Max wrote: I absolutely loathe the ubiquitous f*ck and then wrote It is used in a variety of hateful ways that degrade the basic meaning of the word,

and I couldn't agree more. To me it also degrades the person who uses it as a casual profanity. (Including myself)
{insert ashamed of herself blushing emoticon here}
Just seems to me that one should first learn to use the language before venturing on to the Dark Side ... but then if one truly knows the language ....
wow