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« on: January 16, 2013, 04:14:43 PM »
Generally, I rather find swearing or cussing to be distasteful, especially in mixed company. Occasionally, however, I find it to be appropriate. Generally in everyday conversation, I avoid saying distasteful words. these words have a dynamic potency. they can cause mixed reactions and certainly convey great emotion. when used appropriately, I think they are fine. This is especially true in art: music, poetry, and prose. Such words, however, lose their potent capacity once they are hurled about in the way a high schooler would use the word "like."
A couple of examples that I have in mind:
The band fun's recent hit song "Some Nights" has what I would call a "well-placed" f-bomb.
Mumford and Son's song Little Lion Man also uses the word well.
Bands like blink-182, however, hurl it around so much that it looses its power to convey anything of substance.