 What is the author's central point about the increased frequency of expletive use in western society?
Maledict oratory The high costs of low language. Sunday, Jan. 14, 1996: A day that will live in--well, not infamy, exactly. Blasphemy would be closer to it. Early that afternoon, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the American Football Conference championship. Linebacker Greg Lloyd, accepting the trophy in front of a national television audience, responded with enthusiasm. "Let's see if we can bring this damn thing back here next year," he said, "along with the [expletive] Super Bowl." A few hours later, Michael Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys offered this spirited defense of his coach on TV after his team won the National Football Conference title: "Nobody deserves it more than Barry Switzer. He took all of this [expletive] ." Iwatched those episodes, and, incongruous as it may sound, I thought of Kenneth Tynan. Britain's great postwar drama critic was no fan of American football, but he was a fan of swearing.
 It has no correlation with crime but a positive correlation with acceptance of the taboo
 It represents mass disillusionment in ideals that were once central to a well-functioning society  It will inevitably result in an increase in crime and socially unacceptable behaviors  It has no correlation with crime but a positive correlation with acceptance of the taboo  It will bring about a new era of creativity and innovation in the years to come