Реферат: Why Dirty Words Are Dirty Essay Research

a marketplace unsullied by the censor’s hand.”(Gunther, 1991)

One could interpret this to mean the government might feel that we are not

responsible enough to do this for ourselves. But I believe ,however, that

if a certain amount of regulation is not applied things could very easily

get

out of control. If the “seven dirty words” were allowed to be said on the

airwaves at any time of the day then others might find reason for openness

in

many other regulated activities such as pornography, or nudity and open

language policies on television. A step in this direction for our society

is

the wrong step. We have had these regulations in place for a number of

years

now and it would be devastating in this day and age to allow this type of

openness, especially with the problems we are facing in our communities

with

violence and children. However, I also think that the “seven dirty words”

are just in fact what they are, words. “Carlin is not mouthing obscenities,

he is merely using words to satirize as harmless and essentially silly our

attitudes towards those words.”(Gunther, 1991) I do understand that words

that are common in one setting might be offensive in another. Because I

hear

these words often I do not take offense to them. Although, if I had

children

I would not want them to hear these words over public airways or repeat

them.

It is important though that the parents, not the government, have the right

to raise their children.

I believe that the government should have let the “law of nuisance” stand.