In defence of swearing

I swear a lot. I'll be the first to admit it. I'm the worst person to have around your kids because I swear so casually that I don't notice I'm doing it. I do try to remember when kids are around, but even that bothers me to some degree. They're just words. Though I do understand that little Sally turning up in a schoolyard and telling her teacher to go fuck herself is a potential parent/teacher-relation nightmare.

But they are just words. Of course, they're words with a certain power. All...