[Palladin]

Excellent post, Adam. You are right, young men did not throw around the F word in the 1940's. They were extremely careful of their use of language, so as not to offend those whom they called "the fair sex". They had too much respect for their wives, mothers, sisters, and girlfriends to talk that way.

Read "Band of Brothers" if you have not yet. It is a true and accurate representation of the men who fought for the US in World War II. This Spielberg scheiss is revisionist in the manner in which your grandfather's generation is represented. Spielberg and company want you to think young men were always bellycrawling guttersnipes who spewed nothing but filthy obscenities morning, noon, and night. This is false; Spielberg promotes lies and deceptions in every one of his films.

[185JHP]

In the 50's adult men of quality not only didn't use the "f" word or it's ilk in mixed company, they dealt with other men who used obscene words in the wrong place. I remember as a youth hearing men say to the offender "Watch your mouth! There's ladies present!" and they didn't say it as a joke or with a smile. Now some women use the "f" word themselves, in mixed company - they're not ladies.

[ReaganGirl]

Read "Band of Brothers" if you have not yet. It is a true and accurate representation of the men who fought for the US in World War II. This Spielberg scheiss is revisionist in the manner in which your grandfather's generation is represented. Spielberg and company want you to think young men were always bellycrawling guttersnipes who spewed nothing but filthy obscenities morning, noon, and night. This is false; Spielberg promotes lies and deceptions in every one of his films.

Ok...now you're just wrong!

Hubby and I got HBO for the sole purpose of watching "Band of Brothers" because we had both read the book. There was very little profanity in the movie either even though it was on HBO. There was only one nude scene in 10s weeks and it was also in the book.

Perhaps you're not aware of this but it was Spielberg and Hanks that made the movie...so you're way off base with this screed.