Question: Isn’t it always irrational to accept a claim ‘on faith,’ rather than on the basis of evidence? Answer: Sometimes exercising provisional faith is the most rational way to test a claim. (All faith is provisional at first, by the way). Sub-question: ‘Provisional faith’? What the...

I found this article online at http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=158837 I have wondered about this topic quite often and I am now motivated to actually write about it. My topic is basically this: Swearing, cursing, profanity, whatever you want to call it, should not be considered bad....

This is a long post, but I hope you'll stay with me. It's an important subject. Let me tell you about something sad I once saw. When I was twelve I went to the local baths for a swim – it might have been with school, I don’t remember – and as I arrived I encountered a group of young children...