While profanity is used way too easily in today's culture, sometimes the choice word should be the word of choice. I realize each of the profane words have non-profane synonyms. However, at times the profane emphasizes what you truly mean. After all, they are words in the English language and were created for a reason.
Think about it, had Dick Cheney turned and told Pat Leahy to "Go copulate with yourself!", would Senator Leahy truly understood the passion of Vice-President Cheney's feelings? I think not. The Vice-President, a very learned and scholarly man, knew exactly how to phrase it to be completely understood. : )
He was wrong, too. My mother is 100 and she and my dad never, ever used that kind of language. Why has it become so common with people today? Don't they have other words to use? Probably not if they are in public education classes. It is wrong and I will not put up with it. Since I am around people I have known for many years, no one uses that language in public places. The people at my Southern Baptist Church do not say things like that either.