I don't see a problem with it providing it's not used to hurt people. But then again, that's probably because I swear a lot. I think just like everything, swearing needs to be done in a moderate manner. Do you guys swear, does it piss you off or upset you?

Of course I fucking swear... who doesn't? :P

I hate people who swear in public though, like on the train and you have these dicks, saying the word fuck every 2 seconds, immature and pathetic.

But otherwise swearing is natural I think, when you get annoyed/upset about something.

^ Agreed. I can't stand it in public. It's... disgusting.

I only swear when I'm really upset or angry.

Oh god, I never swear in public... unless you count forums. >_>

I wouldn't dream of doing it in a crowd though.

Yeah I swear all the time unless I'm in public or some place where it's obviously not appropriate.

I hate it when typical bogan tools keep saying 'fuck' every two seconds in public. I haven't got a problem with it happening with mates and stuff though.

I'm pretty much like the rest of you, I will do it when angry or there's a reason for it (Gears of War brought a lot of choice words out while I was going for Seriously...) and I'll also do it sometimes to emphasis something, but otherwise I generally don't do it. I too can't stand hearing it every second word from teenagers who think they are cool or something and sometimes I get the urge to tell them to shut the fuck up (see, emphasis ;)) but I never do because then I'm only going down to their level.

I will also, without realising it, use words like 'arse' in place of bum or whatever. Is that just the Aussie in me though? ;)

I live in Ireland. People learn to swear before they learn the alphabet.

I thought you guys learnt them together?

A is for Asshole
B is for Bastard
C is for Cock face

well you know the rest I'm sure :P

I will pay cold hard cash to find out how you went in kindergarten :P

I'm actually all for swearing, I'm pretty hard to offend and I'm prone to colourful language myself.

I still feel that it's important to have a sense of decorum however - don't sound off like a sailor at a wedding or in the middle of a meeting at work.

Lacing your sentences with obscenity at points when it's obviously unwarranted - "I'm going to #&$*ing buy a @#$% coke from that piece of *$#& machine!" instead of "@&$%ing machine ate my money - all I wanted is a coke!" is probably going to make you sound like a halfwit. Particularly if your collar's popped and you're the sort that forgets to close their mouth when they're done talking.

Finally, if you want to use profanity, be creative about it - it's not unlike punctuation and should be used at appropriate points in your sentences. The cultured gentleman knows how to curse.

In conclusion, I give swearing 4 stars out of 5.

EDIT: My spulling required a touch-up.

Eh, it has it's place. But yeah, as mentioned by some, those who use it too much fail at life.

"oh mate, what the fuck ya doin cunt!? oh yeah, fuckin that, ohh fuck me mate, fuck!"

Do not want.

Halfwit or fuckwit? :P

Also, I hope you spelt 'spelling' like that on purpose.

Of course! I'm capable of swearing in more than seven different languages!™ :thumbsup:

And it's trademarked! The Irish are still kings among swearing men I see. ;)

In the famous words of Billy Connelly, "I only swear because I'm fuckin' good at it"

In all seriousness, though, swearing can be used for a way to emphasise a point - but those who swear to make themselves sound tough... they're not worth the paper their words are written on...

Andy - mixing metaphors since 2003.