http://northyorkshire.police.uk/news...jammer-prison/
Of course you don't have to actually speak. A gesture or dance is also a form of speech.
What do you figure is the right level of punishment for someone who fits their vehicle with a laser jammer to stop the cops from detecting what speed he's going?
Okay, now what is the right level of punishment for someone who gives the finger to the mobile speed detection van as he drives past?
(UT note: the finger? One middle finger? What happened to the standard backwards two-finger flip? Has even North Yorks become Americanised?)
If you said "eight months in prison" you have listed the Brit punishment for such a thing. EIGHT MONTHS!!
But it's not about the finger, right? Because that part is speech.
(Giving the finger to speed detection devices and red light cameras should be considered hardy tradition in the states!)