There’s so much wrong here I don’t know where to start.

Kozinski, 57, left court Wednesday without comment after suspending the trial of Ira Isaacs, who is charged with obscenity for selling movies depicting…

Suffice it to say that this fellow was selling consenting adult material. Apparently somebody has it in for him. What other reason is there to go after him legally?

The delay until Monday will give lawyers time to consider whether to ask for Kozinski to step down from the case.
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that Kozinski had posted sexual material on his personal Web site and then blocked access after being interviewed about it Tuesday evening. He told the Times he was responsible for posting at least some of the images and videos.

..at least some?? In an article I read about this yesterday, he stated that he did not post the images - they were in a directory of his web server that you had to go hunting for. He wasn’t even aware they were publicly viewable. And if he posted some, who posted the rest? Does he have a webmaster? Was he hacked?

I haven’t made up my mind on whether the judge should recuse himself but one thing I’m sure of - adult videos are not obscene. If you want to put someone on trial for obscenity, go after the writers (as well as the viewers) of Americans Idle. That’s obscene.

Wait, let me correct myself. I am aware that some jurisdictions consider adult material obscene. What I meant above is that I don’t find it obscene and I don’t believe it is the legal system’s (or government’s) business, so long as it involves consenting adults.

A few years back my neighborhood got wind that an adult video store was going to be opening locally. There was a hastily arranged town meeting which featured a ton of `concerned citizens,’ who showed up with pitchforks and torches. You’d have thought Satan himself was moving in and setting up his own kindergarden.

The law (and sanity) prevailed and the shop was allowed to open. For months there were people lined up out front. As I drove by, I noticed they were talking to the tall bushes which shielded the building from the road. It took a few more drive-by’s to figure out what was going on: they were praying at the business.

Here we are, years down the road from the opening. There has been no epidemic of sex crimes, house values have skyrocketed(ok, that’s the market), the town built three new schools, and no other adult businesses have opened up. It appears that the store is making at least enough money to stay in business. The prayer vigils have ground to a halt though. (”Adult video stores stop prayer - news at eleven!”)

Every now and then people still hold up signs out front. Next time, I’m going to the end of the protest line and setting up my own sign.