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But saying that I think my view is an absolute and universal truth is something I don't appreciate. I don't think my views are all correct and I take in people's opinions. There is no right or wrong; it's just the way people see things.
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Firstly I said
perhaps you considered your feelings a universal truth. I was not completely sure. Of course my wording was not great with that one. Hoping that's cleared up. Sorry to have offended you. But I think what you wrote was the point I was trying to get across. I think people have adequately answered your question about the effects of excessive swearing, and it's completely up to you whether or not you want to accept any part of them or continue believing excessive swearing has no real effect.
I also did not say linguistic skills are
directly affected by excessive swearing, but there is definitely
a correlation between excessive swearing and degenerated linguistic skills. A person is
more likely (not definitely) to demonstrate a deterioration in their linguistic skills. If a person excessively uses profanity to express themselves it is likely that they will not try expanding their vocabularies to express themselves more concisely.
My point about controlling the actions of the community were relevant to you understanding why the rules are imposed as they are on FiestaFan. You wanted to know the real affect swearing may have on people, and I had assumed this was because you wanted to understand why the rule was adopted on FiestaFan in the first place. I said earlier it's really important for anyone to understand a rule to be content with following it. If my assumption was wrong, then by all means ignore it.
My contention remains the same however, and if you really still believe swearing has no effect on kids, than I can't change that. I personally think excessive swearing does have an effect, even if that effect is small. I think I will leave things up to you now. This was a great discussion on the ethics of profanity.