Cursing

Achenbach and Reilly have two different perspectives. They both argue against cursing, but in two different ways. Achenbach argues that curse words are oversused. He says that the F-word can be used for almost anything, and that its used way to often. He wants us to slow down a little bit and preserve the word. The word has already lost a lot of its shock factor, and will only continue to do so as its used more and more. Achenbach says that, "we have to conserve it, si that oiur chuildren and our children's children can use it when we're gone." He takes a humorous approach to decreasing cursing. Reilly is strongly against cursing. He is even taking classes to reduce the amount of foul language in his vocabulary. He mainly uses fans at sporting events to prove his point. He presents foul-mouthed fans in a negative light. He makes them look stupid so that the reader won't want to be like them. I have to agree with Achenbach on this one. I like to curse on that "rare" occasion. There's even a guy on my floor that i've deemed "f-ing brain" and I call him that on a regular basis.