Some friends and I paid the Glee Club in Birmingham a visit last night, as I was driving back home, I was thinking about comedians and the truth.
Now, I posted a quote recently about violence, swearing can easily be equated as verbal violence. I also think that comedians are one of the few groups left with a license to tell it like it is, yes they can offend and swear, but at the end of the day their observations are often based on reality.
So, it’s easy to dismiss them for it, but like some many other things, isn’t it more about “Right Intent”? It’s the old adage of the finger pointing at the moon, we’re criticising the finger for having a bit of dirt under the nail, while we’re doing that we’re missing the view of the moon. Whose loss is that?
I don’t think swearing is the problem, I’ve seen some versions of the Buddhist eightfold path where it’s explicitly prohibited, but I feel that it misses the point. Language is a human construct, it changes over time as does what is considered profane, we should be more concerned with the underlying reality of the message and less concerned with the impermanent medium of the delivery.
The Rambling Taoist says:
Holy shit!
28 January 2007, 11:08 pmThe Rambling Taoist says:
Excuse me, I meant to write “holey shirt”. Kidding aside, I think you make a great point as long as the profanity isn’t directed against a specific person or group in a derogatory manner. In my book, that’s over the line.
28 January 2007, 11:11 pmLewis says:
*picks up the microphone*
“You ever notice that Life’s all about the fucking intent?”
31 January 2007, 2:24 pm