I like to twitter and read blogs, but one thing I have noticed in the past few weeks are the number of Catholic and Christian under 40s who think nothing of using all the four letter words.
They seem not to be shocked by the use of s..t, f.., d..n, bl...y, and many other words.
How did this happen? Because I am an ex-teacher of youth, I have thought about this phenomenon and have come up with several answers to the question of why the decay of expression-and this is a phenomenon in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and America.
One, the decline of education, the dumbing down of standards has led to a lack of understanding of language, literature, and poetry.
Two, the decline/dumbing down has meant that vocabulary is no longer taught in the schools, which is sad.
Three, few love the English language and see the beauty of such a large vocabulary.
Four, laziness.
Five, spoiled brat syndrome-Mum or Dad never corrected mouthy kids. No discipline.
Six, a false idea of tolerance.
Seven, parents not teaching children manners or appropriate behaviour. No character formation.
Eight, the loss of the idea that coarseness is actually a sin-yes, a sin against charity.
Nine, spoiled brat syndrome reason two-no one can tell me how to talk.
Ten, the effect of entertainment on the culture.
Eleven, wanting to be IN.
Twelve, obvious disrespect for authority, elders, hierarchies.
I am so tired of blocking spoiled brats on twitter. Language does not seem to matter to them-so why tweet?
Using four letter words is also a sign of idiocy, not sophistication.
Blocking away....
