Originally posted by Dalaena
Actually, this is the popular, but very incorrect, interpretation of the freedom of speech amendment. You do not have a RIGHT to be vulgar and rude in public. You have a right to speak your mind and not be thrown in jail by the government for it. You are allowed to speak out against the leaders of a nation without being worried that you'll get tried for treason for it. (Yes, this is something that still happens in other countries.)
I started to think more about this last night and thought maybe society...ok..lets narrow that down to -I- am desensitized to the word FUCK as vulgar or obscene when used in certain contexts. To me, its just a word, a rude one, but its so over used for just about everything that her shirt became "Meet the Idiots" to me. Too me, wearing that shirt is within her rights because I have practically negated the vulgarity of that word in the context it was used.

Which brought me to this question. Where do we draw the line on vulgarity and decency today? Has anyone else looked at this and said "Big freaken deal...lighten up?" because they are basically tuned out of the vulgarity of certain words? Have we, as a society, made certain vulgarities more commomplace and acceptable?