Consider that to be the inclusionary environment we all want FIRST to be, one must be sensitive to all cultures. There are many more than a handful of teams in the various FIRST competitions that are sponsored by religious organizations. Usually these are parochial schools of various sorts. Think of the impact such comments would have on those who read the following from Paul's Letter to the Ephesians and believe it to be the word of God:
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But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
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What is the message sent to those who take the Bible literally and believe it is a sin to be exposed (or allow innocent people to be exposed) to such language?
Or, for those more aligned with the church of South Park, as you know we will all end up knee deep in meekrob when
It Hits the Fan.
My point is that this creates an uncomfortable marketing situation. How do we market the program when people are literally prepared to print t-shirts that show the language and use the FIRST logo to bleep it out and make it legit to air? It potentially leads to a very uncomfortable situation where to preserve their image, FIRST disallows the use of the logo inside a quote delivered by one of their best champions at their premier event, live on video streams to the world.
Did it inspire a bunch of high school aged kids who can probably handle the language? Probably. Does it present an image problem for FIRST among certain populations? Yes. Is that a net positive? That's for you to judge.