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The No Cussing Club

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I first heard of the No Cussing club online, and read both the Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica articles (both articles are full of invaluable information, though ED is more funny) and decided to check out the club site. I am appalled at how poorly designed that site is, and the sheer cheesiness of the whole site.

This book and site are a laugh. I can understand the principle of speaking more cleanly - some people DO cuss too much, but instead of telling these kids to please stop, he had to go and create a club. In principle, it sounds silly. In practice, it's actually ludicrous. This poor kid has set himself up to be cussed at for his club - and I don't blame these people who want to cuss at him.

Cusswords exist in society for a reason. Yes, they're sometimes abused, but honestly, everything always has some people who abuse it. I'm not going to exclaim a silly or cutesy word when I cut myself with a knife. I'm going to blurt out a nice profanity that makes me feel better. Or if something really bad happens, I'll go 'OH SHI...' instead of saying 'whoops, that's bad!' or anything like that. There are certain situations where a simply-uttered profane word says it all, and it feels good to just say that word, even just to yourself when nobody's around.

You know what they say about not judging a book by its cover, right? Well, you can, for this one. Instead of a relaxed, natural pose with a friendly smile, McKay has chosen to show you his side, and his expression... it's hard to describe. It's like he's trying to pose as cool, looking down at you for cussing, and smirking at the same time. And also a pathetic attempt at 'I'm too cool to cuss'. I guess this is the best way I could describe his facial expression and pose, but he fails at that. But I know one thing that's very clear to me.

I want to punch his face. Hard. And knock that weird expression off his face. Who thought it would be a good idea to have him pose like that, instead of a welcoming/friendly smile? This is why the No Cussing Club doesn't work. The whole idea has been gone about in an entirely wrong way, and this book is just another indication of the wrongness of the whole No Cussing Club.

McKay's goal is to stop cussing, but he's only made the situation worse. Perhaps if he had gone about the campaign in a different way - trying to improve language as an whole instead of adopting a OMG ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY!!! towards swear words, he'd have better results. As an American citizen, I'm more concerned about people using bad spelling and grammar and the deterioration of the English language due to texting and chatspeak, because at work I have to deal with people who can't spell worth crud or put together coherent sentences, and talk 'ghetto'. McKay would be expending his efforts on a better cause if he tackled this issue rather than swear words. Or if he tackled the overall negativity of rap music, that'd be great too.

On top of that, he has proudly labeled himself 'The Most Cyberbullied Kid in the World' right there on the cover.

Great job, McKay. You might as well go ahead and paint a big red bulls' eye on your chest. Or face. I'll be happy to punch either. I mean, this kid had an ordinance passed in a town for no cussing, and recently he got into the news again when the TV show 'Modern Family' had a little kid say a bad word.

Only the bad word was beeped out, and during taping, the kid didn't actually say a bad word, she said 'fudge' and 'fudge' was beeped out, so it's not as if anyone was subjected to an actual bad word! The point of this episode was the parents dealing with their kid learning a bad word, something that parents in real life deal with. I will never forget my dad's reaction the first time I said a bad word. McKay completely missed the point of that episode and the lesson it was trying to convey, which is why his club (and this book) is such a danged terrible idea.

I recently purchased this book for my child to reward him for his good behaviour. He has never sworn around me or around other parents, he restricts his internet useage to educational sites that I have pre-approved (such as informative online encyclopedias), he completes all his chores without argument, be it washing the car or helping his little sister get ready for baths - he even suprises us by cooking the most delicious cakes, but after reading this book he has become unmanageable. It's like this book turned on some kind of innner demon inside of him where he refuses to do as he is told, refuses to help wash his little sister and, most suprisingly, swears over 9000 times a day (though this is probably a slight exaggeration). Me and his mother do not know what to do. We burnt the book in a tasteful wiccan ceremony but it still has his grip on him.

If anyone knows how to return him to his former-self (without all the swearing and disobedience) I'd be more than happy to hear it. We are open to potential spells, after all a spell did help to bring back our favourite dog 'Brocolli', but we don't want to cause him any further harm.

Be careful of this book. It looks innocent but looks can be deceptive.

I found this in the dollar bin and decided to get it for a good laugh. I couldn't even laugh it was that bad. You could maybe rule 34% out of this book as somewhat amusing because they're serious about how they feel that imposing their hurt feelings onto my first amendment right is AWESOME AND A-OKAY. No, sweetheart. At least 100 times I found myself putting this down and being sad for people like this. This was so not cash.

Not worth it. Not even funny. Does not write itself. Sad, self-promoting, and pretentious.

It's great to see that even kids can stomp on my First Amendment rights! Honestly, of all the social issues in today's world--homophobia, racism, sexism--this guy decides that he has to attack curse words. What the @#%#?!?! Honestly, you have to have some wrapped sense of morality to believe that the world would be better if only it was free of the f word and that's what she said jokes. Anyways, I have to feel a little bad for this kid, because it's obvious that his parents have left him ill-equipped for the real world. Oh, plus, it's pretty obvious that they just want his litte "No Cuss Club" to make them lots and lots of money.

