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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1942|1942]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category: | ====Subject: [[:Category:Obscenity|Obscenity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art | ====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Chaplinsky | '''Artist:''' Chaplinsky | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Exchange of insults on the street. | '''Description of Artwork:''' Exchange of insults on the street. | ||
'''The Incident:''' "Under NH.'s Offensive Conduct law (chap.378, para. 2 of the H.Public Laws) it is | '''The Incident:''' "Under NH.'s Offensive Conduct law (chap.378, para. 2 of the H.Public Laws) it is illegal for anyone to address another person with 'any offensive, derisive or annoying word to anyone who is lawfully in any street or public place.'" | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The case went to the Supreme Court which declared that the case did not fall under the category of "fighting words" and was not protected by the laws pertaining to free speech. | '''Results of Incident:''' The case went to the Supreme Court which declared that the case did not fall under the category of "fighting words" and was not protected by the laws pertaining to free speech. | ||
'''Source:''' the Encyclopedia of Censorship,J. Green, Facts on File, '93 pg.48 | '''Source:''' the Encyclopedia of Censorship, J. Green, Facts on File, '93 pg.48 | ||
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[[Category:]] | [[Category:New Hampshire]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:51, 1 August 2011
Date: 1942
Region: North America
Subject: Obscenity
Medium: Public Art
Artist: Chaplinsky
Confronting Bodies: State of New Hampshire
Dates of Action: 1942
Location: New Hampshire
Description of Artwork: Exchange of insults on the street.
The Incident: "Under NH.'s Offensive Conduct law (chap.378, para. 2 of the H.Public Laws) it is illegal for anyone to address another person with 'any offensive, derisive or annoying word to anyone who is lawfully in any street or public place.'"
Results of Incident: The case went to the Supreme Court which declared that the case did not fall under the category of "fighting words" and was not protected by the laws pertaining to free speech.
Source: the Encyclopedia of Censorship, J. Green, Facts on File, '93 pg.48
