Swearing.

Is it a bad thing, or not?

We tried to keep most swearing out of the old HSLife but now that we've put our little warning up we don't, as it were, give a fuck.

Actually, that's not true. As final editor, DJ Ess has thought long and hard about the inclusion of the naughty words in this site. After all, little kids could log in. But we've given them a clear warning now (which you can't get into the site without seeing (Erm... You can now. Sorry - DJ Ess)) so is it our fault if they read this?

We believe not.

The HSLife team is rather undecided about swearing. DJ Ess believes that you can express yourself just as well is your brain can form the right words quickly enough (True - Next time you need to swear try the word 'Bother' instead. Say it hard enough and it's a great word - DJ Ess), whereas Little Miss Funky has a mouth like a pimp: The team were once enjoying a friendly game of skittles in the Pub Of Champions, and LMF, who only needed six, missed the final skittle and got eight. Not the end of the world, and certainly not worth screaming "You fucking shitty bastard wanker!" at it.

But then DJ Ess moves to the other extreme, and makes his own swearwords up on the fly, cutting and pasting swearwords together to cram more abuse into fewer syllables (Time is tight at High SpiritS - DJ Ess). Soon picked up by his close friends and passing small children were words like "Tossflaps!", "Wanking Piss!" and "Bastardfuck-shit!" Let's give him a chance to explain:

Although it doesn't bother me, and I do do it, I  disapprove of excessive swearing in public because, well, it can make you look like a dick. But I do love the word fuck. How many other words could you substitute it for in the following sentence; "Fuck it, the fucking fucker's fucked!"? But just because it has so many grammatical roles doesn't mean you have to use it. You may argue that this is because it is the most powerful word in your arsenal.

But then you've got that most disgusting of words, which you will only find on this page: Cunt. It's a far more powerful word (and recognised by FrontPage's spellchecker, I'm surprised to see), but it's not used nearly as much as fuck. I may be about to fuck with you, but I would open myself up for ridicule should I attempt to cunt with you.

I can hear you now, saying "Ah, but DJ Ess, that's because cunt is a noun. You, for want of uniqueness, twat."

But what if I were to walk up to you and twat you in the head?

Swear words have many different uses, but the king of all only has one. So why does fuck have so many? I'm afraid I must withdraw with the only conclusion being that I am puzzled as to the hegemony of the word 'fuck'.

Or, more simply, I'm fucked if I know.

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