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Patton, and Washington for that matter...

Patton's use of "colorful" language has been well-documented, and because of reporting standards during WWII, none of it ever made it into the papers or on Movietone news. As for Washington, he too routinely used blue wordage to "motivate" his men and officiers, for example at the Battle of Manhattan in 1776. Again, it never made it into the "Pennsyvania Gazette" or the "Virginia Gazette" because of the social proprieties of the time. And don't get me started on the numerous Civil War generals who could cuss the paint off a wall. And anyway, Honore wasn't giving a prepared speech...he was out on the street doing his job and being seen as an authority figure bringing order to a lawless city. Someone had to do it since the mayor and the governor sure as heck wasn't...

Someone had to do it since the mayor and the governor sure as heck wasn't...

Honore is going to curse the city into submission? While he tells the troops to sling their weapons?

We don't remember Washington or Patton because of their swearing. We remember them because they won. If one of these guardsman can't get to the trigger fast enough because this political hack is doing sideshows like this, I wouldn't want to be the one to inform the family.

Restraint is a good thing in a commander, but a city raping and killing its own doesn't deserve restraint.