That was the subject of the post, and as such my comment was directly responsive.

You attempted to shift a conversation about rough language on blogs into the left is childish and potty-mouthed. The Cheney comment was in direct response to that. As others and later you correctly note this is not a left-right issue.

You were actually the first one to try and make this a partisan thing.

Nope. Nice try, but who were we initially talking about? A group of leftie bloggers, remember? That was the subject of the post, and as such my comment was directly responsive.

Which, by the way is why I questioned bringing Cheney into it; It sounded... and still sounds... remarkably like Clinton's "They all do it" defense.

What's going on here, is the far left is figuring out that being childish doesn't sell...There are a larger portion of people in that grouping than in the general populace, who will not WANT to grow up.

Clearly, it's not a left vs right thing, yet Cheney was the first thing that gets brought up.

You were actually the first one to try and make this a partisan thing.

Personally, I'm with Dr. Joyner on this one: I enjoy swearing, and I enjoy reading people who do it well. I have a real problem with bluenoses who haughtily and airily tell those of us who use the full expressiveness of the English language, with all its many words (including such rich and unobjectionable words as "fuck" and "shit") that we are doing something wrong. I find people who use rich language to generally be as bright or brighter than people with sticks up their asses who sneer at anyone who dares use words they don't approve of.

That said, I don't allow swearing on my front page. I do allow it in the comments, but not on the front page. Why? Because certain bluenose-run companies block sites which contain the full richness of the English language from company web surfers, and I don't want readers of my blog to be blocked from reading it while on break or lunch at work because yet another snooty dorkwad decided they shouldn't be allowed to see the word "fuck" in print while they're at work.

A pox upon the bluenoses. But what can we do? We are so often at their mercy.

I don't run away screaming when I hear it used, but I do find that I avoid blogs where there is a lot of profanity.

I think occassional swearing where the word is there specifically to make a point and is used rarely by the speaker isn't as troublesome, but writings or speech liberally peppered with cursing just makes me think the person needs to find a dictionary and a thesaurus and expand their vocabularies.

I think the problem with Cheney's use was the context-I can understand the frustration and anger that may have lead to the swear, but he also should have known better.

I also find it hard to respect or see a person as a professional, when they are constantly swearing. We were watching something on TV one time, and somebody in the course of the profession was talking to the customer and almost every other word was a swear word. I remember thinking-I don't care how good they are at their job, I don't think I could go back to somebody who couldn't control their tongue.

So maybe I am a prude, but it doesn't bother me much on this topic.