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Originally Posted by JinnKai
I'm willing to bet my bottom dollar that this had more to do with soemone being offended by an attack on their 'man' than the actual language. If it had said "Meet the Fuckers" as a play on the movie, without the faces.. I suspect we wouldn't be hearing this story at all. They're both political statements (Free Tibet, Fuck Bush..) and such is my correlation.
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I'm guessing you're in the minority--that most of the people here would agree that it's an obscenity issue, not a political one.
Though I can't prove conclusively that it's an obscenity issue, I did some research of my own, and came across this:
http://www.editorsguild.com/newslett...ght_movies.htm
Apparently airlines go to great lengths to remove the word 'fuck' from movies on domestic flights, as well as many other words:
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Among the over 250 objectionable words and phrases are no fewer than 56 replacements for “balls,” among which are “buds,” “puppies,” “slugs,” “lumps,” “brothers” and “ nasties.” There are 40 variations and over 200 replacements for variations on the “f” word, enough to keep Joe Pesci permanently employed. “God” can only be used in a religious context or in response to an injury. Jesus is largely off-limits, “son of a bitch” can become “slug in a ditch;” orgasm becomes “finale” and one of the replacements for
“ motherf____r” is “melon farmer.”
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