Profanity and Architecture

Profane \Pro*fane"\: To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse,
        irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to
        pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the
        Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
From the definition, 'profanity' is the act of disrespect to supremacy or divine figures, including religions , kings, and gods.  Claiming someone to be profane is quite serious, meaning that that someone must have done something highly inappropriate.
We were taught what is wrong and what is right since we were kids, but our teachings vary to from each culture to one another.  Thus, the view of profanity highly depends on cultures, so there are cases that someone are being profane unintentionally.
In Thailand we would never see someone draws a cartoon pictures on a banknote just like Americans do.  This is because Thais highly value the King, and making fun of His Majesty is highly profane.  On every Thai Baht banknote and every coin is a picture of the King, so even just stepping on it is already inappropriate.  We would also never see a house made to look like a temple, because temples are sacred and we should not play with its holiness.




Nevertheless, in my opinion, the concept of profanity does not go well with architecture.  If we build something and, by interacting with it, makes profanity, that architecture would be dull and boring.  From my perspective, an architecture would be more successful if it makes people interact with it by their feelings and interpretations.  That way there will be a lot of possibilities to play with the structure, making the building a whole lot more interesting.