[quote=@Etcetera] No, but there's a difference. One describes an action and another is doing it. Because words themselves are a part of language, you cannot go through the thought process of writing them without the actual "action" itself being a part of you. I can think about a murder without being a murderer. I can think about a liar without being a liar. I can't think of and reasonably portray someone who swears without swearing because of the fact that it utilizes language itself. If I have a character that would swear (Misty, really), I just put that as an action symbol with the word "Swears" as the action. [/quote] Pretty sure there was something about how thinking of something is as bad as doing it but idk. And by extension of your point, using language at all is as bad as swearing because what one person considers a swear others might not. Take piss for example. [quote=@Revolutionary] Lying also fits there. But I do know what you're saying. I just feel like some of the effect of these characters that are supposed to be super sinister is lost in mere diction. [/quote] http://vodlocker.com/x73bxst5lljq There. That's basically the argument in a nutshell. Decide for yourself after watching that, since I couldn't word it as well. Plus it's entertaining.