Lost in Translation (06/22/06)

There is something lost in a joke when you replace the cuss word with a "clean" word. Like in the End of the World joke. Where three men are allowed one with then they jump off the cliff and get their wish but the last one says "I wish I was...", steeps in shit, says "SHIT!" and becomes shit. If you replace 'shit' with 'poop' or any other clean word then it's not the same.
Same applies with an expression. If you slam your finger in a car door and yell out "FUCK!". But if you yell out something like "Great-Goog-A-Moog-A" then it's just not the same. You don't let out all the pent up pain and anger at your ill luck.
So why can't we just allow the potty-mouths be?
Because it's not 'Lady Like'. You girls out there know what i'm talking about. Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't 'Lady Like' sipping tea, holding a parasol, or being afraid of being unmarried at the age of sixteen? Guys refuse to be gentlemen (or at least they guys i've met and been around). Don't get me wrong, they are out there but they are rare. I believe in equal treatment, how you treat me is how i'll treat you (with a few minor exceptions). I just don't get why some words are branded 'bad.' Is it not like kids where none are born (in this case made) bad but taught (again this case meant to be) bad? Do females have more of a problem with 'potty-mouths' then males do?