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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Connecticut Supreme Court found that giving the finger (pictured) was offensive, but not obscene?
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The gesture is also used to say "piss off" which is a alternative to the "fuck you" gesture, moreso in meaning "get lost".
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Omit the word obscene in the first sentence. It is false as well as misleading. Billzwick (talk) 04:35, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That a gesture may be described as obscene in the common parlance is not determinative of whether that gesture falls within the legal definition of "obscene" speech.(page 1431). Tollens (talk) 08:12, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has suggested that giving someone “the toe” would be worse than giving them “the finger”. He believes that showing someone your smelly, hairy toe is worse than a finger. Mitch045 (talk) 14:09, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Should we address the commonly told story about the battle of agincourt and the chopping off of fingers of the archers? It's a common enough story to address and point out that it's apocryphal EdwinAmi (talk) 02:08, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]