The "Think of the children!" argument. Let's be honest, the only real reason why adults don't want children to hear "bad" words is because those children will naturally repeat them, which annoys [i]adults[/i]. Children themselves mostly couldn't care less, as they still don't understand [i]why[/i] they're "bad". All they do understand, pretty early on, is that they work like a charm when trying to get grown ups attention. When trying to prevent children from hearing "bad" language, we're not protecting them, we're protecting ourselves from being offended by their lack of inhibition. Anyway, about the idea of avoiding rude language as a requirement. We're all grown ups here. And those who aren't are playing this game in PSN and Xbox Live under Parental Control, or so they should (read: Terms of Use of such services), as both services are technically +18, meaning rude language is to be expected. If somebody doesn't want himself, or their children, to hear rude language, it's his|her responsibility to handle the issue with the tools provided just for that particular reason, not the community. Don't get me wrong, if a fireteam member lets me know that the chat is being heard over the speakers and there's children in the living room, i'll do my best to keep my language as polite as possible. I'm not a sociopath. I would ask, however, if using headphones is an option... just in case I fall off from those -blam!-ing vanishing steps again. (On a sidenote Isn't it cute that this site censors one particular word, in a way that even children would instantly recognize the word being censored, as it actually gets highlighted?) But if it's an adult that's getting offended, then honestly that person should be mature enough to understand the use of rude language in stressful situations.