Freedom's Curse

The use and meaning of curse words are beyond my ability to understand. Cursing is a universal thing; every language has words that should not be said. From there the complexity begins. Words are meant to be spoken but there are words that shouldn't be spoken. In fact, these words have such a bad impact on the people that they are forbidden by the government to show on television. This article, "Freedom's Curse", explores the effect of these words and how they are dealt with in our society.

The article "Media and the Degradation of Language", written by Michael F. Curtin, explores almost the same category as "Freedom's Curse", but it focuses more on the profanity of the media than the words themselves as the other article.

It is true that profanity is taken less seriously by the media these days, and the worse part is that they make it seem cool. The way the media managed to successfully slip the profanity into the content was not to use the actual words that are "forbidden", but let the meaning be sent to the viewers by using similar words or slightly dodging the "sensitive" material. This brings up another interesting question; is it the content and the meaning or the actual curse words that matter? Or better yet, do they not have any impact at all on the viewers? These complicated questions would be well worth exploring.