Profanity excuses

"It may have been the great George Carlin who talked about these things so cleverly," Larson said. "He'd say, 'Mother would say shoot, but she meant ... when she reached in and burned her fingers on the crocker.' And the child says, 'I know what you meant, Mom.' "

The article The curse word 'Battlestar Galatica' created it tells about the development and creation of an f-word substitue by Glen A. Larson, known as "frak." This word, used over twenty times an episode has been a way for the characters of not only 'Battlestar Galactica' to get away with the use of profanity, but it has been a popular trend in many other pieces of media and merchendise. The article stresses how the word is made up and therefore no one can be penalized for using it. The article then begins to move into how the word used to only be used by followers of the show but since it has become more popular and due to word of mouth, people who have no idea the origin of the word are beginning to use it. People claim that this word is a 'genius' creation.

There is a tangential relationship between this article and Freedom's Curse because they both somehow link to curse words and getting around the FCC's ban on certain words in public communication. Although each does not exactly cover the same types of meanings, they each discuss how words can and can not be used. If the word has more than one meaning, and one is appropriate they can be used as long as it is used in the proper context. Frak was seen as the way around this because although it only has one literary meaning, it is not a real word and therefore cannot be penalized. Basically what Freedom's Curse's entire message is that there are penalties for the use of certain words at innappropriate locations and times and thus showing a connection of how because these articles show opposites of frak receiving little to no confrontation, they are still on the same topics. The fact that the FCC can regualte certain words and expressions sort of goes against Freedom of speech and frak is a way to stand up for something you believe in which Mike Byers believes in and is ultimately the purpose of his article. Using swear words for research is ok, just like using fake swear words is ok.