F*ck - Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
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F*ck - Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
This is a book about the F word and its intersection with
the law and the concept of taboo. In the first chapter,
“Why Fuck?” the author explains why he didn’t sanitize the title.
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Based on the hit television series, this story follows the Stargate command as it tries to keep the lid on its secret space war. An intrepid reporter infiltrates the restricted area of the Cheyenne Mountain base, where he witnesses Stargate in action and starts demanding answers.
Speech act theory, well known to scholars of rhetoric, communication, and language, underlies this emerging trend in judicial and legislative thinking. The idea that "words are deeds," first articulated in language philosophy by Wittgenstein and elaborated by J. L. Austin and John Searle, is being invoked by some members of the legal community to target objectionable speech.
