Scalia getting wierder

[mburbank]

Asked by reporters this Sunday in Boston if he could be an impartial judge on matters of separation of Church and state, Scalia said "You know what I say to people who ask me about that?". He then gave the eporters the finger and said "That's Sicillian".

He knows he's a Supreme Court Justice, right?

[Preechr]

ROTFL

End Times, baby.

That's the only explanation that makes sense.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

What a fuckin' goofball.

[sspadowsky]

Not true. http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/27/scalia.gesture.ap/index.html

Not to say that Scalia isn't a douche, because he is, but the story, as originally reported, was wrong.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Um, is that gesture (which we can all picture in our head) any different than the finger???

And wouldn't the appropriate comment coming from a friggin SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, who happens to be leaving Church, be "no comment, have a nice day"???

[mburbank]

Okay. Thanks sppad. Not as wierd, but the Italians I have known concider that a fairly rude gesture in any case.

You should come around more, Sam.

[ItalianStereotype]

so he's not allowed to be rude simply because he's a supreme court justice? he has to be impartial on everything?

"Justice Scalia! Tide or All?"

"I cannot comment as that would compromise the neutrality required of a Supreme Court Justice awooooo"

and it's all in the interpretation. I don't consider it the same as the finger.

[Emu]

He can be rude all he wants, but it certainly doesn't make him look good. I think that's the point. Besides, he DOES have to remain neutral on the separation of church and state issue.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

so he's not allowed to be rude simply because he's a supreme court justice? he has to be impartial on everything?

"Justice Scalia! Tide or All?"

Yeah, it's clearly the same.

He's a member of the Supreme Court. It's not about being impartial, it's about showing some class and not running your mouth off like an idiot.

and it's all in the interpretation. I don't consider it the same as the finger.

Go ahead, stick up for the Italian.

[ItalianStereotype]

but it wasn't about the seperation of church and state. I don't know what the hell max is talking about. what was asked of justice scalia was about his personal spiritual beliefs.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Also, anybody who says "this is Sicillian" is a geeky Sopranos fan boy.

[ItalianStereotype]

so he's not allowed to be rude simply because he's a supreme court justice? he has to be impartial on everything?

"Justice Scalia! Tide or All?"

Yeah, it's clearly the same.

He's a member of the Supreme Court. It's not about being impartial, it's about showing some class and not running your mouth off like an idiot.

and it's all in the interpretation. I don't consider it the same as the finger.

Go ahead, stick up for the Italian.

kay

let's all stick our noses up in the air because justice scalia told people to stay the hell out of his personal life.

[Preechr]

Hush you guys... I'm trying to listen to what Martin Sheen is saying about running a government properly.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

He is a friggin supreme court justice. His opinions set lasting precedents that will stand after you and I are dead. The fact that he is a practicing Catholic, and a conservative, makes him a target for the pro-choice movement.

I don't care about his personal life, but the guy is one of the most powerful men in the country. He sits at the top of one of the three branches of federal government.

All I'm asking for is some tact. If a camera is put in your face, look the other way, or ignore the question.

[Ant10708]

Scalia was leaving Mass on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross when the reporter asked the justice if he had to deal with much flak related to his conservative Roman Catholic beliefs, according to the newspaper.

"You know what I say to those people?" Scalia said before making the gesture, according to the paper's account. "That's Sicilian."

The paper said that Scalia also said: "This is my spiritual life. I shall lead it the way I like."


Doesn't seem so bad. Max what news source said it was about the speration of church and state?

[ItalianStereotype]

italians are an animated people, what can I say?

[ziggytrix]

that's the totally classless sort of sophmoric bullshit i'd expect out of some asshole like myself - not a supreme court justice.

[El Blanco]

OK, something I gotta know: Why does every Italian I know claim he's Sicilian? Its not that big an island. Tuscany is nice. why can't you people claim to come from there?

From what I understand, Sicily is a friggin hell hole, too.

Do you all take The Godfather too damned seriously?

[Preechr]

"You people?"

What kind of racist crap is that?

[ItalianStereotype]

haha

because most Italians in the US are descended from southern Italian emigrants and that almost exclusively means either Sicily, Rome, or Naples. why would someone want to leave a prosperous area like northern Italy?

[mburbank]

I'll go back and check my sources. I think it was The Boston Herald, which is a conservative paper, but also a suck tabloid.

I didn't think it was a huge deal, and while I started this, I agree with Eye tie, it isn't as rude as the finger.

The title of my thread said that he was getting wierder. I think it was a wierd way for a Supreme court justice to behave. I think that when we speak of the coarsening on the country (and I agree, it's getting coarser) That along with Gangtsa rap you need to talk about the behavior of the countries highest officials. I don't mean tey need to go back to wearing top hats, but I don't like it when the VP tells a senatir to 'go fuck himslef', I don't like it that the president chooses (and it has to be a choice at this point) to pronounce Nuclear the wrong way, and I don't like it when a Supreme court justice makes a rude hand gesture, regardless of provocation. I think Presidents should write their own speeches and speak well and that a certain level of decorum should be expected. This all started with Nancy eagan letting Mr. T sit on her lap for a photo op. Or maybe it was when Johnson puled up his shirt to show his apendectomy scar to the cameras. It's just the way I fel, Ameria.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/images/0330-02.jpg

Look at this man. Do you think J. Marshall, T. Marshall, and Brandeis, or Rehnquist when you see this man???

[El Blanco]

Ya, I wish we could go back to the days of when our elected officials were shooting people they think insulted them or run across the Senate floor to beat an oppponent with his cane.

Max, do you have any idea what kind of boorish assholes our past leaders, as well as other countries' leaders, have been?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Irrelevant. That's like saying a bad doctor isn't so bad, because hey, at least he isn't bleeding the sick out of you with leaches!!

It was socialy acceptable in its day to duel. Yes, some of our founding fathers were very petty and cruel.

That totally makes Scalia's lack of class and tact acceptable. :rolleyes

[Geggy]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/images/0330-02.jpg

Too bad he doesn't know that that type of hand gesture is pretty close to saying "thank you" in sign language, otherwise he could've gotten away with it if he had simply told everyone they misunderstood the sign language.
Works for me everytime.

[El Blanco]

Max was the one who brought up the past examples to try and show we're downgrading. You even started rattling pff other SOTUS Justices. I'm pointing out we were never that high to begin with.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

The names I rattled off were to point out just how far away Scalia is from those men, despite sharing the same prestigious ranl.

[Ant10708]

by way of deception thou shalt do war

war isn't good geggy. Don't deceive people like that! Or you are no better than those zionists and neo cons!