Expletives Should Never be Used

Thanks for the reply.Refutations of Pro's Defense1. Interpretation of LanguageMy opponent attempts to refute my point by saying that "as a society we've assigned meaning behind our words." While this is true that, generally speaking, swear words have negative connotations and meanings, he's missing the point. Pro's argument relies on the idea that people can be offended by expletives, and thus should never be used.Again, I'll repeat my refutation of this: practically any word or phrase can and does offend some people. People may have a bad experience with something, and ccan be offended by any mention of a reminder of that event. If we allow words and phrases which offend people to be used, then why make a special exception for expletives?On top of this, while Pro constantly says how damaging and hurtful these words are, he never provides any support except for the assertion that friendships get broken by a person saying one expletive. It's honestly begging the question that a swear word can destroy an entire relationship.2. Anger and ExpletivesAgain, with this, Pro only addresses half of my argument. He says that indeed those techniques can eliminate anger in five minutes. While I see what he's saying, he assumes that the only reason expletives are used is for anger--my argument will now start to go in the direction of refuting that.I did not make it clear, but what I was implying was that expletives are used for other things, such as artistic expression, or expression for entertainment. This can be backed up by citing any number of movies (Step Brothers), TV shows (The Sopranos), music (Reel Big Fish), plays (Death of a Salesman), musicals (Avenue Q), or standup comedians (George Carlin). To say that none of those things should use expletives ever is a denial of civil liberty and expression. To say that they don't count as expletives is both untrue, and it negates the resolution, which says that expletives must NEVER be used.Defense Against Pro's Refutations1. Right to ExpressionIt is very true that certain things we have the right to do we shouldn't. But I am not arguing that we should use expletives, merely that it is unreasonable and not right to say we should never do something which does have justifiable uses, as well as something which we have the right to do. And again, Pro claims that expletives damage relationships without examples.As an aside, in political philosophy, it has been practically agreed that people have the right to revolution, so that argument is refuted as well [1].2. "Never use them? Ever?"With Pro's refutation of my first point about no one around to hear the words, he assumes far too much for his refutation to be plausible--namely, that swear words are automatically damaging and offensive and bad--none of which have been proven. That extreme assumption makes both his point about someone overhearing as well as his point about "why would you say that," fallacious at best, and downright silly at worst. Not only that, but to further refute: in response to the agument that someone could overhear, that would be akin to saying that, because I could be hit by a car while crossing the street, I should never cross the street--it's simply a farfetched notion. In fact, the only valid point he makes is that one may grow accustomed to expletives, and even then, people do have self-control. These same statements from me apply to his views about the informal situation--sure someonecan be uncomfortable, but, tying in with hi later statement about trust, why wouldn't someone express their discomfort?And, lastly, to address his final paragraph: again, I sound like a broken record, but he makes unfounded claims that expletives make society worse and ruins friendships. As well, he makes a very poor connection between use of expletives and lack of trust, and thus, he still fails to defend his resolution.Thank you, and I await his reply.Reference[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...