In defense of *$\#\#@&$%#

This article from Newsweek discusses the way society's feelings toward profanity have changed. Youth are becoming desensitized to the words which in the past evoked a strong reaction. Ms. Quindlen states, "The words that were once considered so objectionable have now lost both their edge and their sense. They've been cleansed by use, and by overuse." This really encompasses the theme of her article, how modern society has stripped away the extremely sexual and expletive connotation to these words. She gives examples how modern politicians have used profanity in public forums without diminishing their reputation. People are no longer bothered by profanity as they were in previous decades. This directly correlates with the article "Freedom's Curse" as its main argument is against censorship of profane language when used without regard toward sexual meaning. He believes because curse words are no longer used to describe sexual action and generally describe extreme emotion they should not be censored from the public. Both articles characterize the change in meaning of words which were once the most disgraceful of all.