The Power of Chuck Norris - Making Expendables 2 PG-13?

I hate it when someone falls back on, "You just don't get it, man!" as their point to a rival argument’s counter-point. But I’m gonna be that guy and tell Chuck Norris he just doesn't get it.

You see, Norris gave an interview with Gazeta (and translated by Expendables Premiere) explaining certain drawbacks to participating in The Expendables 2 before the producers, so keen to have him involved, caved in to his requests before signing up:

"In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that I said I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified in the category of PG-13."

The point of the first Expendables was to make a movie harkening back to another time; when action movies were stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey with muscled-up, manly-man tough guys (like Norris in the Delta Forces and Missing in Actions) in the hero and villain roles, violence, and yes, language. That's what made it so appealing for three out of the coveted four-quads in August 2010.

Norris isn't being a jerk here. It's a reasonable request, truth be told. But he's simply missing the point of the whole enterprise to begin with.