Say the word I’m thinking of. Have you heard? The word is love. – The Beatles
What do words mean to you? How much power do you associate with them? Words are one of those abstract, powerless, yet somehow infinitely controlling objects. It is one of those things that we like to play around, throwing them around senselessly, not understanding their power when it is to our benefit, and hoarding them selfishly when we are the ones that are to be hurt.
I think, this is perhaps the direction I wanted to take with talking about the power that promises contain. It’s not simply that something is said to a person, no. That is not what give words their power. It is all in how they are said.
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Of course, they also mentioned George Carlin, who had a great examination of words. But I don’t just mean profanity. Then I’d be a biter. I wouldn’t be hip. So, rather, I’d like to examine something that bugs me with this whole concept of words. What a surprise! Isn’t that the purpose of the blog? Yes! Indeed!
I love you. I luv u. Love ya. What’s the difference between any of them? Does one have more meaning than the other? I’m not sure. On paper, they shouldn’t. The subject is the same. The action is the same. Everything is the same. Then why do people treat it as if though it is any different? Is one more innocent than the next? Same goes for so many other things. What is the difference between calling someone cute, gorgeous, or beautiful? Society has reserved the word beautiful with an emotional pretext to it. But everyone is beautiful! Except you.
What about the opposite though. Are there certain things that are acceptable to say in some situations, but aren’t in others? So, I may be biting off of Carlin here with profanity, but even with implying certain actions. Like if I were to say that I would like to kill myself, plenty of you would be offended. Or if I were to say I want to fuck some teenage girl. There is no elegant way of putting those sorts of situations, and even if you were to put it in eloquent terms, the meaning of your words would be considered offensive.
Such is the hypocrisy of words and ourselves once again. We will always say things and analyze things differently just because it suits us. We also don’t always think of what we say sometimes. Do we ever think? I wonder, if you have never met me, what would you think of me? Assuming all you know are these quick little posts, would you judge my character? Would you analyze the words in which I use here to gauge me? I wonder.
