Title
Flipping 'The Bird' Just Isn't Obscene Anymore, Law Professor Argues
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
February 2012
Abstract
American University law professor Ira Robbins makes the case that the digitus impudicus (as it was known back in ancient Rome), just isn't obscene anymore."Is it inappropriate? That's another question," he tells NPR's Audie Cornish. But, he says, "it doesn't mean what it used to mean."
Recommended Citation
Robbins, Ira, "Flipping 'The Bird' Just Isn't Obscene Anymore, Law Professor Argues" (2012). Editorial Contributions. 5.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_ed/5
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