Re: Swearing: contains small use of masking as a way to prove a
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:36 pm
it's all conventions and norms.
you're not insulted because of the meaning, you're insulted because some one is trying to insult you.
one of the most popular offences in modern hebrew translates roughly as "go and have sex". now, most modern people doesn't consider havving sex as a bad thing. but to have some one tell you to do it? a person can get stabbed for somthing like that.
you're not insulted because of the meaning, you're insulted because some one is trying to insult you.
one of the most popular offences in modern hebrew translates roughly as "go and have sex". now, most modern people doesn't consider havving sex as a bad thing. but to have some one tell you to do it? a person can get stabbed for somthing like that.