Flipping Middle Finger a 'God-Given' Right of Every 'Red-Blooded Canadian,' Judge Rules

Resorting to that time-worn, non-verbal equivalent of yelling at someone – showing the middle finger when you are fuming – is commonly considered a rude and obscene gesture. Interestingly, "flipping the bird," according to research done by some anthropologists, goes all the way back to ancient Greece, and ancient Romans were not averse to using it.