I actually think the bigger issue is dropping "Fuck", etc., on someone's Facebook wall. UB hinted to the fact that he is "friends" with his 13 year old niece, and it's possible he doesn't want to expose her to foul language. Which is justifiable btw Blonde. Or it's possible that UB doesn't want his Facebook wall to portray him negatively in the eyes of employers, parents, friends' parents, whatever. What's lost is that, paradoxically, however public it may be, Facebook and every other form of social media are an extension of the user and thus should be treated as a form of (semi)private property. To me, writing something profane on someone's Facebook wall is almost the equivalent of vandalizing someone's front yard. Yea the social media user can delete whatever was posted, but in reality dozens, hundreds, thousands (in Blonde's case) of people might see what was posted before it's removed.
What would be wrong with leaving out a few curse words? Honestly, "Shut up Jeffrey, St. Patrick was a zealot" probably wouldn't have elicited as much rebuke.
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