I agree with many of the above points and feel pretty much like Charlie in the sense that swearing can be a beautiful thng. I love the way foul langauge can be used so creatively in humour. But as with so many other things in life, context is all. In front of kids, please not. in front of parents, not. in the street, why? But in the bedroom, er... yes. in the pub, like, naturally. But if you are going to swear, do so with feeling - swearing is too precious to waste in casual conversation and that's when i hate it. I love swearing, even if I do it rarely, but what everyone should find offensive is hateful language - anything said with venom, whether swearing or not, that's what should be reviled. It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.