French Justice Minister Given Finger

(Paris) A package containing a severed finger and a letter was mailed to French Justice Minister Rachida Dati and received last Friday. Postal workers in the ministry opened the package.

Spokesman for the ministry, Guillaume Didier, said no one knows why the finger was sent. There is, however, an unconfirmed report that a hair salon-owner in western France sent the digit. By the way, I think it's illegal to send human body parts through the U.S. mail.

Frankly, I don't think it's all that big a mystery why someone would send a finger. Obviously, it's a personal message of complete disapproval. While driving, I regularly observe communications by finger.

Curiously, no mention has been made regarding which finger was sent. We just have to guess.