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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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CMV: It is generally unnecessary to censor swear words.

 The context I'm concerned with in this post is the use of swear words in online and printed media, but this can be interpreted more generally as well.

Sometimes swear words are partially censored (for example, with one or more asterisks replacing letters in the word) in articles and web pages. Some people are offended by the use of profanity or vulgar language, and this is one of the reasons why some words are censored.

However, it is not the word itself (read: letters on a page) that actually causes offence or upset, but the connotations that the word has and the context in which it is used. There are plenty of situations in which a swear word can be used in a completely non-offensive context. If a racist slur is quoted in a news article (assuming that it is necessary to mention the word in the first place), replacing a letter with an asterisk doesn't really lessen the emotional impact of the word at all. People will still know what the word is even though it's partially censored. I understand that for some particularly offensive words, censoring can be an indication from the author of the article that they don't endorse the use of the word, or indicate that they find it shocking enough that they don't want to show the word in full. However, this is rarely the case, and disapproval can usually be shown through other means.

Another reason for censoring swear words is to protect children from being exposed to "inappropriate" language. Although this isn't strictly speaking censoring, one thing I have noticed is that movie and video game age ratings are rather strict on how much bad language can be included before the rating is increased; in the UK if the word "fuck" is used once in a movie, it might get a 12+ rating, but use the word 3 times and it gets a 15+ rating.

Children are inevitably going to come across all these words at some point, and even if they come across them at a young age, it shouldn't be difficult to teach them not to go around saying them in inappropriate situations. Complete shielding and protection of children would be impossible and there are certainly better ways to approach this subject than go to extreme efforts to prevent them from seeing any swear words for as long as possible.
gpt
Consider the following options for expressing disagreement:

1. Fuck that!
2. F\*\*\* that!
3. F that!
4. Fudge that!
5. To heck with that!
6. That's the worst, it displeases me.

Each of these choices above represent a slightly different meaning and intention.

The "Fuck that!" people are angry, and don't care about *the man.*

The "F\*\*\* that!" people are showing that they wanted to cuss, but toned it down because *the man* is forcing them to.

The "F that!" people are showing that they didn't, in fact, want to cuss at all, but they wanted to signal a similar level of frustration as the full "fuck that!" would have.

The "Fudge that!" and below people are each trying to show that they're respectful, smart, funny, or some combination.

Note that any level of censorship - below "Fuck that!" - actually serves just as much purpose as any other word choice or style of communication.  Subtlety is important.