Another thread with the same title asks if watching pornography is a sin. This isn't really about that.
What I found curious was the author did not type out the word (allowing for some fun interpretation on my part), and instead typed p-graphy.
The word "pornography" isn't a profanity, and certainly isn't in our language filter. It's just a word to describe a thing.
Which leads my to my question. Is typing out a word that suggests something you consider morally or ethically questionable a sin?
It's clearly not a sin if it's merely used in either a descriptive or referential manner. But, if it's meant to incite or arouse, or stimulate thoughts, then a euphemism is more appropriate. And, thus, euphemisms have their place, which is entirely why such a grammatical device came into existence.
If there are vulnerable or impressionable people around, then it's wiser to censor one's vocabulary as to not offend or compromise one's innocence. In the presence of a rape victim, the best policy would be to avoid any allusions to the word, but rather to find an expression that humiliates the culprit and not the victim. As in, referring to it as an act of frustration, desperation or depravity, as opposed to violate, control, abuse or overwhelm.
As much as reverence is perceived when one capitalizes the word God, or other sacred entities, it's as purposeful to debase things of a nefarious nature by not dignifying the spelling of the practice.
