Briton faces jail over middle finger salute

A British expatriate in Dubai is facing jail and deportation after being accused of making a single-finger gesture in an argument.

Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7535697/Dubai-Briton-faces-jail-over-middle-finger-salute.html

Flipping Off Cops Is Legal Not Advised

Flipping the bird, or sticking out the middle finger, is perhaps the oldest insulting gesture on earth, dating to ancient Greece and adopted by the Romans as digitus impudicus � the impudent finger.

A zillion middle fingers later, an Oregon man is suing suburban Portland cops over his use of the gesture, claiming civil rights violations...

Source:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/flipping-off-cops-is-legal-not-advised/