As an aside, the best treatment of taboo I've ever read is law professor Christopher Fairman's paper, "Fuck". It explores that word through the lens of jurispr

As an aside, the best treatment of taboo I've ever read is law professor Christopher Fairman's paper, "Fuck". It explores that word through the lens of jurisprudence, which I think is a fascinating and unusual approach to taboo. It's exceptionally well-written and manages to be witty, absurdist, informative, and thought-provoking in equal measure. At issue are the 4th Amendmnent, self-censorship, sexual harassment, education, and broadcasting. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=896790 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=896790