Flipping 'The Bird' Just Isn't Obscene Anymore, Law Professor Argues

Authors

Ira RobbinsFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-7-2012

Newsletter

NPR

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