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====Date: [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====


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[[File:Bush.jpg|left]]
'''Artist:''' unknown
'''Artist:''' unknown


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Borders Bookstore customers, Borders general manager


'''Date of Action:''' March 2005


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Borders Bookstore customers, artist and Borders general manager
'''Location:''' Borders Bookstore, York PA, USA
 
 
 
'''Dates of Action:''' March 2005
 
 
 
'''Location:''' Borders Bookstore, York PA
 
 
 
'''Description of Artwork:''' A painting depicting President Bush as a puppet manipulated by his advisors.
 
 


'''Description of Artwork:''' A painting depicting President Bush as a puppet manipulated by his advisors.  (As no artist is identified, it is unclear which painting it is, as there are several different ones.)
[[File:Bush2.jpg|right]]
'''The Incident:''' After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard."
'''The Incident:''' After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard."


'''Results of Incident:''' Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community.
'''Results of Incident:''' Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community.


'''Source:''' York Daily Record, www.ydr.com
'''Source:''' York Daily Record, www.ydr.com


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Latest revision as of 15:34, 9 January 2012

Date: 2005

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Painting


Bush.jpg

Artist: unknown

Confronting Bodies: Borders Bookstore customers, Borders general manager

Date of Action: March 2005

Location: Borders Bookstore, York PA, USA

Description of Artwork: A painting depicting President Bush as a puppet manipulated by his advisors. (As no artist is identified, it is unclear which painting it is, as there are several different ones.)

Bush2.jpg

The Incident: After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard."

Results of Incident: Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community.

Source: York Daily Record, www.ydr.com