re: Neck and Ephesians 4:29

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Admirable. My thought process is that no children are at a game unattended. It's an opportunity for proactive parenting and if a parent is that concerned about their child hearing bad words (which I guarantee they're hearing 10 x worse at school regularly) then maybe you don't go to a rowdy, volatile environment. But nobody wants to take responsibility for education their kids on right and wrong anymore it seems like, so they'd rather prohibit others from exercising one of their most basic rights as human beings, to do and say what they want.

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I would have responded to this yesterday if the board wasn't locked.

Your comment demonstrates the issue with society. I made a comment about people, in general, and you made it about football games, and immediately justified it by the "time and place" rule that people have used as an excuse to act however they want.

Who exactly said anything about taking away your rights? Did I, at any point, say that you should be dragged off by the police if you curse in public? No. But just because you have the "right", doesn't mean it is right. Why should it matter where you are? Do you suppose that the people who are cursing at games act any differently anywhere else? I go to the store with my daughter, and as we stand in line to check out, people are just casually having an obscenity laced conversation, with no regard to anyone else.

Do they have the right? Yes. Is it right? Is it courteous and respectful of others? No. Do these people seem to care? Clearly not. And that's the problem. You want YOUR right to say what you want, but when I use MY right to say what I don't like, you go straight for the "don't take my rights" defense, rather than self-reflecting and asking yourself if you could do better.

The Bible didn't say we could act a certain way at a football game. We've all been guilty of saying things we shouldn't say, but if we're not even trying to clean up our act and making excuses when we're called out, and having no regard for others, then that's a problem.

My daughter, as I just mentioned, hears cursing all the time. But she knows it's wrong, because I have taken responsibility for teaching her that. But where's your responsibility on what you say? Why do I have to avoid something altogether so that you can have your fun? Why don't people learn to have fun without making fools of themselves? You seriously want to blame others for your own inability or unwillingness to act right?

If kids are cursing at school as you referenced, who's fault is that? Is it mine, or is it yours and others like you who set an example that obscene words aren't a big deal? What gave you the impression that it was a good idea to turn around a conversation about people showing no restraint with their behavior, into people not taking responsibility with their kids, when it should be obvious that anyone who takes issue with the language of others is not going to be a person who hasn't taught their kids right from wrong? My child knowing right from wrong isn't the issue. It's people who think it's okay to say whatever they want, just because they can.