Is it culturally correct? (part three)

This is a brilliant comment from Jay from the previous post, I feel it deserves a place on an actual post rather than a comment box:

I don't like commenting on the cBox, because it all gets lost in the
clutter. So I might have not read a few points in the cBox.

I agree with you. Disagreement should never be mistaken with disrespect.
They are two completely different things.

Disagreement is simply not agreeing with a point of view and then argue
sensibly why you disagree with it, which I think is what you have done.
Disrespect is humiliating the person, questioning their intelligence and never
actually saying why you disagree with the person.

And I completely agree with you about swearing as not being a part of
culture, or that no culture can be said as negative. I'm a linguist, and I've
learnt that no language is superior to another. Not even hybrid ones (called
pidgins or creoles), like Singlish or Manglish. It all comes down to what you're
most comfortable with.

To say swearing is not a part of Malay culture is in itself meaningless.
Swearing is not part of culture, period. If someone say it's part of Western
culture, that's definitely wrong. It's not, as much as it is not a part of Malay
culture.

Or else they wouldn't have censorship (bleep!) or those parental advisory
stickers on CDs which contain a lot of swearing. Swearing is indeed, arguably, a
natural way to vent out some anger or frustration. But is it appropriate? Most
of the time not.

Never mind the term Western culture is actually very vague. Which part of
the West? USA? UK? France? These countries practice very different cultures.
Just like when you refer to Asian culture. Are you referring to the Indians? The
Chinese? The Thais? The Malays?

Actually the term "western culture" that I brought up is the idea of "western" that is usually brought up by most people here, I know it is indeed vague, but that's how they chose to represent it. Although I reckon they're talking about the Americans specifically - being that they're the ones dominating in our television.

Brilliant comment MJ..

peace,
Muaz Al Rashid