User blog comment:Random-storykeeper/Censorship/@comment-1455034-20120618224706/@comment-1455034-20120619205726

Because (as I said before) you're substituting the letters of the swear word with asterixes. And besides, most people know what word people are referring to when they have an f or s followed by three asterixes. Let me give an analogy:

(x - y(x))          if x=5 and y=7

Is the same as:

(5 - 7(5))

The only difference is people are substituting all the letters past the first letter with an asterix, and not using different symbols (except when using symbols like %$^&). See what I'm getting at?