I bought this book at Wal-Mart for like..99 cents (No, really). I read the book, and it was just terrible. Basically, it's just a little kid telling people to stop cursing and swearing and embrace saying ''Fudge'', and ''Aw, poop'' everytime you stub your toe. I find it's just a way for a kid to gain publicity, and be a total douche. So, unless you're some hardcore moralfag, don't buy this book...AT ALL.

It's clear as day this was written by the kid's parents, and it's touted as the brainchild of a 12 year old trying to change the law to oppose foul language. Somehow, he managed to convince a whole town to act as a collective village idiot, and they blindly followed him in his quest to abolish our constitutional rights. This is why children have no place in politics. The useless puppets controlled by their respective parties who currently hold office at least PRETEND to concern themselves with out rights.

Seriously. I don't care he's a kid, or that he says he just wants to spread awareness. It's a child trying to control people, and parents supporting him for financial reasons. Enjoy your poorly written, 200 page scam.

I cannot begin to tell you how overzealous and pigheaded this book comes across.

Because to put it into words will quite possibly give you a terminal disease.

Disease is actually a good analogy, because that's what this backward group is, a plague looking to wipe out freedom of speech.

This is the 21st century. the vast majority of people genuinely do not give a flying dingle berry (Stupid Amazon swear filters) about so called "bad" language.

Swearing can be a good way to vent frustration and used constructively, it can be used to truly emphasize a point. I'm not saying one should blast obscenities at the nearest geriatric, but why restrict language in any form.

Whatever happened to "I don't agree with your words, but I'll die to defend your right to use them".

I'll give an example. FURRIES ARE ALL SEXUAL DEVIANTS!

Now you may not agree with my words (and I hope you recover from your head trauma soon) but I as a free person will always have the right to say it.

Still... winter is coming (at least it is in Britain) so if firewood is at an extreme low I can definitely recommend a

bulk purchase.

I have read this book and I have come to realize a few important facts.

Now parents who want to get this book, I strongly suggest you read this review before buying this book.

Hatch basically says in this book that you should not cuss because it is not cool, and he thinks he and other people who do not cuss are better and more intelligent than other people who do cuss. What he is doing is saying he is better than other kids and this book encourages your kids to be the same way. Instead of cussing your kids are actually learning the lesson that they are better and smarter, cleaner and more liked than kids who do not cuss. This kid is a Communist because he believes in controlling other peoples speech, in censoring things he does not like that you do, forcing you to censor yourself and he is encouraging and also violating your First Amendment. HE IS TEACHING YOUR KID TO BE A COMMUNIST!

I have deduced that Hatch has insecurity problems from being either beaten as a child, raped by a family member, friend, dog, or friends dog. After years of torment he finally is able to get control of things and he makes himself feel powerful for telling himself he is better than other kids. In truth, this is a sign of a very abusive and controlling disorder and he should be stopped before he turns your children and whole family into Communists.

Do not give him the satisfaction of thinking he is better than someone else, put the little punk in his place, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS KID!

This book is written by a kid-probably with the help of a parent or a good editor-all writers have them. That being said he tells how he got sick of foul language and vulgarity. I get sick of foul language and vulgarity. I get sick of dirty jokes and Victoria Secret Models slithering across my tv screen, or that a PG-13 movie would have been rated R a few years ago. I get sick of the fact that every tv show has to talk about some form of sex, make a sexual innuendo or just plain be disgusting and don't get me started on the language that is acceptable now in every song on the radio. What happened to good old-fashioned romance and when did A***H*** become ok on almost all tv? In schools, the f*** word is every other word in many sentences. Let alone in restaurants, airports, or stadiums.

This 14 yr old kid yelled, "ENOUGH!" and finally did something about it. In doing so, in daring to say, "Good Grief, find actual words to use people!" He has had thousands of death threats, his family has had bomb threats, his family has lost business and has required 24 hr protection. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!

Are "grown-ups" so threatened by a club for people who want to improve their OWN language, that they have to threaten to KILL a fourteen year old boy and his family?!! I call Bulll...ony. Ha gotcha! Really though, is it so hard to respect the 1st amendment rights of ALL individuals including those who don't want to listen to certain words? Hang out with those that don't mind it. Just be mindful that there are those that might not want to hear all that language or conversation- just like there are those that don't want to inhale second hand smoke, foul language and degrading sexual conversation are just as damaging. Lots of people love the smoker just not the smoke. McKay strongly indicates he deeply appreciates the person just not the language, I know that is how I feel. There are totally incredible people in this world but what a better, happier place it would be if we used more positive, actual words.