Anger is a gift (Happy 3rd Anniversary!) - Page 20

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Scalia flips people off seconds after attending church and we're fine with that. If that person was someone on the left, he/she would be crucified. Double standard.

In today's Herald:

Quote:

Amid a growing national controversy about the gesture U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the freelance photographer who captured the moment has come forward with the picture.

“It’s inaccurate and deceptive of him to say there was no vulgarity in the moment,” said Peter Smith, the Boston University assistant photojournalism professor who made the shot.

Despite Scalia’s insistence that the Sicilian gesture was not offensive and had been incorrectly characterized by the Herald as obscene, the photographer said the newspaper “got the story right.”

Source

scaeagles · 03-30-2006, 10:07 AM

I am not familiar with that gesture at all. I don't see it as "flipping off" - the middle finger is not extended.

What is the history of the gesture?

Not Afraid · 03-30-2006, 10:09 AM

I've seen this gesture in mafia-style movies. I don't think it's nice, whatever it means.

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.

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.

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wendybeth

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.

03-30-2006, 10:07 AM	#192
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I am not familiar with that gesture at all. I don't see it as "flipping off" - the middle finger is not extended. What is the history of the gesture?
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:09 AM	#193
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I've seen this gesture in mafia-style movies. I don't think it's nice, whatever it means.
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:15 AM	#194
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.
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:22 AM	#195
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?
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:23 AM	#196
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
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:40 AM	#197
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.
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:40 AM	#198
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. __________________
	Submit to Quotes

03-30-2006, 10:43 AM	#199
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.
	Submit to Quotes