The only thing I can think of that’s comparable is how Jews treat the divine name. I’d be uncomfortable to type it out in Hebrew even though I haven’t been religious for many years.
The only thing I can think of that’s comparable is how Jews treat the divine name. I’d be uncomfortable to type it out in Hebrew even though I haven’t been religious for many years.
There is a major US legal case which touched on precisely this situation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen_v._California , the "Fuck the draft" case.
Cohen stood accused of using the word. But at the beginning of oral argument, the Chief Justice euphemistically directed his attorney, Melville Nimmer, not to quote it when going over the facts of the case:
> I might suggest to you that as in most cases, the Court's thoroughly familiar with the factual setting of this case and it will not be necessary for you, I'm sure, to dwell on the facts.
Nimmer explicitly recognized, and intentionally misinterpreted, Burger's instructions:
> At the Chief Justice's suggestion I certainly will keep very brief this statement of facts [...]
> [...] may it please the court what this young man did was to walk through a courthouse corridor in Los Angeles county on his way to a courtroom where he had some business.
> [interruption]
> While walking through that corridor he was wearing a jacket upon which were inscribed the words "Fuck the draft", also were inscribed the words "Stop war" and several peace symbols.
Whether Nimmer could be allowed to quote the word "Fuck" in defending his client for expressing the message "Fuck the draft" was a major issue at the time. The Court attempted to forbid it but didn't quite have the power to do so.
And this is often credited with getting Cohen acquitted. Nimmer's ability to quote the word inside the hallowed confines of the courtroom dealt significant damage to the idea that using it on the way to the courtroom was punishable.
Many are also just dumb: No blood transfusion, no birth controls, etc
all this reminds me of the way they treat the evil wizard's name "voldemort" in harry potter
In one of the last books, the 3 main characters teleport to a London pub or something, and then the Deatheaters attack them. And I’m pretty sure the book says they were found because one of them said Voldemort’s name.
Edit:
It was in Deathly Hallows book. https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-voldemort-name-not-spoke...