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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 5:15 pm
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jkhuggins
 
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Originally Posted by Superguy
I also don't see how they could nail you for flipping the bird as that seems like that would be a 1st amendment violation. You're not threatening them, nor really interfering in the process. Nor do I think it would fall under nonprotected speech as it's not like yelling "bomb", "terrorist" or anything like that.

They might not like it and my try to hassle you, but I think this would be more like MKEBound's KHIAI bag.
And, if I recall correctly, MKEBound's KHIAI bag caused him quite a bit of difficulty. Ultimately, he was shown to be within his rights ... but it cost him a great deal of time and energy to assert those rights.

The original question that started this thread was: "do you think they'll notice?", not "should they notice?". Yes, I think they'll notice. Whether or not they should notice is another debate.
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