndesay, "Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits"), but presumably it is a much more ancient word than that, simply one that wasn't written in the kind of texts that have survived from O.E. and M.E. Buck cites proper name John le Fucker from 1278. The word apparently is hinted at in a scurrilous 15c. poem, titled "Flen flyys," written in bastard Latin and M.E. The relevant line reads:
Non sunt in celi
quia fuccant uuiuys of heli
"They (the monks) are not in heaven because they fuck the wives of (the town of) Ely." Fuccant is pseudo-Latin, and in the original it is written in cipher. The earliest examples of the word otherwise are from Scottish, which suggests a Scandinavian origin, perhaps from a word akin to Norwegian dialectal fukka "copulate," or Swedish dialectal focka "copulate, strike, push," and fock "penis." Another theory traces it to M.E. fyke, fike "move restlessly, fidget," which also meant "dally, flirt," and probably is from a general North Sea Germanic word; cf. M.Du. fokken, Ger. ficken "fuck," earlier "make quick movements to and fro, flick," still earlier "itch, scratch;" the vulgar sense attested from 16c. This would parallel in sense the usual M.E. slang term for "have sexual intercourse," swive, from O.E. swifan "to move lightly over, sweep" (see swivel). But OED remarks these "cannot be shown to be related" to the English word. Chronology and phonology rule out Shipley's attempt to derive it from M.E. firk "to press hard, beat."
Germanic words of similar form (f + vowel + consonant) and meaning 'copulate' are numerous. One of them is G. ficken. They often have additional senses, especially 'cheat,' but their basic meaning is 'move back and forth.' ... Most probably, fuck is a borrowing from Low German and has no cognates outside Germanic. (Liberman)
French foutre and Italian fottere look like the English word but are unrelated, derived rather from L. futuere, which is perhaps from PIE base *bhau(t)- "knock, strike off," extended via a figurative use "from the sexual application of violent action" (Shipley; cf. the sexual slang use of bang, etc.). Popular and Internet derivations from acronyms (and the "pluck yew" fable) are merely ingenious trifling. The O.E. word was hæman, from ham "dwelling, home," with a sense of "take home, co-habit." Fuck was outlawed in print in England (by the Obscene Publications Act, 1857) and the U.S. (by the Comstock Act, 1873). As a noun, it dates from 1670s. The word may have been shunned in print, but it continued in conversation, especially among soldiers during WWI.
It became so common that an effective way for the soldier to express this emotion was to omit this word. Thus if a sergeant said, 'Get your ----ing rifles!' it was understood as a matter of routine. But if he said 'Get your rifles!' there was an immediate implication of urgency and danger. (John Brophy, "Songs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914-1918," pub. 1930)
The legal barriers broke down in the 20th century, with the "Ulysses" decision (U.S., 1933) and "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (U.S., 1959; U.K., 1960). Johnson excluded the word, and fuck wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965. "The Penguin Dictionary" broke the taboo in the latter year. Houghton Mifflin followed, in 1969, with "The American Heritage Dictionary," but it also published a "Clean Green" edition without the word, to assure itself access to the lucrative public high school market.
The abbreviation F (or eff) probably began as euphemistic, but by 1943 it was being used as a cuss word, too. In 1948, the publishers of "The Naked and the Dead" persuaded Norman Mailer to use the euphemism fug instead. When Mailer later was introduced to Dorothy Parker, she greeted him with, "So you're the man who can't spell 'fuck' " (The quip sometimes is attributed to Tallulah Bankhead). Hemingway used muck in "For whom the Bell Tolls" (1940). The major breakthrough in publication was James Jones' "From Here to Eternity" (1950), with 50 fucks (down from 258 in the original manuscript). Egyptian legal agreements from the 23rd Dynasty (749-21 B.C.E.) frequently include the phrase, "If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copulate with you!" (Reinhold Aman, "Maledicta," Summer 1977). Fuck-all "nothing" first recorded 1960.
Verbal phrase fuck up "to ruin, spoil, destroy" first attested c.1916. A widespread group of Slavic words (cf. Pol. pierdoli?) can mean both "fornicate" and "make a mistake." Fuck off attested from 1929; as a command to depart, by 1944. Flying fuck originally meant "have sex on horseback" and is first attested c.1800 in broadside ballad "New Feats of Horsemanship." For the unkillable urban legend that this word is an acronym of some sort (a fiction traceable on the Internet to 1995 but probably predating that) see here, and also here. Related: Fucked; fucking. Agent noun fucker attested from 1590s in literal sense; by 1893 as a term of abuse (or admiration).
DUCK F-CK-R. The man who has the care of the poultry on board a ſhip of war. ("Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796)
I see what you did there! 
I don't fucking know how one would equate "stupidity/ignorance" with choosing to use vulgar language. That's just fucking ridiculous.
So much fucking pearl clutching going around here lately...I feel like I'm being chewed out by the school fucking principal every day. GET THE FAINTING COUCH READY!!!!
The group that hates the b word, the c word, and maybe a few other words seem to use the f word with remarkable fluency. But once they all decide the f word is not OK, the posters using it will be properly re-educated. The n word is obviously not acceptable here and, hopefully, never will be.
What I find interesting about the word "fuck" is....ok, maybe it's a popular utilitarian word used in informal verbal communication. A sort of "swiss army knife" type filler in conversation. Can be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, maybe (creatively) as an adverb. Hell, I've heard it used in at least 3 of the forms in the same sentence! ("I don't give a fuck, that fucking guy fucked up.)" Few words in our language have this universal capability. OK, I get that it can just flow in verbal communication. But typing this word out on a posting seems weird...you really have to want to type it out and that takes a conscious effort to do that f-u-c-k. OK, maybe there's "shock value" or a dramatic, decisive flair ("shut the fuckup"!)...but it kinda makes the poster look silly, IMHO. It means nothing in the context of the message and adds no real value to whatever he/she is trying to communicating. Plus, it's has a permanence that verbal use doesn't have. For instance, I say, "I think the word "fuck" is vulgar for use on the board". Someone might respond: "I don't give a fuck". Really? The poster doesn't give fucks? Anytime? Or in this particular instance? How would this "fuck" be conveyed or withheld? How does one "give a fuck" for other comments made? Don't know. It might be awkward to get a clarification, though. Seems to be a word that can shock, but simultaneously says nothing. Thanks for asking. 
I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper!
I fart in your general direction!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
However, I will usually respect people's sensitivities if I feel their sensitivities are within acceptable parameters. Which is subjective, but we all have opinions and feelings. However, I will not let someone fully dictate what I say, when I say it, or how I say it. I'll consider your objections and process them though. I will also accept any responsibility for my actions and words. If I say something and there is a backlash or I alienate people, then I will accept that as my choice.
As for swearing on the internet. I do not agree with your stance that it's inappropriate and I will personally throw those in every so often if I feel the urge to. I apologize if that offends, but it is what it is.
That said, I'll make sure to steer clear of the OP's lawn...
Verbal abuse is not something that is made up. Sure get a thicker skin they'll tell you. But you don't know who you are aiming at when you say things and what effect it may or may not have. I say to someone "you are a fucking idiot" (to be clear I'm not directing this at the OP) and maybe they have buttons you've pushed that you may not be aware of. It makes me chuckle when people on DU talk about compassion for this or that, but when it comes to other people they'll call them every other dirty and degrading word in the dictionary. I guess only certain types of compassion are needed.
Fuck YEAH!!!!!
