Kony lets me use cusswords
I don’t cuss as much as I used to. I have this debilitatingly old-fashioned sense of manners—not in front of a lady. And now I have a desk job and there are ladies everywhere.
I don’t cuss as much as I used to when I was still a field reporter hanging out with those bayaye in the industry, but I still do speak French. Not as much as back then, but still quite prolifically.
I mean, I know it is immoral to cuss, but I will flaunt. Because, you see, the prohibition against cussing is one of those arbitrary ones that cannot be justified rationally—ultimately, cussing is wrong because whoever decides these things had a whim. It’s not immoral in the way murder, or theft are immoral; it is not immoral like say, advocating injustice or urging that the man responsible for hundreds of deaths not be punished, even though he isn’t remorseful and is only offering to stop because he wants us to stop trying to stop him.
Yes: supporting the LRA peace talks is immoral.
The moral thing to do will be to demand justice at whatever cost. No matter how painful it is, the moral man does not countenance injustice, let alone encourage it.
When our moral leaders lend their support to the peace talks process, they are behaving like their rivals, the pragmatists. By saying it is okay to let killers go unpunished if that is what it takes to secure the lives of their would-be future victims we are saying it is okay to compromise on morals to enjoy practical benefit.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe that it is. We have failed to bring Kony to justice, so let injustice reign, as long as the killing stops.
Morals should be subject to practical considerations.
Dirty language is immoral language, but it is rich language. Four letter words provide tone, pace, colour and most importantly, meaning, in a way other words can’t.
So I shall violate the moral tenets that forbid four letter words and enjoy the benefits. I know it’s wrong but fuck that.
I don’t cuss as much as I used to when I was still a field reporter hanging out with those bayaye in the industry, but I still do speak French. Not as much as back then, but still quite prolifically.
I mean, I know it is immoral to cuss, but I will flaunt. Because, you see, the prohibition against cussing is one of those arbitrary ones that cannot be justified rationally—ultimately, cussing is wrong because whoever decides these things had a whim. It’s not immoral in the way murder, or theft are immoral; it is not immoral like say, advocating injustice or urging that the man responsible for hundreds of deaths not be punished, even though he isn’t remorseful and is only offering to stop because he wants us to stop trying to stop him.
Yes: supporting the LRA peace talks is immoral.
The moral thing to do will be to demand justice at whatever cost. No matter how painful it is, the moral man does not countenance injustice, let alone encourage it.
When our moral leaders lend their support to the peace talks process, they are behaving like their rivals, the pragmatists. By saying it is okay to let killers go unpunished if that is what it takes to secure the lives of their would-be future victims we are saying it is okay to compromise on morals to enjoy practical benefit.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe that it is. We have failed to bring Kony to justice, so let injustice reign, as long as the killing stops.
Morals should be subject to practical considerations.
Dirty language is immoral language, but it is rich language. Four letter words provide tone, pace, colour and most importantly, meaning, in a way other words can’t.
So I shall violate the moral tenets that forbid four letter words and enjoy the benefits. I know it’s wrong but fuck that.
Comments
I'm still smarting from the frus' that Kony may get off with no punsihment, plus a lollipop thrown in. grrrr!
PS: I know how to spell 'punishment'
my sentiments exactly!
Its hard for me to keep the cusser Jay away from blogger Jay (jekyll and hyde sort of thing) coz I do swear and cuss alot in my spoken conversations.
@Minty, yes, only one four-letter word. Because if you overuse the spices, you are not feeding people food, you are feeding people spices.
@Kony, lofl. But LA has sworn to become an vigilante and fetch you.
@Jay and Scotchbiscuits, my absolute peoples.
@ Deg, I don't drink. Proof of this is I didn't even know they had changed the packaging on UG.
btw, who says u can't feed ppl spices?? tell that to our cook! she'd probably laugh and throw in more cinnamon bark and corriander seed!
now that we have done the swearing... eeeeh?... well fuck this shit!
And morality isn't a matter of consensus, Inky Ink. It is basically how old men think we should behave. The famous Larkin comment