I'm a great fan of selective swearing.

Some people swear constantly. This just causes the listener to either stop listening or to become desensitized to their swearing. When someone like this has something that's really worth swearing about, they won't be able to express themselves because they swear all the time anyway.

For the best effect, use swear words sparingly. They don't have to be used in anger. If you're normally well-spoken, dropping an unexpected f-bomb can be used to great comic effect, or to show an unusual degree of enthusiasm. Of course, you should also know your audience. Some people will always be offended by swearing, no matter who does it, no matter the context.

Have I ever used those words? Yes.

However, that doesn't make it right.

I think using other words has benefits. By using curse words as filler words, we show a lack of ability to express ourselves well.

I can say

"That was an extremely tall tree that seemed capable of producing much fruit."

or I can say

"That ---- was ---- tall. It can ---- ----- out a lot of ----- ------." (You can fill in the blanks with curse words)

Which sentence conveys a thought that is concrete and intelligent? I didn't supply the curse words, but who is to say that what you fill in would match what I was thinking? 13 concrete words compared to 8. I've specified what my thought on the tree is; I didn't leave it to you to guess what I was talking about.

One word to describe a plethora of things is not good. It leads to confusion. People must then invest time and energy into deciphering what you really want to say. And, the repetition can also get tiring after a while. Don't believe me? Have a small child say "Are we there yet?" over and over for five hours on a car trip. That can have the same effect.

Ok, maybe I shouldn't say that but sometimes it really helps to reduce the stress.

(I haven't read your link, yet.)

I have a small farm. It's a funny shape - 2 kilometres long and 400 metres wide. My neighbour's farm is the same shape along the 2 km long boundary.

My neighbour is very quiet. He doesn't talk much. If you try ringing him on the phone to ask about something ... well goodluck getting anything useful.

But, when my neighbour is out shifting his sheep, using his dogs, I can often hear him. He yells, in his loudest voice, the most foul language! Swearing and cursing at his dogs for doing the wrong thing, pushing the sheep the wrong way, leaving sheep behind. But all I hear is Beep Beep Beep ...

I think that it helps him to reduce his stress. But it does sound incredibly stressful.

Before I was serious about farming, I visited a farm. I asked the farmer how he got his dogs back into their kennels ... He said that he feeds them in there, so they go in.

I heard him use a lot of ... not swear words, but certainly impolite language telling his dogs that they were doing the wrong thing. I asked the farmer what he said when the dogs did something right ... He said that it hadn't happened yet!

Now, I have a dog on my farm. He respects me and works hard. But my partner can't get the dog to move animals for her, well, not the right direction. Because she hasn't learnt the key words I use to command the dog ... "Get out of it you mangy mongrel!"

(I thought long and hard about that phrase - close enough to swearing, but not offensive if someone hears me yelling. :)

I think if you're an adult you should be free to use an occasional swear word depending on the place where you say it. Kids of course shouldn't swear.