Swearing

I remember a time when swearing was considered a bad thing, done by really bad children and really naughty grownups who had a bad life and received poor upbringing. This was so, however curse words tend to enter our life sooner or later, because they allow us to express our views, moods and opinions in a more sufficient manner. One bad word can replace a whole sentence, a whole description of our state of irritation and disbelief for the situation that has just happened. Swearing might just be life’s big simplifier, the ultimate words which just like in Orwell’s 1984 replaces others, creating a primitive universal language. So is swearing still considered a bad thing? Probably so, because parents tend to punish their children or at least correct them if they use a curse word. But the importance of communicating in a ‘clean’ way has definitely decreased in the last ten years. Adults no longer feel they should refrain from swearing to give a good example. Maybe they have just realized that children will sooner or later start using curse words? Yet if bad language became acceptable, then what will be approved of next? It is worth to reflect on minor matters from time to time, as they might be messengers of a greater crisis brewing.

The Short History of Swearing Here- http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/swear.htm