What's your thoughts on swearing and it's place in the modern world?

>I use it like it's going out of fashion, but I am Scottish so that might explain it. Never change, Scots, ever! >I remember when I was younger (2000s) swearing was a big no no Much the same, though from the 90's onwards - only difference is I got the tail end of shoulderpads. Regardless it's a divisive topic and a lot of opinions on it over the years. Some literally don't care and think it's harmless, others are very _very_ of the mind it's totally unacceptable. I'm pretty sure times have changed, or at least standards have altered as there's a _mountain_ of kids that seem to use swearing like punctuation now, didn't happen when I was that age. I have a bunch of 8y/o's and above that've been swaggering around calling everyone a C*nt and mouthing off with a variety of expletives like they're trying to season a steak with it. I actually find most adults _better_ (most of the time). I don't _mind_ it as such, I guess, but I really don't tend to swear a lot anyway! I also don't really see a lot of swearing as being "necessary" though, there's better ways to communicate things, to my mind. e.g "X is being a tw*t", "what do you mean?", "I dunno, just being a tw*t" and with a bit of digging and use of a few braincells more, it transpires that X is upset and moody after someone ate their sandwich. I mean sure you stub your foot or someone cuts you up at the roundabout? then _sure_, but there's a nuance to it rather than calling _every_ person on the planet a c*nt and saturating your whole dialogue with it like you've put the shower attachment on "the big book of slurs". For kids to swear, if it's just to each other well go figure - but when it's used towards the public, their parents, teachers etc, it's often just disrespectful, rude and unnecessary. I don't think there's any harm, by itself, in swearing around an appropriate audience - much as with slang and your (grand)parents, mediating your behaviour around babies or small children etc. It's not fair to necessarily say it's "all OK" or isn't, as different people have vasty different feelings on it.