Fuck You Mr. President

My 11 year old niece Kelie, told me the other day that when she grew up she wasn't going to cuss or get tattoos, I think this is because she has been surrounded by her parents and mine and both use curse/swear words in anger or derision, or really all conversation. So to her, it is droll and simply offensive, but to me, it is different. Growing up, I used it as a point of distinction that I didn't curse (I started out writing cuss, but I was certain that TRTL would follow up with the vagaries of Texas language to make up words like cuss and chonk :) ), I used it to set myself apart, because I always wanted to be different, to be more refined, less vulgar, different, more thoughtful, and in my family, not cursing was a point of distinction...for good or bad, I don't know. But anyhow, after Aaron left, control became the ability to curse, rather than to withstand from cursing. Somehow the absence of such language previously, lent the words strength which they didn't previously possess. Radio-edited versions of songs which have the curse words removed became this point of softness, kowtowing to the popular masses and their sensibilities. I use cursing to shock my family, only it doesn't on face shock them, when I say Fuck that to my mom, she doesn't seem shocked by my language, only saddened by my tone. Nonetheless, it is a point of verbal vehemence for me, and I like it. So for now while my niece doesn't want to curse or get tattoos, I say good for you, but as for me I think I would like a tattoos that says Fuck You Mr. President. (Of course, it would need to be in the new removable ink, as my anger seems to come and go).