This has recently become an issue of mine, because of so many TF2 servers that i've been playing in have been enacting harsh penalties on the use of swear words. Several thoughts come to my mind, first, the age old argument, its a 17+ game with blood and gore and animated bodies being exploded into many little delicious pieces, whats so bad about swearing?
Next comes the counter argument to that, is that some adults would not want to hear that, this one I don't really understand. If your playing a game with a certain level of offensive material, certainly offensive material of lesser magnitude, foul language, wouldn't bother you, but apparently that's not the case. This truly confuses me when the lesser kind of offensive material is nearly unavoidable in normal life.
I want to know what the majority of you think about this topic, as I imagine a great deal of you are over 18 years of age, and have either had this happen, or have wanted to have this happen, so express your opinion.
Side note: I speak of purely swear words here, nothing racial or offensively discriminatory, please don't post about how people say racist/sexist things.
Update:
After reading a few of the responses, I'd like to let you all know that the issues i've been having with this kind of thing have been the "Fuck." kind. I will be playing as a soldier and randomly get crit rocketed a number of times in a row and I'll say "Fuck" or "Fuck Off." or "Oh COMN" if the mood suits me. Getting banned from a server after doing that was what sparked me to create this thread, to see what others think about it.
Next comes the counter argument to that, is that some adults would not want to hear that, this one I don't really understand. If your playing a game with a certain level of offensive material, certainly offensive material of lesser magnitude, foul language, wouldn't bother you, but apparently that's not the case. This truly confuses me when the lesser kind of offensive material is nearly unavoidable in normal life.
I want to know what the majority of you think about this topic, as I imagine a great deal of you are over 18 years of age, and have either had this happen, or have wanted to have this happen, so express your opinion.
Side note: I speak of purely swear words here, nothing racial or offensively discriminatory, please don't post about how people say racist/sexist things.
Update:
After reading a few of the responses, I'd like to let you all know that the issues i've been having with this kind of thing have been the "Fuck." kind. I will be playing as a soldier and randomly get crit rocketed a number of times in a row and I'll say "Fuck" or "Fuck Off." or "Oh COMN" if the mood suits me. Getting banned from a server after doing that was what sparked me to create this thread, to see what others think about it.