Are bad words really bad? When one is young, bad words are shame for one's parents because it reflects how they take care of their child. When one is a teenager, bad words are the sign of coolness and angst. When one is an adult, bad words are just simple expressions like 'hi,' 'wow,' and 'oh, no.'
I think bad words exist as a therapeutic way to express one's thoughts. Whether good or bad, these words somehow make a statement complete.
"Fuck that retard for screwing my girlfriend."
"I'm doing fucking great today! Woot!"
"Where the fuck is that biatch?"
Do we still call them bad words in some manner? I'm not sure. But the thing is, their etymology shows that they indeed came from evil origins. Shit is another word for 'feces' while fuck is a verb for 'having sex.' With these in mind, they are indeed bad enough to be rolling out of our tongue.
These words have become normal for us, though, especially to adults.
They seem to add up the spice in our sentences and sometimes, not using them feels like not expressing things well. There is a province here in the Philippines where there is a place where things are thrown at a certain wall. You pay for something, and as far as I heard, a television is the most expensive thing to crash on a wall while yelling your hatred and using a bad-word in their dialect, "Taksiyapo!" This place is made to let people express their feelings freely. After the activity, the person would feel a little better, as if a thorn is pulled off from the chest.
I guess there are really times that we need to express our feelings well and cursing helps us release them well. We don't have to limit ourselves with what we can do and what we can say; it's just a matter of appropriateness in terms of when and how to use it.
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