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Originally Posted by 1075guy

I don't like your implication that girls don't swear, and that its those filthy boys doing all the cussing. I know plenty of girls who swear.

Hahahahaha! So true. Swearing is a human characteristic not limited to race, sex, or age.

What we have here is a balance between the GP world of FIRST, and the pit environment which is semi-rooted in a mechanical field of things not going perfect.
(The auto shop theory if you will).

Can you make a difference at the personal level and ask someone not to swear if you go up to them personally and ask them not to?
Probably.

Should FIRST be involved and ban swearing in the pits?
Maybe. But highly unlikely.

Overall swearing is not illegal and shouldn't be considered that at FIRST events. It's something that will happen.
Should it happen? No. But we don't live in a perfect swear-free world.

If you are offended at swearing the move should be yours to remedy that in people around you and to not rely on FIRST to stop it.

If you really want to, make an announcement over the PA system in the pits with a friendly reminder that children and families and (non-swearing) girls are present at the event they are in and to keep it under wraps.

if you wanted to go the extra step, hang some signs up that say "Entering a swear-free environment. - Please abide by the request to "keep it clean" in everything you do today" or something like that and throw your team number on that if your team is as adament* with this movement as you are.
Maybe it'll even win you an award or something doing that.. who knows?

That's all you can do at this point in my opinion.