Swearing

Both Achenbach and Reilly talk about America's excessive use of swear words. Achenbach just zones in on the "F word" talking about the increase in fines by the FCC for using that word, saying that fines have gone up over $40,000 in the past 10 years. He also talks about the history of the word and things related to that. Reilly talks about overall swearing and the things that colleges have done in order to prevent this from happening. I believe that Achenbach and Reilly take the same stance, both being against the misuse of swearing

I personally buy neither stance because even though people have this feeling that "Swearing is bad and should be used" or something related, You just have to agree that swearing is just becoming more socially acceptable now amongst America's society. My personal opinion is that back in the day, swearing was associated with anger, and when one cursed, it would convey anger and hatred, two traits not highly looked upon. Now the words are just used in the most basic of sentences, like "D..., that pizza was good!" People have becoming more versatile in the past decade, giving more uses to the swear words. They can express joy, happiness, indifference, as well as the common hatred and anger. And just to let you know, I am not a "Swear box." I do have a decent vocabulary to add on to my r'epertoire of curse words and can go easily without swearing, but let people speak. Its conveying anger thats the problem, not the actual word.