Not Exclusive To Grapefruits (Or That's The Same Color As My Favorite Shirt)

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Everyone knows that they use the so-called "bad" words all the time, yet have a bizarre obsession with pretending they don't and censoring them. Why?

I don't know. When I was going around to different churches, trying to figure out what I believe, I went to this Baptist church where my neighbor is the pastor. They all said such words as, "drat," all the time. However, I said, "ass" once (and not even at the church) in front of them and they said, "we don't cuss at this church." I looked around and responded, "First of all, this isn't a church. This is a restaurant. Second, you do cuss. You say drat which is the same as when I say damn. You mean the same thing, therefore one can't be cussing and the other perfectly fine. Either they're both cussing or neither is."

And this will return me to the argument that there is no profanity and that's a whole nother thread.

Yeah, true enough, thinking certain words are any more damaging then others is silly, and I think you were right to say that they meant the exact same thing by saying "drat" rather than "damn", though I do think the label profanity would be more relevant to any usage of those words that deliberately tries to offend. I think it's silly to be offended by those words in the first place, but still, some are, and if you're really trying to use that to insult people, then perhaps it's "profane." Still, you weren't trying to offend anyone, so I see no problem with the use of those words in general. As Frank Zappa says, sometimes it's easier to get your point across when you DO use them.