To assault one is to intend to cause them harm. Cursing in a situation where crap is literally happening, that is reactionary.

If things like this happen eventually we will reach the point where people are arrested for speaking in their house with closed windows. Someone will be able to press their ear up against a wall and if they hear anything they don't like, report it.

Also please stop generalizing. You say people curse out loud to get the attention of another person. That is simply not true. Some people do, sure. Others curse loudly to let off steam. These are just two reasons for so many people in the world, there are sure to be others.

You know what I think a lot of people find offensive? You thinking you're right all the time, Joel. The way you talk down to others and if they make a valid point you turn your nose up at them and simply tell them they're basically too stupid to understand.

Wouldn't you find that a little offensive, like cursing? And hey, if cursing is offensive and an assault upon people, I guess being demeaning to people and acting like you're always right would be too.

Don't go get arrest for that now, though.