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Some words are just not polite in mixed company. Sure I can use the word fuck all I want in a business meeting. The fact is the only thing it will hurt is my reputation.
It is a cool thing about language, it is very flexible and certain words carry deeper meaning than others.
As you touched on above, context is important... hell, context is everything. It is part of the process in which meaning is derived. It is one of the reasons that people are frequently misunderstood when posting on the Internet. Text is devoid of body language, inflection and all the other things that go into context.
As for the issue of PC, martinguerre's last sentence lays it out nicely.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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