TCB wrote:
I don't understand why American's obsess over the use of certain words. I don't think there is anywhere else in the free world where saying certain words will get you shunned or fined or censored, even when you're not using them to offend people. I think it is done mostly with the idea of protecting children, which is absolutely outrageous.
I would be willing to bet that every society everywhere has some group of words that are considered unacceptable in polite discourse. Is it really that bad that words dealing with sex and human waste, mocking religion, racial slurs, etc., are considered impolite in certain company? I mean, I have a foul mouth myself at times, but I censor myself to a greater or lesser extent depending on the audience.