March 13, 2023
JUST DON'T FLIP IT AT A DOCTOR...:
Giving the middle finger is a 'God-given right,' says Quebec judge (Jacob Serebrin, 3/08/23, The Canadian Press)
or you may be mercy-killed."To be abundantly clear, it is not a crime to give someone the finger," the judge wrote in his Feb. 24 ruling. "Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter-enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian. It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly. Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability."Police arrested Epstein, a 45-year-old teacher, on May 18, 2021, as he returned home from a walk. Earlier in the day, he had run into a neighbour -- Michael Naccache -- who lived on the same Beaconsfield, Que., street and with whom he had previous conflicts.Naccache, 34, swore at Epstein and threatened him while holding a power tool "in a menacing way," the judge found. Epstein replied with two middle fingers and continued walking.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 13, 2023 12:00 AM