Well those words won't be censored forever. You couldn't say "breast" a century ago (obviously not personal account, just what I've heard from really old people).
The old people who find those words really offensive will die eventually, and new generations will find new words to take the places of "sh*t" "***" and "@#%^" when enough of the old @#%^er die. Words change meaning over time; most of those swears are commonplace enough even right now. In 30 years I'd bet that they get perceived even more tamely.
When that happens, and my generation is composed of old ******** I'm sure we'll be fighting just as hard to "save and protect the youth" from some sort of imagined degeneration of culture. Many people don't see a difference between "degeneration" and "change"
Edited, Oct 14th 2007 11:12am by Pensive