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Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 10:15 AM

As a recent Sicilian, I know the gesture is an insult. You do it to someone you don't like. If he said that word with, it's really bad.

I'm going with what the photographer said. He knew it was in poor taste.

SacTown Chronic · 03-30-2006, 10:22 AM

I believe that gesture is considered a non-verbal "fvck you".

Scrooge McSam · 03-30-2006, 10:23 AM

The gesture is intended as an insult and is generally not considered obscene.

The word he used with the gesture, however, most definitely is.

Think Cheney in the Senate and you've got it

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 10:40 AM

Spoiler:

wendybeth · 03-30-2006, 10:40 AM

GC, would you please stop being so darned hysterical.

Yeah, it's an insult. Very mature, Scalia. Good to know you're on the Supreme Court.

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 10:47 AM

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GC, would you please stop being so darned hysterical.

You're right, wb. And to not be accused of further histrionics, I'll remove my 'Mission Accomplished' flight suit now.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 10:43 AM

Not obscene? Um, SacTown got the meaning exactly right.

While I personally don't agree that 'fvck you' is obscene, I think it is commonly considered as such.

I don't consider too much to be obscene. One thing I do, though, is Scalia hearing argument on the Enemy Combatant Detention case this week just after he has publicly stated his decision on the case in advance of it being heard. As a jurist on the land's highest court, that's true obscenity.

Alex · 03-30-2006, 11:08 AM

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One thing I do, though, is Scalia hearing argument on the Enemy Combatant Detention case this week just after he has publicly stated his decision on the case in advance of it being heard. As a jurist on the land's highest court, that's true obscenity.

With this I agree. It is important that we can all pretend that each of the justices hasn't already decided 99% of the cases before they actually reach the court.

I actually have no problem with the idea that the people at Guantanamo have no right to jury trials or whatever. They are essentially POWs and such a right has never attached.

However, as near as I can tell, we are no longer engaged in a war with Afghanistan which means it is time for all of those people to be returned home and let the government of Afghanistan decide what to do with people who fought on that side of the war.

Since we are no longer at war, they are no longer the equivalent of POWs, which means we now need a good reason for imprisonment and need to prove it.

And GC, of course he doesn't approve of it. If he did it wouldn't be an insult.

SacTown Chronic · 03-30-2006, 11:12 AM

Yeah, GC, to the rest of the country it's an insult. On the LoT it's just bragging about your Friday night.

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 11:18 AM

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Yeah, GC, to the rest of the country it's an insult. On the LoT it's just bragging about your Friday night.

Or last night.

I've said too much.

03-30-2006, 10:15 AM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	As a recent Sicilian, I know the gesture is an insult. You do it to someone you don't like. If he said that word with, it's really bad. I'm going with what the photographer said. He knew it was in poor taste.
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03-30-2006, 10:22 AM	#2
SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	I believe that gesture is considered a non-verbal "fvck you". __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	The gesture is intended as an insult and is generally not considered obscene. The word he used with the gesture, however, most definitely is. Think Cheney in the Senate and you've got it
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03-30-2006, 10:40 AM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Spoiler: Vaffanculo means "go get fu cked up your as s." I thought he didn't condone such behavior.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	GC, would you please stop being so darned hysterical. Yeah, it's an insult. Very mature, Scalia. Good to know you're on the Supreme Court. __________________
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03-30-2006, 10:43 AM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not obscene? Um, SacTown got the meaning exactly right. While I personally don't agree that 'fvck you' is obscene, I think it is commonly considered as such. I don't consider too much to be obscene. One thing I do, though, is Scalia hearing argument on the Enemy Combatant Detention case this week just after he has publicly stated his decision on the case in advance of it being heard. As a jurist on the land's highest court, that's true obscenity.
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03-30-2006, 11:12 AM	#9
SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Yeah, GC, to the rest of the country it's an insult. On the LoT it's just bragging about your Friday night. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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