Many people proclaim themselves "free" (though their every decision is determined by heredity and circumstance) and most of them are "free" in many ways. But when they speak of cussing, they refer to these precious symbolic structures as "bad words".

I'm sick of that shit. How is saying, "oh fuck" any different from saying, "oh fiddley-flopplesticks"? Am I still not trying to get the same point across? I still have the same motive, no matter what fucking word I use. Substitute "damn" with "darn" in front of these cuss-word haters and suddenly everyone calms down and floats back down to everyday common consciousness where its all nice and soft and cuddly. Cuss in front of me and it will only show me how you feel on a subject.

If we limit our word expression to only "polite words" we suddenly have lost one more way to express ourselves. I have lost the ability to move beyond the feeling that "shoot" emits and I am stuck to raping the meaning of my sentences by taming them.

These words affect us physically too. Ever get mad and ram your fist into a wall? These words have a similar effect. Notice how much more force you exert when you say a nice hearty FUCK then when you say a soft little "fiddley-flopplesticks". It releases energy. It relieves tension. CUSS WORDS ARE GOOD FOR YOU.

I try explaining this to my bible-thumping English teacher when she tells me to stop speaking "dirty talk", but she doesn't get it either.

I hope you do.