ParisStag wrote:The whole swearing thing is interesting. We've all done it at the football, and that release of vocal aggression is a cornerstone of football crowd atmospheres, but what's the real issue? If, asumming you have an inherent problem with the sound of swear words, you are disgusted by hearing it at football matches in front of your kids, why do you take them? "Why does it have to be like that?" you might ask. I think part of what makes being a regular fan so appealing is the freedom of emotional expression and the release of pent up aggression, even if only vocal. We all got hooked on attending matches for one reason or another, many of us for the buzz of the atmosphere and the community of fans around us. Swearing was ALWAYS a part of that, yet we chose to keep going. I don't have any issue with swearing at football, even in front of kids. It's the parent's responsibility to judge whether it's an appropriate environment for their child.
For me, it is about swearing in context - swearing can be funny or used to emphasise a point. What I don’t like to hear is swearing used as a replacement for other words throughout normal language, like a kind of weird punctuation. If you swear all the time it kind of losses it’s impact and usefulness.
Personally, if I had a family sat infront of me at footie and they had young kids I would try to avoid the use of swear words. You have to have some standards don’t you.