If only.
Star Trek Discovery to drop F-bomb (at least twice)
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Buffy used to use British swear words all the time for this reason, especially in Spike's dialogue. The US censors just didn't care about it.
As for 'fuck' in Star Trek, I don't really care, although it might be strange to get used to. As @BillJ says, kids all know the swear words anyway, what parenting does is train them when and when not to use those words, there's no way to stop them knowing them. I work in an environment where the language is fairly R rated, so I'm used to all colours of swear word, but I moderate my language in polite company because that's what my mother taught me.
It take it you're the product of cloning or adoption. And your father has never read the book of Judges
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Or some kind of Handmaid's Tale "ceremony".
Have you read Shakespeare?
No we all do not. Must be a white thing.
I would say you are also well represented. There seems to be this reaction that if you find a word or a selection of words unnecessary for Star Trek you are puritanical or not part of the real world, when you just might find them not a part of Star Trek story telling that has been or needs to be used.
Seven years ago, I wouldn't have cared.
Today I'm the father of a seven year-old daughter and I'm forced to question whether or not this is suitable family viewing, at least to the degree that the previous series were.
Mark
Today I'm the father of a seven year-old daughter and I'm forced to question whether or not this is suitable family viewing, at least to the degree that the previous series were.
Mark
Context is everything
Shut the front door! What the frack is up with this stuff?
Not for my parents. The word "fuck" will generate maximum offense, no matter what context.
I would be more worried about graphic violence because of war with the Klingons than someone dropping the word "fuck" a couple of times.
My hangups aren't about it being kid friendly, but it being out of place.
What?
Why that word and not the others?
Not bothered by the use of fuck in the slightest.
I keep seeing people upset that it won't be family friendly anymore, but I never really saw Trek as something that was meant to be family friendly. The only reason that wasn't much adult stuff in the other series is just because when TNG started the majority of shows didn't have a ton of adult content in them, and it just never evolved beyond that even as the other shows around them started to change.
This is just another sign that Trek is finally catching up to the modern day, and moving beyond the '80s/'90s style that Trek was stuck in all the way through to the end of Enterprise.
I keep seeing people upset that it won't be family friendly anymore, but I never really saw Trek as something that was meant to be family friendly. The only reason that wasn't much adult stuff in the other series is just because when TNG started the majority of shows didn't have a ton of adult content in them, and it just never evolved beyond that even as the other shows around them started to change.
This is just another sign that Trek is finally catching up to the modern day, and moving beyond the '80s/'90s style that Trek was stuck in all the way through to the end of Enterprise.
If it sparks discussion between parents and their kids about why people might talk like this - I think I'd call that family friendly.
My parents would not be offended but it was not a casual word to use in my upbringing. Other forms of profanity might have been peppered here and there but three words held an almost taboo status, and I respect that in various company. It would be a shame if some viewers felt excluded because of an objection they have a right to have.
I don't think I heard either of my parents swear the entire time I was growing up. And as an adult I think I could count the times on one hand. They never made a big deal about it.
If a viewer finds it objectionable, they can chose not to watch. Same as for any other piece of art or entertainment.
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