Fuck is a 2005 American documentary film by Steve Anderson, which argues the titular word is key to discussions on freedom of speech and censorship. It provides perspectives from art, linguistics and society. Oxford English Dictionary editor Jesse Sheidlower, journalism analyst David Shaw, and linguists Reinhold Aman and Geoffrey Nunberg explain the term's evolution. Comedian Billy Connolly states it can be understood regardless of one's background, and musician Alanis Morissette says its taboo nature gives it power. The film contains the last interview of author Hunter S. Thompson before his suicide. It features animated sequences by Bill Plympton. The documentary was first screened at the AFI Film Festival at ArcLight Hollywood. The New York Times critic A. O. Scott called the film a battle between advocates of morality and supporters of freedom of expression; a review by the American Film Institute said this freedom "must extend to words that offend". Other reviewers criticized the film's length and repetitiveness. Its DVD was released in the US and the UK and used in university courses.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

750 BC:

Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome, held the first Roman triumph to celebrate a military victory following the Rape of the Sabine Women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_triumph

1476:

War of the Castilian Succession: Although the Battle of Toro was militarily inconclusive, it assured Ferdinand and Isabella (both pictured) the throne of Castile, forming the basis for modern Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toro

1896:

French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Becquerel

1944:

World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio in New Guinea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sio

1954:

Four Puerto Rican nationalists shot 30 rounds from semi- automatic pistols during an open session of the United States House of Representatives, injuring five people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_shooting_incident_(1954)

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

fons honorum: A person who, by virtue of sovereignty, holds the exclusive right to create and confer legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fons_honorum

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I, who have sent armies into fire and soldiers to their death, say today: We sail onto a war which has no casualties, no wounded, no blood nor suffering. It is the only war which is a pleasure to participate in — the war for peace.   --Yitzhak Rabin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin