So, after my last blog post, I realized that I can curse a whole hell of alot.

I mean, I remember when I was in middle school and saying "crap" and "damn" was, well, a big damn deal. Or when I finally broke away from my strong Catholic roots and dropped "Goddamn" on someone. These pivotal adolescent moments, while seeming silly, were intense. Cursing, to me at that time, was for "bad kids", for rebels-- and I was certainly none of these things. My parents/teachers told us cursing was disrespectful and "un-lady-like" (oh to see me now).

As I grew up, however, I realized that cursing wasn't that big of a deal. Used in moderation, it can actually be helpful to evoke feeling and emotion and all that nonsense. I don't use it to, you know, my parents (only because they'd kill me), my elders, or bosses/profs, but when I'm just talking and being me, yeah, I'll drop something. Besides, cursing is so many different things to different people. Shakespeare had thumb biting, the british have the weird kind-of-peace-sign-but-not really, some have the under the chin flick, a lá Joey Tribbiani. Can it be that bad?

Still, there are those that when I drop a phrase like "UHG that Goddamn motherf*cker just f*cking cut me off and I'm just having such a SH*TTY DAY OK?!", look at me like I am the devil.

So I ask you my fellow Trojans:

Is Cursing Acceptable?
do you think cursing should be acceptable in today's society? or is it another example of culture's demise?

Anyway, it's late. Back to work on my paper. Please, finals, be gentle on us.


edit: I just realized that, beyond cursing, I say "classy" way too much too. I hate myself.