The Power of Swear Words.

No one reacts to the words themselves, they react to the intended disrespect or nuanced implications of the word.
They do not get emotional because the words themselves are emotional words, but because the context of them is.

This concept is not remotely deep or novel. It's kindgergarten level sociology most people begin to understand intuitively by five or six and have mastered by eight.

Even if most people have somehow become masters of social interaction it does not make this topic any less interesting. Judging by how this thread has turned out Id say I got my point across and that we are actually having an intelligent debate over the context and implication of words. So...