I agree that words are only words. I do think there are inappropriate times to use them. It's only that others know what they represent that makes them offensive. A lot of people also only use profanity, not to get a point across, but because they feel it is some kind of power word or a cool thing because others use bad language. I don't care if someone uses profanity on occasion. It's when it becomes a factor in every sentence, every other word, and begins replacing other words. This is done quite often now and it makes no sense. I am an English major as well so that could be part of it. If people spent more time learning real vocabulary words maybe our nation's student test scores would be higher.
