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Swearing is and always has been regarded as undereducated, obscene, rude and profane in society. It has been censored, forbidden and the institutions of power continue to ban it from society and all media. Due to censorship there are groups of people who fight against swearing, certain religions who think the devil is the father of “fuck” and whole hordes of mothers who don’t want their kids to say words like shit, piss fuck or cunt.For some these words are dirty and bad and you shouldn’t say them. Ever. Yet despite your mum’s best efforts,cussing is mainstream. 8
THE SWEARING ATLAS
It’s even more than that, it’s an integrated part of our culture. We have used profane language since the beginning of time, and when I say “we”, I mean people in all countries, all over the world, in every language, dialect, slang or accent studied, living or dead, in big cities to small tribes in the middle of nowhere, they all turn out to have their own “forbidden speech”. Yet, why is there this goddamned societal discomfort when a casual “fuck yeah” accompanied with a high five can make you feel so awesome? Shit! Fuck! Damn! Piss off! The number of times we swear PROLOGUE
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The Middle finger has a fucking impressive background and people are using it all over the world
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SWEARI IS A FO EMOTIO EXPRES
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The source of all artists problems: Tipper Gore, wife of Senator Al Gore and leader of the PMRC gang 66
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Swearing is something we’re barely aware of in movies these days but it used to be taken fucking seriously
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Swearing has been and still is used as a powerful tool in art and media, this shows the power of swear words and rude gestures again, the more we try to ban them the stronger they'll get 80
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