Legion said:
It depends what kind of swearing. If it's something like 'fuck' then it will be anger. If I am calling someone a 'bastard' then I am usually being light hearted (they made a joke about me or killed me in a game or whatnot), if I call someone a '*****' then it's almost always a guy and it's me taking the piss.
To be honest I swear too much, although thankfully I am not as bad as those people who speak like: "Then I went to the fucking shops to buy some fucking cigarettes."
Fuck yeah, muthafuckas. We up in dis shit.
Sorry. I don't normally do that.
OT: Well, I do it to express a point, when I'm angry, in pain, etc. It's just kind of a part of my vocabulary as much as anything else, and I don't understand the taboos here. Is there really a difference between saying "I had sex with that woman" and "I shagged that woman"? Well, it may sound more offensive, but that's simply because the idea that certain words should be regulated or whatever is just a part of life, really. I mean, that's not to say I support words that are offensive to any race, nationality, etc. Obviously, I say "Yanks" (as in Americans) sometimes, but that's just in fun. Some of the other words? Noooooo thanks. This
would lead on to a dissection of my opinion that the "family values" platform the world seems to run on ("HEY! You said the word 'sex' within a mile of someone under the age of 40? HEATHEN." is completely outdated, but that's really a matter for another thread.
Couldn't resist adding this though: Well, the whole marijuana thing? I don't smoke anything, but seriously? Get the fuck over yourselves. Compare the dangers to cigarettes and alcohol, using reliable sources, then talk. I'm off to write a long, reliably cited essay about all of this, then send it to those family values activists and religious fundamentalists (nothing against religious people, but some of the more obsessed ones grind my gears and no mistake) with the helpful suggestion that THEY SHOVE IT UP THEIR ARSES.
See, I just used swearing to express anger
and illustrate a point!