User blog comment:Jianhui67/Vulgarities and Swearing/@comment-68.146.70.124-20140324122646

Only objection I have to the list is the use of the B-word when referring specifically to a female dog should not be banned if that is the context in which it is used. Children are trained to use the word in dog breeding circles, etc., and it is not considered a vulgarity in any way, shape, or form. It is only a vulgarity when used in reference to a) a human female, b) in reference to something being difficult ("The exam today was a real ....") and even then that's debateable, and when prefaced by "son of a ..." to either refer to someone specifically or as an exclamatory statement. If the context is clearly about dogs, there should be no block. A similar argument regarding the F-word (the second one on the list) can be made because the three-letter version is commonly used in British culture to refer to a cigarette and the six-letter word is a legitimate name of a plant, both of which have been commonly used for centuries, long before they were attached to derogatory references to homosexuals. Unlike the b-word, however, there is a huge amount of ignorance regarding those two f-words, especially in North America, so that one I can understand being given a blanket ban. I