<p>it's just a word...if it's not directed against anyone, then i don't ****ing care</p>
<p>I still think it's d</p>
<p>I can deal with most of the curse words, but I am extremely offended by the f-bomb. Unfortunately people use it almost as much as they use words like "and" and "the" up here, perhaps more often. One of the reasons I'm outta here in 29 days.</p>
<p>Care to tell us what school, or is that to remain a mystery?</p>
<p>The purpose of swearing is to express anger, shock, or dismay. If you use it as part of your normal language the words loose their value and you loose your ability to express anger, shock, or dismay.</p>
<p>Swear words have their use but they must be rationed very carefully.</p>
<p>Psh, such a narrow view of swearing.</p>
<p>Swearing is also for humor.</p>
<p>The humor in swearing is its shock value.</p>
<p>High school is nothing like college, and certainly nothing like real life or the adult world. Outside of the highschool bubble, people curse.</p>
<p>Adults do indeed curse, but for the large majority it is not every other word and usually not at work. Can't tell you about every work place but in 30 years in the Federal government, including the Justice Department and The Department of Education, people do not curse, and when they do they're embarrassed. It was regarded as improper behavior and could be subject to disciplinary action. I can tell you that people here in Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin do not curse at work. </p>
<p>I can also tell you that under certain circumstances, not included in this thread, cursing could be considered a form of sexual harassment.</p>
<p>I would get it out of your head and out of your mouth that cursing is acceptable in the adult world especially at work.</p>
<p>According to the various tapes most Presidents cursed up a storm.</p>
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I will catch some heat for this comment, but the only places where this would happen is to chicks who noone would hang out with anyways. We got thing in the military for this, its called conform to the good old boys network, or noone will hang out with your after duty hours. Works out pretty good.</p>
<p>Swearing in class is only appropriate if its used in a way that doesn't sound trashy. A professor making a one-time joke vs. yelling out "How the fu** did you get that?" is where you see the difference. There's basically a divide of people on swearing. One side thinks that swearing should be used like any other word, the other side thinks that it should still be a rarely used shock word. This divide exists in "the real world" too, so to say that everyone swears in the real world would be untrue.</p>
<p>Barrons: Political employees and elected officals don't count. They can do whatever they want, and usually do, including behaving improperly.</p>
<p>UCLAri, it's Mount Union College.</p>
<p>barrons, I hear Richard Nixon had the worst mouth of all the presidents.</p>
<p>i swear all the time in front of my parents and friends. itsa nt that big of a deal. as long as you dont actually mean the word then its okay</p>
<p>Why did you bother posting that garbage, Joev?</p>
<p>ucbhi, I agree absolutely.</p>
<p>Why people swear? To emphasise bad or good emotions? Not exactly - they try to be more cool and youth. That is pathetic and absolutely abject. I always respect someone who can avoid swearing. This is the high-class of behaviour - you can be down to earth person without being potty mouth.</p>
<p>^I agree with that, too. :) Welcome to CC!</p>
<p>Example: if your emotions are killing you from inside, because you cut yourself or hit very badly - shouting a couple swearword is good for mental health reasons, accidentally of course. We are only people...
Hello to everyone from CC !</p>