LOL, I used "shite" precisely for the reason Bill suggested--it's considered cuter and not as offensive as "shit." While both would probably get you in trouble if you said them in church, it's about the equivalent of "damn you" vs. "f*** you." The latter is patently offensive and will quickly alienate many people. Damn is much more tolerated, about the same level as bastard. "Bitch" is somewhere between f*** and shit in terms of offense, I suppose. Some of my friends got in the habit of calling each other "my bitch," something I found offensive and would not tolerate.

I enjoyed the cuss words in British programming. I'm not sure how many are real and how many were made up. For instance, the "sod off" in Blackadder, or the "smeghead" in Red Dwarf. I looked up "smeg" and it does indeed have gross connotations, but I don't know for sure.

At any rate, one more thought on STar Trek. One thing I thought had promise with Star Trek Enterprise was that humans were the "new kids on the block," so to speak, and that many alien races had never heard of them or thought they were not even worth paying attention to. I rather enjoyed that role reversal from the rest of the Star Trek shows (with the exception of Voyager, I suppose). There are many ways to make good movies based on the concept of how the humans managed to impress the other Federation races and work their way up the social ladder, so to speak.