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personally, i find asshat more offensive

andy points to an interesting article on the "mainstreaming" of the word "fuck" :

"The decline is a matter of shifting taboos, says Jean Aitchison, the Oxford professor of language and communication who is married to Ayto. "In the last century, it was religious swearing that upset people," she says. "Then, in the mid-20th century, sexual swearing. But these days people get far more upset about politically incorrect language: nigger, and even mad, are quite taboo."

i guess one need look no further than the fcc overlooking bono's use of the word to find proof of the theory that the word that could unleash a thousand bars of soap in the mouth is, well - you know, fscked:

"ON MONDAY, THE government agency's Enforcement Bureau rejected complaints by the Parents Television Council and others that Bono's use of the phrase "this is really, really f---ing brilliant" failed to meet the test for indecency. The bureau ruled that Bono's indiscretion was so "fleeting and isolated" that it did not run afoul of the rules."

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