DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE

"Any abusive, violent, coercive, forceful, or threatening act or word inflicted by one member of a family or household on another can constitute domestic violence."



Today, I freely admit I committed domestic disturbance.




I threatened my poor damaged and urine-stained carpet with the vacuum.

I abusively and violently attacked the floors with a broom. 



And I swore violently at the various dust-bunnies, the cobwebs hiding up in the corners, and the permanent scars all around my house.


Okay, go ahead and call 911.

DAMNED VS BEING DAMMED

The expression of "Not taking the Lord's name in vain" confuses me sometimes. Most of the time when I exclaim "GOD!" I really am talking to him in a "Oh, God, tell me why this is happening to me right now!" way.

(And I sort of love that even non-religious folks will exclaim His name sort of automatically when in a life-threatening situation)

But I do understand why we shouldn't be saying "God damn it!" - we're sort of trying to re-direct God's displeasure towards something that we silly mortals are upset about.

But after (ahem) using that actual expression the other day, I got thinking about it.

And instead of "God damn it," what if we were actually saying "God DAM it", using dam as in a dam blocking a river's flow?

So instead of trying to invoke God's anger, we were asking God to STOP all the blessings going to this person/situation/political situation?

Somehow to me this expands this "curse" into an actual CURSE.

We are dependent upon God for our lives - our frail human bodies - some sort of direction in this chaotic interaction we call our lives.

Stop that? Gosh, no, that takes almost everything meaningful out of human life.

Guess this will help me from stop using that expression.

At least I hope so, damnit.

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO &^#$(!* KNOW

Who the hell decides what some damn words are swear words, profanity and/or socially unacceptable? And when do they become common, decent and okay to air on national television?


My daughter came home from kindergarten, upset that someone in her class has used the "f" word - which turned out to be "fatso." In our house, "stupid" or "dumb" were forbidden words because of our learning-disabled child.


So why is "damn" now okay on prime time? When were alternative words for manure or feces demeaned okay?


And yet... why is "f***" profane? Does anyone actually know where the word originated? I've heard quite a few theories - abbreviation for "forbidden unauthorized carnal knowledge" in naval logs - from the German word for intercourse and yes, it seems to always have something to do with illicit sex.


But it also means much the same as screw, cheat... and all of those words are okay.


This was all prompted by my son asking me not to use the word "crap." We talked about it some - again, another word for body waste, but one acceptable even in Mormon circles. "Flip" - another Mormon cuss word.


Christ is quoted as saying "Swear not at all... but let your communication be, Yes, yes: Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than there cometh of evil."


When does our language change from descriptive to profane? Can anyone logically and rationally outline this for me? I honestly would like to know.