User blog comment:JakePT/The New Normandy/@comment-3538356-20110426185813/@comment-3546856-20110428074219

Minor note, I never stated that cursing all the time is normal. More like cursing in general is normal. It's spoken on television, games, movies. And it's spreading into other public venues aswell! I remember when you couldn't say 'Shit' on television. Then you could if it was after 9pm, now I think its 7pm. Late nights on comedy central they even air completely unedited material. Adult swim is another prime example. Clearly aimed at young adults, the amount of vulgarity (not always in the form of cursing, but sex and other lewd acts.) is increasing. As the human race continues to become more socially connected through networks and technology, we are subjected to many more taboo's than we ever had to encounter before. e.g. Porn, War, Violence. The ultimate end effect is a numbing factor. Where it essentially does become, in fact, normal. 100 Years ago porn was very much frowned upon. Now, it's almost a given that any individual you meet (especially males) has viewed pornographic images in some way.

I'll leave it at this, it is hard to determine exactly how far along we are as a developed species socially. So the only thing to do is carefully monitor the situation, and be careful to address everyone.