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Do people really think that swear words in and of themselves are the problem?

My understanding wasn't that he used profanity, but he effectively flamed people. Swearing is just another tool in the toolkit as far as chewing someone out is concerned, modulo the ones with obvious gender connotations.

"Flaming" is subjective in my opinion, while profanity isn't. The last curfuffle to me was really just someone overreacting to typical impersonal male culture, then a bunch of men overreacting for the fact a woman tried to disrupt said culture. From there it really just escalated into further melodrama, completely idiotic.

I think you meant "Icelandic" to mean the 'cultural region' (like Balkan). In English you could use "Nordic" instead, and possibly also "Scandinavian" (although "Scandinavian" technically excludes Finland, depending on who you ask).

I only know of him what I read on the Internet, but Wikipedia says he is Finnish. Your original point stands though.