mmmmmm......
There may also be an age issue here, I guess; perhaps it's the younger posters who are using these words as they would in their everyday language. And that, my friends, is all to do with the slippery slope we're already half way down in terms of standards of literacy, diction, politeness, respect... I'll stop – that's a whole different forum...
I just had to comment on this. Being in the 'younger poster' group, at the tender age of 19, I was a little offended. Saying that because I am young, I swear, and therefore have problems in literacy, politeness and respect? I just think that swearing has changed, many of my professors swear all the time during lectures, even my highschool teachers and administrators, and i went to a very nice highschool. I'm extreamly respectful and polite in all areas of my life... Just because I throw in a swear word when I'm telling a story to my friends doesn't make me less articulate, or rude.
At a weekly meeting i attend, an much older man had a problem with the swearing that was going on, said he didn't want to swear in front of ladies. Everyone said, don't worry about it, none of the ladies care. and we didn't.
But, i do agree that there is no reason for that language here- and it
does offend people. I just had to put in my two cents.