RE: Why do some authors think that cussing adds value. Or why don't we have a real down vote?

[charleys]

I will concede that your knowledge of these things exceeds mine, and I think I will reconsider using a downvote as an enforcing mechanism for political correctness. Nevertheless, I still think that having a real downvote capability would be useful in some contexts (although I can't bring one to mind on demand ;-)