Giving the middle finger may not be nice, but it is people’s “God-given” right, a Canadian judge has ruled in clearing a man of harassment charges in a neighbors’ quarrel. In his often ...

While throwing up a middle finger today clearly communicates a resounding “f**k you,” in classical society, historians say a middle finger was more of a ribald sexual reference. The middle ...

The gesture is considered rude, offensive and inappropriate but one thing it is not — at least under Canadian law — is illegal. A Canadian judge ruled last month that giving someone the finger ...