I have been having an interesting conversation with a close friend of mine on the subject of swearing. While he doesn't necessarily dislike swearing, he buys the argument that swearing represents a less intelligent form of communication.

I argued back that while that was a great argument for the kids, that I didn't buy it completely. L and I were talking about this last night. There are times when swearing represents healthy and justified anger. To focus on the swear words and miss the underlying issues seems problematic.

In addition, I think that swearing, when done correctly, functions to challenge reverence. Reverence might be a good thing, but like swearing, it can be taken too fucking far.