I'm an anorak. I've always been an obsessive collector of things. Richard Briers collects stamps. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expensive, and much more difficult to store.
What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.
Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.