You're right, I could work on self restraint but I refuse to unless I have a reason to. Why is swearing bad. If you can give me a legitimate reason why swearing is bad I'll be more than happy to accept it however there's never been any reason why words should be treated differently than any others. Words are words and just cause a 70 year old lady decided she was offended by it doesn't mean all of society has to agree with her premise.