Are you %@* kidding about cursing in front of your kids?

To the editor: I first learned to use cuss words when I joined the U.S. Army at the age of 20. It was during bayonet training when I was forcefully admonished by my drill sergeant that I wasn't being hateful enough when I thrust my bayonet into what was supposed to be the enemy. He said, "You can't kill anyone unless you hate their guts." That is when I learned to say unprintable words with venom in my voice. It took a while for me to learn how to hate.