Expletives Should Never be Used

Once more, thank you for responding. Seeing as my opponents rebuttal wasn't exactly organized into sections, I'll rebut each point based on my own R2 sections.Rebuttal/Defense Against Pro's Arguments1. Interpretation of LanguageI have a feeling that this round will make me sound like a broken record. However, not only does Pro make unfounded claims about how damaging expletives can be, but, not only that, he never provides any reason why expletives should never be used ever across the board: besides the idea that people are offended.Even then, I could agree that discriminatory or racist expletives ought not to be used; however, this does not apply to every expletive.2. Art and ExpletivesMy opponent does make a valid point here that there are indeed other ways of expression than expletives. However, an artist's reasons for choosing those words is none of our business--merely that of the artist's. My opponent then tries to use the argument that children could hear expletives. This argument fails for two reasons: 1) The idea that children should not hear expletives is an opinion, not fact, and 2) the fault and responsbility falls on the parent, and most definitely not the artist: if a parent is that upset about their child hearing expletives, than they should take it upon themselves to do the research.As well, Pro proceeds to use the same point about not taking risks that I have rebutted before. After this, my opponent says something which is vey untrue. Pro says that the best pieces of art have not used expletives. However, this, in many cases, is false. The example I will look at shortly is good ol' Billy Shakespeare. William's plays were, in many instances, just as crude, violent and bloody as they were beautiful. In Shakespeare's arguably most well-known play, Romeo and Juliet, there is a street fight which arises from a bit thumb. In older times, the biting of one's thumb was the 16th century equivalent of saying "F you," or giving someone the finger [1]. So, indeed, many many many works of art do indeed use expletives or equivalents to expletives. On top of this, Pro says something which does mildly offend me: he implies that there is indeed such a thing as "bad expression." I'd agree to calling something "inappropriate," or something similar, but "bad?" There isn't such a thing.3. Our Right to ExpessionAt this point, I feel my point has been made by the idea that something is our right--but I do recognize the fact that something being a right doesn't make it a good idea. However, I do not have to show that expletives are a good idea--I am merely negating the resolution.4. Never Use Them? Ever?Again, my opponent demands that I show that expletives are justifiable in other situations. But, again, to argue that expletives should not never be used is not to argue that expletives SHOULD be used. Not only that, but the very fact that I have provided a justifiable use of expletives shows that there are situations in which expletives are acceptable to use. In addition, once again, my oponent has not proven that expletives always damage relationships, and, again, I do not need to show that expletives are helpful.Pro then proceeds to make the same assumptions as before--discrimination and harming relationships. He then makes a very emotionally charged, and, to be frank, ridiculous claim that a single expletive can make someone suicidal. However, a person cannot have suicidal thoughts based off of an expletive alone; indeed, suicidal thoughts are always brought on by many different life circumstances and mental illnesses, such as depression and insomnia [2]. To make the terribly charged statement that a bad word can cause someone to wish to die is unreasonable.Next, my opponent follows the same assumption that children hearing expletives is bad, and that if a five-year-old heard me swear, they'd begin using the word themselves. However, if a person was truly concerned, onecould teach the child why the word is inappropriate.All in all, my opponent's argument has amounted to little more than the idea that expletives sometimes offend/make people uncomfortable, and has not given enough evidence to show that expletives shoud never be used across the board. Thus, the resolution sill does not stand.Thank you.References[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...[2] http://www.emedicinehealth.com...