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Two anecdotes.
My parents weren't passionately against cursing, but they didn't do it much. Then one day, out of the blue, a guy cuts my mom off in traffic, and my then 3yo sister yells out 'what the fuck does he think he's doing?" My mom had to pull over the car, she was laughing so hard. To this day, we don't know where she picked it up.
My youngest cousin came much later than the rest of us, about 12 years younger than my sister, who is the next youngest. And my aunt was living next door to the granparents at that time. My grandpa got neverending enjoyment out of teaching her every curse word under the sun. At 14-16 months old, she'd say 'muvverfugger' and he'd laugh his ass off. She'd say 'sodovvabidge' and he'd laugh some more. My grandma would hiss "Joseph Kelly!!!" in her most disapproving tone, and he'd nearly wet himself with laughter. Good times.
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We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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