(June 2, 2015 at 11:59 am)Chad32 Wrote: When it comes to curse words, I think it depends on how you say it. "What the fuck" is fine. "Fuck you" is not. Personal insults should be frowned upon. Instead of debating on whether words can really hurt people or not, let's just try not to make personal attacks. You can argue with someone without calling them a piece of shit or whatever.
Whether they deserve to be called a bitch or not, do you want to be seen as better than them, or just not quite as bad as them?
You mean you want people to stop using argumentum ad hominem as their normal means of argumentation?
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
