Are you saying that non-hams who are listening are somehow unable to "twirl the dial" when they hear something objectionable to their sensibilities?
I think you are missing the point that I made in post #52, and others in this thread are also saying.
Non-hams are the general public.
As more and more public service moves to spectrum that older scanners can't hear, the people with those scanners are going to want to listen to something. They are going to end up listening to us. We have long conversations, as opposed to sporadic transmissions from a DPW dump truck or a school bus.
Left unchecked, It's only a matter of time before somebody calls a TV station or a newspaper and says "Listen to what I hear on my police scanner". Don't you possibly think a news story about "potty-mouths" on the air, that you know is going to end up being a YouTube video, just might be a tad detrimental to the hobby? Don't you think that sort of story floating around the internet weakens the ARRL's defense from special interests and the FCC wanting to grab airspace from us?
Yes it's a very small percentage of the amateur community with foul language. But like I said in Post #52, telecommunication interest, including our FCC, are lined up like a picket fence looking for additional spectrum.
Many may disagree with the actions I suggested in Post #42. But we are on our own. It's time to be pro-active to protect our spectrum. It's already being done in Detroit. Here in the Heartland where the men are men, we don't need the FCC to hold our hand to keep the repeaters from the cesspool language that hams along the East and West Coast are letting slide.
Waiting on the FCC is a noble cause that's going to fail, don't you agree?