cunt is not a vulgar word

con says "You have not defined vulgar, so I will do this for you. Vulgar is defined as "indecent, obscene, lewd[1]". Indecent is the best word of the three, so indecent is defined as "offending against generally accepted STANDARDS of propriety or good taste[2]" in fact your position is elitist by assuming that the standards of a particular group are the norm or should be the norm my argument will come down to this so we come to this WHOSE STANDARDS are offended and in WHICH country point 1 Shakespeare would say "a c*nt by any other name is still a c*nt" point 2 you are only saying that cunt is vulgar based on the consensus of a group going against accepted standards of a group but which group are you talking about UK US AUS take in Australia http://www.reddit.com... "I think that really depends on where you are. In parts of the UK and, I think, Australia, "cunt" is basically seen as being amusingly friendly amongst your friends." again "If an Australian calls you "c*nt" he wants to be your friend" again which historical period point 3 http://www.slate.com... " In Middle English the word could be used as a standard term for the female genitalia, in a manner that was quite matter-of-fact. The earliest instance of the word recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is actually from the name of a 13th-century London street, Gropecuntelane. The name appears to have been quite literal, and there was at least one other red-light district of the same name, in Oxford. One of the next recorded uses of the word comes from a circa-1400 surgery manual and uses the word much like vagina might be used today: "In women the neck of the bladder is short, and is made fast to the c*nt." Others have noted that some people in the 13th and 14th centuries also had the word in their names point 4 Why has cunt become so much more taboo http://www.slate.com... "Why has cunt become so much more taboo than, say, snatch or p*ssy? The main reason may simply be that it"s blunt. Linguists note that, unlike those other words for the female genitalia"whose origins are all Latinate, euphemistic, or diminutive"c*nt is plain and Anglo-Saxon. " so we have arrive at different historical periods saw the word cunt differently and different countries see the word c*nt differently and different subroups see the word differently So you say offending against accepted standards I ask standards -which group standard are you talking about different subcultures have different views http://www.reddit.com... "But really the subcultures that do use that word in such a way are usually uneducated/poor/disenfranchised youths this article states - "the majority of Australians have the same sensibilities as anyone else and don't use either d*ck or c*nt"" but this is wrong as stated above " Australia, "c*nt" is basically seen as being amusingly friendly amongst your friends."" so we come to this are you an Australian or British or American-"I think it's something that's rarely heard in many parts of the U.S," " At least playing games online if the word is ever used it seems to just bounce of fellow Australians but some of my American friends get quite shocked" so we come to this WHOSE STANDARDS are offended and in WHICH country the religious the middle class the subculture the under class the working class .so tell us WHOSE STANDARDS are offended and in WHICH country and which of a particular groups standards are you saying should be the norm