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"profanity is unprofessional"

That I can agree with. It is signals more of a casual tone than a professional tone.

Why should someone use a casual tone instead of a professional tone? Why not? It is nothing more than individual preference. Write in the style you feel most comfortable with.

("Honestly, I think it speaks more to your maturity that you are so bothered that people are bothered by profanity."

That he is bothered is not what makes me think he lacks maturity. That he is bothered to such a degree that he thinks those particular words actually devalue the article itself is what I think signals immaturity. The ability to separate ones emotional response to something from their intellectual appreciation of something is a hallmark of maturity.)



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