Obscene is apparently in the Eye of the beholder. I think Jeff wells tweeted yesterday that he wasnt the only player to do it but the only one to get suspended
Woody (via iPhone) On Sep 10, 2010, at 11:40 AM, John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
