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Nov 4, 2003 6:45 AM
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I stopped watching this show with my family recently, despite finding it very enjoyable.
Why does Gunny have to use the word "ass" and "damn" all the time? I hear these words enough in everyday life. I know my kids hear them too, but I don't use them at home, and I definitely do not want them spoken in my living room.
I turn off programs that refuse to follow the basic courtesy of not cursing in my living room.
Too bad too, because Mail Call is pretty interesting, and could easily be executed without the gutter talk.
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Nov 5, 2003 11:59 AM
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I've also stopped watching Mail Call. My 5-year-old son knows that he doesn't repeat everything he hears, but... "Ass" and "damn" were bad enough, but now Gunny has added "friggin'" to his vocabulary. My kids don't live sheltered lives, but I don't think the word "friggin'" is appropriate in prime time. I'm sad to say it, but we won't be watching THC nearly as much as we used to.
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Nov 11, 2003 10:54 PM
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Actually, the language is pretty tame. As a former Viet Nam era Marine, I have been impressed with and enjoyed R. Lee's representation of gung-ho Marines in several movies. I find his performance on Mail Call to be fun. He injects enough "real" Marine to make it feel authentic, without going too far. So, I find myself chuckling through much of the show just because of what he does. When used as they are in this program, the words to which you object are like salt and pepper on my TV food, and in my opinion without them, the show would lose much of its appeal to me.
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(4 of 69)
Nov 20, 2003 7:12 PM
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I agree his language is tame compared to what I've used in my life, as well as what I hear in my daily life. But... I **don't** say these words at home (at least not in front of my kids).
I'm no prude, and can blister paint if I want to, but I don't share your sense that this is "spice". I think it detracts from the show, which is sad because I otherwise like it a lot.
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(5 of 69)
Dec 2, 2003 7:40 PM
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I can understand the veiws here. I don't have children, but I think you are right for not watching. I myself love the show. I like the Gunny alot. I beleive he is just being himself. He would probably say more if he could.
That is a tough one. I couldn't let my kids hear that language either. Man, that would be tough not being able to watch!!! Well, just buy the DVD's and wait for the kids to get older.
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Jul 19, 2004 11:54 AM
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I asked my husband, a Navy veteran, why people use this type of language. And his response was ignorance. We teach our children to use their words and then they see adults behave in this manner.
I take offense to the language used in Mail Call. I do not use these words, no do I want these words spoken in my home, and certainly not when my grandchildren are visiting. This lanugage is an insult to my intelligence. I am greatly surprised that A&E would air such foul and offensive language under the name of entertainment.
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(7 of 69)
Aug 23, 2004 11:55 AM
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because hes a frekin soldier.
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(8 of 69)
Oct 1, 2004 10:20 AM
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I think that you just need to back off it is R. Lee. Ermy's right to cuss on television. And as for your kids they are going to hear cussing all of their lives and they are going to cuss throghout their lives so why not let them hear it now?
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Oct 1, 2004 4:55 PM
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My son is 14, does not swear at all and takes great offence at those that do. We come from a military family, and I work on film sets doing F/X as a side line so he has heard the "good stuff". Because one hears something does not mean one has to repeat it. We teach him proper principals and he governs himself.
As to the show, he won't watch it and I would like him to be able to since he is on a rifle team and has some interest in shooting. Other than that, the show is a grand exercise in how education can be fun. It just needs to be a little less "salty".
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(10 of 69)
Oct 22, 2004 5:00 PM
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For me i love mail call and its not a show for little kids why would you let a five year old watch this show im in gunnys side till the end im also a marine and you people need to grow up and don't let you little kids watch this show because in the end there going to cancel the show and i don't want that to happened
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(11 of 69)
Nov 3, 2004 7:10 AM
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if you dont like the show dont watch it
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(12 of 69)
Feb 19, 2005 3:44 PM
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T-H-E-Y A-R-E J-U-S-T W-O-R-D-S
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(13 of 69)
Feb 22, 2005 4:51 PM
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lol
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Feb 25, 2005 7:34 PM
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I agree that this is a tough subject. In all reality, though, "ass" and "damn" are by far the most mild expletives that are currently in use. Considering the much harsher language that is spoken on major network sitcoms on a nightly basis, this is almost a non-starter as a controversial topic. However, since the History Channel is intended to be an educaional outlet, not merely a source of mindless entertainment, this deserves more attention.
There are several views that can taken in this argument:
1. Cursing on an educational program is inappropriate, however mild, and Mr. Ermey should curb his language.
2. The use of "salty" language adds a certain amount of spice to the presentation, and could be viewed as "taking it up a notch" in entertainment value.
3. Mr. Ermey has toned down his language as far as he can while still being true to his roots as a Marine.
I tend toward the third of these options. While I agree that cursing during an educational program is mostly inappropriate, I can also witness personally that he is almost too "goody-two-shoes" when compared to the soldiers, sailors, and marines that currently serve to defend our country.
To make a long post short(er), I really do feel that Mr. Ermey is doing his level best to relate the inner workings of military action, tactics, and equipment in an informative and entertaining manner, while at the same time trying to pay a true and accurate homage to to the men and women that have stepped up to serve our nation.
Best Wishes,
Mike
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Mar 15, 2005 2:32 PM
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I think this issue of bad language is another example of parents not wanting to take resonsibility for being parents.
Can we shelter our children from the world because we don't like what is being said or being done? I don't think so. If the language used on Mail Call is bothersome to you explain to your children that just because someone on TV uses "ass", "damn" or any other word that you find offensive explain to your children that those words are unacceptable. When you explain tell them why, if swearing is considered to be an act of ignorance (which I agree with) tell them there are other words they can use and give them alternative words. Come on be parents and use the world and all the "bad" stuff to teach. Have them write a letter (or you write it with them, depends on age, if they are too young write the letter yourself and share it with the child) to Mail call asking why Gunney uses the words and have them tell Gunney there might be other words he can use. Come on people be parents.
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