Main Page quotes - should we limit the profanity?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Yournamehere

We can't cap movies with violence and gore and then eliminate foul language because of it's offensive potential, that makes no sense. As far as professionalism goes, I think it's right to want to make the site look more professional and uniform, but taking swears out is just going to make the place look silly.

I agree completely. Our site is full of movie images showing enormous amounts of violent content. It almost goes without saying that this is a grown-folks site.

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

it looks bad to new visitors and VIPs or casual visitors who are being shown the site.

First, what VIPs? Do you mean that there actually filmmakers or actors who look at our site?

Anyway, I imagine that people who find profanity offensive probably find guns and violence just as offensive, in which case they're likely to think of our site as "bad", regardless of the profanity. Have you ever met anyone who liked firearms but was vehemently opposed to the use of 4-letter words? I sure haven't. Maybe this is anecdotal, but everyone I've ever known who shoots guns also swears more than I do.

Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira

Amen. I agree with YNH. I couln't put it better myself.

That being said, you are still going to need to tone down your own swearing. Aside from the fact that you sound awkward doing it, I find it annoying because you're playing a stereotype of how Americans speak. We don't walk around saying, "What the motherfuck?"