Canadian Pastor sentenced by Taiwanese court 5 days jail pay NT2000 for Mid-Finger

[COW flu]

Taiwan judge told Ang Moh pastor Peter that since he had been a pastor for more than 10 years he should fully be aware that a middle finger sign in Taiwan means a dirty insult. So he is sentenced to 5 days in jail and compensate NT2000 to a woman who he insulted over a dispute.

Peter walked his dog in the street and his dog frightened the woman who chased off his dog, Peter got angry and pointed middle finger.

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110606/11/2stxc.html

牧師比中指嗆 判拘役5天賠2千
民視 更新日期:"2011/06/07 07:01"

新北市一名外籍牧師，遛狗和人起衝突，居然比中指，被告上法院。牧師辯稱，加拿大比中指，代表很多種意思，不一定是侮辱對方，但法官認為，他來台灣十年，一定知道，比中指就是罵髒話的意思，因此判他敗訴，拘役五天還要賠2000元。

加拿大牧師Peter，不滿遛狗被趕，比出中指，讓陳小姐抓狂，認為這等於罵她髒話。神職人員比出不雅手勢，儘管事後寫了道歉信，但只對台灣法律道歉，對於陳小姐的感受，隻字未提。因此陳小姐要告到底。

她和外籍牧師就在新店這處山區發生衝突，這名來台傳教十多年的牧師，因為遛狗吃上官司，也有話要說。Peter仍然不覺得自己有錯，但法官認定，他既然來台灣超過十年，一定知道，比中指在這裡有什麼負面涵義，因此判他拘役五天，還得賠陳小姐2000元。