If you're writing people off as "too far outside your value system to be worth bothering with" because they happen to find swearing offensive, you're missing ou

If you're writing people off as "too far outside your value system to be worth bothering with" because they happen to find swearing offensive, you're missing out on knowing a lot of really awesome people No, not so far. Its pretty much a 1-1 correlation. Offended by sounds and symbols => holds irrational beliefs => easily convinced to support abhorrent acts. In fact if I meet someone who is utterly unphased by continuous war, hunger, famine, rape, and torture, then they are guaranteed to be offended by a simple sound and make a huge fucking deal about it.