Originally Posted by: Andrew SaKaffir

It's basically the African equivelent of our "N" word, which has, awfully, been used as a racial slur for African-Americans.

I just don't see why the world needs profane language. In my mind, it's a simple question of morality, more than anything.

Many, many years ago, so I've been told, it was considered extremely rude for a gentleman to wear a hat in a public building, such as a town hall, a school, library, etc... Of course, things have changed since then. Now people think that's ridiculous.

But if we keep going on like we are now, the same things will happen with our profane language. We may think it's rude or "profane," but our next generation will think that we are being completely ridiculous. It will be a sad day when I hear, say, a 5-year old, dropping the F-bomb.

I just don't see why you wouldn't want to sound more sophisticated.