The Power of Swear Words.

You know, I noticed that Bad Words are Power Words. They are hated because it gives abusers unwarranted power. And that power is the power of another emotions. Its plays off our feelings and compels us to feel a certain way. Many hate to be controlled so thus they are shunned.

This touches on the very issue i've thought about a lot, which I find interesting. We give power to those words to play off our emotions. I had a very extroverted math teacher my freshman and sophomore years in college, and she couldn't care less about any swear word besides plum (prob going to be filtered, starts w/ a c and addresses feminine genitalia), to which she basically flipped out and would give whoever said it an F in the class for whatever reason. However, that's not because the four letters are inherently deserving of a failing grade in the class, but because she gave them that power over herself.

Then I go on to think about how some cultures find certain words more obscene than others, such as bloody in england and america.