FACETIOUS AND CRUDE BEHAVIOR
Donald R. Fox
In a kidding manner, many years ago I used the word facetious in response to an
equally joking brother-in-law. He responded in a laughing manner, what is that
word? His sister, my wife, Shirley and I explained what facetious was. He
responded, “I never heard of that word." He liked the sound of the word and its
meaning. He would use it just about every time we met, always a joking.
Many folks in their everyday talking, especially around close friends enjoy, to the
point of, a love of joking. I have a knack of setting myself up so others, in a
joking manner, can kid me. With that said, we all must be very careful not to
treat a serious matter with humor. Lacking respect, in an inappropriate time, can
cause injured feelings, therefore, a negative, hurtful facetious remark. Such lack
of respect for serious matters is a sign of poor upbringing.
Many of us have given up viewing so-called sitcom's television shows and
movies in general. They have become very crude and full of unkind, off-color
facetious remarks and played out of unseemly carnal conduct. This too is a sign
of improper upbringing or a sign of no respect for past traditional behavior. There
are no restrictions and an in-your-face disregard for decency. Decency is an
unknown trait in the current show business. Sadly, the general public laughs and
indorses these unrespectable facetious and crude characteristics.
Others and I have pondered the great and fast changes in our national and
worldwide behavior. Our comportment as pertains to ethical conduct has
drastically changed in a comparatively short period of time. Within my lifetime,
universal codes of conduct have changed from overall acceptable to blatantly
crude. I believe the gain toward coarse standards is due in part to the doctrines
of humanism, secularization, acceptance of worldliness by way of the promotion
of worldly movies/TV and the like. To cap it off, there is great ignorance among
the masses of God-given standards that at one time were acceptable to all
civilized societies.
THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR OUGHT FACTOR THAT WILL GUIDE US TO
RIGHTNESS.
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will
serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of
the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and
my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15 KJV)
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have
sought out many inventions.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29 KJV)
“O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps.” (Jeremiah 10:23 KJV)
“If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 13:15 KJV)
NOTE: For an essay on a similar subject see “CRUDNESS."
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