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To say that swearing enhances an argument or point because you're not limiting your vocabulary is ridiculous. Be honest with yourself, when you hear someone using swear words to make a point they are rarely, if ever, using the words in proper context to convey any real meaning. Read the posts in this forum alone and substitute the word dung or defecation for the word shit and you'll see the emptiness of that argument.
People use swearing as punctuation, plain and simple. It's the easiest way of adding emhasis and by nature the least effective. Pauses, tone of voice, rate of speech etc. work beautifully to convey emotion and add force to a debate, without the need to swear.
My job is to convince people to do things, I'm a marketing director and have worked as a marketing consultant to companies all over the US and Canada. I don't swear, I haven't since I was fourteen, and I am well known and respected as a person who can silence crowds,win debates and getting people to make commitments. In my time in this industry I have seen many people start out, very few become successful, the ones who do succeed are the ones who have a real mastery of their language. That mastery is evidenced by their use of the elements I mentioned earlier.
On a sidenote, if swearing was as effective as some would have us believe, don't you think we would see more of it in political debates, advertising or history changing speeches?
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