How do the moderators feel about cursing on this site? (1 Viewer)

[Rain]

...there shouldn't be a damn problem. Heck. Shucks. Gosh darn it. Crap.

Personally, I use "naughty" words occasionally to stress a point, but don't really do it gratuitously. I feel that, while moderate use can embelish a point nicely, going too far will end up detracting from the validity of the point, or at least that's how it will be perceived.
What kind of bugs me is people who post profanity simply for the sake of it. I'm not "offended," I just think it's rather silly. An example would be posting a whole string of movie quotes, all of which contain the word "motherfu**er." Seems to me that is solely an attempt to use excessive profanity and get away with it on a technicality. Very cheesy.
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[Jeff Ulmer]

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As in do-re-me-FA Cue.
FAQ 2!
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[Kevin Potts]

Although I try to limit my use of "profane" language within my posts, I personally don't have a problem with others using it in theirs. Cussing tends to be a part of my vocabulary when talking with certain people. I realize that there remains many individuals in this world that frown upon the use of profanity and consider it to be somewhat barbaric. This I fail to understand for one big reason. To me they are simply letters. I mean is there really a difference between the phrases "What the heck", "What the f*@k", and "What in the world". They convey exactly the same point but for some reason one of them is considered to be profane. Why is it okay to say "poop" and not "s$*t, or "darn" and not "damn"? Don't they mean the same thing? It really makes me wonder when and for what reason these particular words became socially unacceptable.
Anyway, just had to get in my .02 cents. Thanks for listening.
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[Reginald Trent]

Kevin, I think your post boils down to the difference between explicit and implied innuendo.

 

[Iain Lambert]

Its a really dull reason for not swearing, but some of us read the HTF behind firewalls, and I find myself deliberately avoiding topics that are likely to get blocked. Its why I'm so glad that swearing is banned from headers - it might stop me even reading the index pages.
As for generally, I rarely find it useful to swear in written posts. If we were chatting at event then thats probably another thing, but written down it just looks out of place.