TCTTS said:
A bit off topic, but my grandfather once told me how utterly shocked people were in 1939 at the line, "Frankly me dear, I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind. He and everyone he knew just couldn't believe the word "damn" was actually spoken in a movie. For better or worse, think of how far we've come since then. And likely, 100 years from now people are going to think it's insane that there were still like five words we weren't allowed to hear/say in certain situations. And yes, words should have meaning/consequence, and there's a power and even an elegance in being able to use one of a select few to really get your point across. But one day people will laugh at us for the manner and nonsensical way in which we designated certain mouth noises to be off-limits. Sure, there will always be violent/sexual situations in media that will require certain ratings and restrictions - as they should - but the idea of "cuss words" has always baffled me.
I remember seeing Hawkeye Pierce call someone a "son of a b****" on TV and how shocking that was, and it proves your point of using particular words to get a particular effect. But if that effect will be lost on young ones, I'd err on the side of keeping them from hearing such words in an otherwise good movie.
It does seem silly, and I can't even think of a movie right off that I would let young ones watch that DID have such words.
But if it's a movie that I own, and I want to filter it, in my own house, it should be up to me.