This week there is a great deal of media gas being expelled about people saying a certain word at inappropriate times and places, especially on television shows such as the Academy Awards telecast and "American Idol."
You know -- the F-word.
It gets bleeped on television. In print, it is shown as f--- or, more daringly, f--k.
What is the difference? I mean, really -- what difference does it really make if everybody knows what the word is, how it sounds, and what it looks like? Is it all right for us to know the word was spoken as long as we don't hear it or see it spelled out?
Are we that delicate?
Because it seems to me all we are doing is reducing NO SWEARING ALLOWED to NO SWEARING ALOUD.
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