On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Juno Gator wrote:
O'Leary, a senior and one of the nation's best tight ends, was
suspended two games Wednesday morning by the Florida High School
Athletic Association for making an obscene gesture after Dwyer's
controversial 26-22 loss to Cleveland-Glenville in the nationally
televised Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic at Ohio Stadium
on Monday.
Please, would someone with a passing knowledge of what "obscene"
actually means call the director of the Associated Press or whoever
is in charge of the creation of euphemisms and explain that "shooting
the bird" is not an obscene gesture.
There are some gestures that could be construed as obscene but, as
Greg Marmalard would say, "decorum prohibits listing them here."
The middle finger is not one of them. It might be insulting,
impudent, taboo, possibly even profane, but not obscene.
Nice article here discusses whether the First Amendment protects the
digitus impudicus:
http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/41-4_Robbins.pdf
Heck, its uses goes back to ancient Rome. Perhaps O'Leary was a
student of world history. If so, he should remind his mom to keep an
eye on her cow.
-Zeb
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