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Justice Scalia flips the finger in church
UPI ^
| March 27, 2006
| UPI
Posted on 03/27/2006 10:34:40 AM PST by CrawDaddyCA
BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia startled reporters in Boston just minutes after attending a mass, by flipping a middle finger to his critics.
A Boston Herald reporter asked the 70-year-old conservative Roman Catholic if he faces much questioning over impartiality when it comes to issues separating church and state.
"You know what I say to those people?" Scalia replied, making the obscene gesture and explaining "That's Sicilian."
The 20-year veteran of the high court was caught making the gesture by a photographer with The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston's newspaper.
"Don't publish that," Scalia told the photographer, the Herald said.
He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and afterward was the keynote speaker at the Catholic Lawyers' Guild luncheon.
TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: bird; finger; upyours
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LOL!! My admiration of Justice Scalia increases with every article he's mentioned in.
To: CrawDaddyCA
Hey, they gotta respect his culture. Diversity, tolerance, and all that, y'know.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:37:37 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Pacifism is objectively pro-terrorist)
To: CrawDaddyCA
To: CrawDaddyCA
Saw Rummy do the same thing recently; the reporter asked what he had to say to his critics, he rubbed his forehead with his middle finger and then gave a verbal reply!
To: CrawDaddyCA
It's crude and vulgar.
If not overused, crudeness and vulgarity can be exactly the right response.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:39:05 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: CrawDaddyCA
Left wing bigot pretending to be a journalist harasses Catholic Supreme Court Justice in church.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:39:41 AM PST
by
Galveston Grl
(Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
To: CrawDaddyCA
No, he was just indicating that he's #1.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:39:43 AM PST
by
My2Cents
("The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth." -- Winston Churchill)
To: CrawDaddyCA
The photographer, "He sleeps with the fishes"
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:40:17 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: CrawDaddyCA
He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross Do they have special masses for other types of criminals as well?
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:40:23 AM PST
by
Dinsdale
To: ArrogantBustard
I agree.
As with Vice President Cheney's statement to Leaky Leahy- "F___ You!"
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:41:43 AM PST
by
admiralsn
(I believe God gives only three answers to prayer: Yes | Not yet | I have something better in mind)
To: Dinsdale
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:42:18 AM PST
by
jimmyo57
To: Dinsdale
That's a good question. One would expect them to burst into flames the second they stepped through the door!
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:43:25 AM PST
by
CrawDaddyCA
(There is no such thing as a fair fight. Thou shall win at all costs!!)
To: CrawDaddyCA
"He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians"
Got to be a few good jokes in there somewhere!
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:44:38 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: CrawDaddyCA
Acually it wasn't a middle finger, it was the gesture of uncurling your fingers from a fist to an open hand under your chin.
Forget what it means though. I'm a Mick not a Gumba.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:45:33 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: CrawDaddyCA
I read an article on this earlier this weekend and that article said that Scalia just stroked his fingers under his chin in the old Italian flip off - not giving the finger. I wonder which it really was.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:45:37 AM PST
by
joebuck
To: CrawDaddyCA
Nice job Scalia.
I say print the photo so Freepers can photoshop it.
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:45:47 AM PST
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com)
To: ArrogantBustard
If not overused, crudeness and vulgarity can be exactly the right response.I absolutely agree with you.
Muslims freaking out over words and gestures? No biggie.
Real people? Not in my universe!
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:45:47 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: All
... just minutes after attending a mass ...Which is it, “minutes after attending a mass” or “in church”?
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:45:54 AM PST
by
dighton
To: Galveston Grl
Left wing bigot pretending to be a journalist harasses Catholic Supreme Court Justice in church.I couldn't have said it any better.
To: Incorrigible
I believe that the gesture you describe has roughly the same meaning as "The Finger".
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posted on
03/27/2006 10:46:55 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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