>The Americans, by contrast, seem a lot more upset about the swearing. I wonder why that is? Some cultures apply morals in their actual life choices, where oth

>The Americans, by contrast, seem a lot more upset about the swearing. I wonder why that is? Some cultures apply morals in their actual life choices, where other cultures apply them in their pretend politeness. Some of them seem to believe that being nice equates acting nice. But acting is deceit and manipulating, hence by definition not actually nice behavior. But they do mean well, its just that they focus more on the symbolism of "good" behavior, than the reality of it. And thats generally the pattern: cultures that focus strongly on symbolism will also strongly apply morality symbolically. For example: americans worship their flag, but hate their government.