I first saw a naked woman on a public school bus.

Not an issue. Kids are within walking distance to elementary and junior high. By the time they hit high school, they'll be old enough for learner's permits, and my wife can always drop them off on the way to KU.

Guys, my kids have heard the words. They know what cuss words are, and they talk about the kids at schools that use bad language. Like I said, my kids are smart. We talk about it, and they know that my wife and I don't use that kind of language (around them), and that it's not acceptable.

Foul language is foul language for a reason. It's there, but just because they exist it doesn't mean you MUST use them. You talk about "freedom of speech", but that's a crock of it - there is nothing than can be expressed with cursing that can't be expressed without cursing. If you don't believe that, that's an issue with your own intellectual limitations and lack of linguistic creativity.

Likewise, it's completely arbitrary that they are "foul" in the first place. COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.

Braincase's brainwashed kids remind of a dipshit I knew as a youth. His name was Donovan Reed. He was a real grade-A dipshit. We went to the same high school together. Occasionally, at school, I'd drop an F-bomb or a random cuss. I don't even remember at this point.

But I'm sure Donovan does. That's because he actually went to his daddy and told on me. Yep, he went and tattled on poor little 15-year old Claythan. I had been cussing at school, and someone in our congregation was going to know, dammit!

So he told his daddy, who was a "ministerial servant" at our Jemimah's Witnesses church. His daddy had the gall to come up to me at the next meeting and ask me about my horrible transgressions at school.

Being a spineless pussy raised in the grand old Jemimah's Witness tradition, I of course lied and told him no, I had not been swearing. Looking back, if I had possessed an ounce of backbone or self-respect, I would have told Donovan's dad that yes, I swore like a ****ing sailor at school, and if he didn't like it, he could kiss my devil-worshipping ass. And also, that it was none of his ****ing business since he was a glorified magazine-stand clerk/audio slave.

Anyway, good times.

LMAO

Let it all out, Clay. Consider it therapy.

Social mores define the obscene. In one African community, the words you and I might look at as being obscene are the term even their doctors use to discuss medical maladies - the proper medical terms (that are accepted as part of any human sexuality class in the states) are the terms that define their foul language.

But if some 4 year old nephew came up to you and asked you where babies came from, I doubt you'd say "Well, your dad stuck his **** in your mommy's ****, and he ****ed her pretty good. He shot his *** and the little sperms fertilized the egg."

There are some words we can explain to kids pretty easily. "Crap" and it's variants are pretty easy, because we all become aware of feces at a pretty young age, like around 0. "Damn", "hell" and "ass" aren't too bad. Once we start breaking into any organ or term involved in the reproductive process, things can get complicated. I don't need to explain that stuff to a seven year-old, so I'd rather wait until a more appropriate time.

I am going to the family section and going to scream out cuss words. When I am getting escorted out I am going to yell FREEDOM'S NOT FREEEEEEEEEEEEE

You should focus on having your columns read like the above post. Seriously. It has a distinctive voice and is fun. You could do the same thing in your other work, sans the f-bombs.

I had no idea Braincase had such a stick up his ass.

****ing 'Penz Wallace.

DON'T TAZE ME, BRO!!!!!

Standing up for what I believe in. A true maverick

I'll drink to that.

Nut hooks = FREEEEEEEEDOOOmmmmmmmmmm.....

It's a fundamental difference.