I've been thinking about this idea of rebuking evil lately. I came the closest I have here at school to asking a guy if he needed to use that kind of language, but as I was sitting there I was thinking how it would come across. There's absolutely no way to say something like that, while being firm and unapologetic, without tensions being aroused.

To actually challenge a cusser to his face, even doing so in a polite manner, is inviting conflict.

There is a balance in this. I firmly believe you can't go "holier-than-thou" on people and constantly "yell" at them to stop doing this or that because it will drive them from you and that's the last thing you want. However, we must speak out for the truth and right when it's being trampled on.

I've got a feeling, however, that simply asking someone to stop using foul language is not going to alienate them from you. "Simply asking someone to stop usig foul language." That makes it sound easy but it's not, in my experience.