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Don't judge Kozinski by his porn (Post)
LA Times ^ | 13 June 2008 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 06/13/2008 4:44:01 AM PDT by shrinkermd

An apology from the 9th Circuit judge for his computer collection of porn isn't necessary. He just needs to say, 'So what?'

...Judge Alex Kozinski's statements about the stash of sexually explicit images he collected and that the public (until this week) could view on his website have been varied, although not necessarily inconsistent: He thought the site was for private storage and offered no public access (although he shared some of the material on the site with friends). People have been sending him this stuff for years (implying that it just accumulates, like junk mail). He might accidentally have uploaded the photos and videos when intending to upload something else. His son did it

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; US: California
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; california; judges; kozinski; obscenity; porn
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"Shared with friends?" Deciding obscenity case? The Internet did it?
1 posted on 06/13/2008 4:44:01 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
Deport the perv back to his native Romania and never insult America by calling him an "American" again.

It's an abomination that this fruit sits as a judge over the rest of us in the land our families fought and died for.

2 posted on 06/13/2008 4:47:17 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Regulator

LA Times at it again. Defining degeneracy down.


3 posted on 06/13/2008 4:51:20 AM PDT by y6162
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To: shrinkermd

The dog ate my hard drive....


4 posted on 06/13/2008 4:53:42 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (I was gruntled before I was disgruntled.)
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To: shrinkermd

Substitute a prominent conservative judge’s name and see what the Lost Intelligence Times would have written.


5 posted on 06/13/2008 4:54:38 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

He is a prominent conservative judge.


6 posted on 06/13/2008 4:55:31 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: shrinkermd

I could care less that this judge had this material or even that he had a private collection of stuff that he thought was funny because of its outlandish nature.

However, the fact that he placed this material online is incredibly stupid. He in effect made it public to children by doing so.

Get a sock drawer for crying out loud Kasinski!


7 posted on 06/13/2008 4:58:25 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: dinoparty

Says who?

The LA Times?


8 posted on 06/13/2008 4:59:53 AM PDT by WayneS (What the hell is wrong with these people?)
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To: shrinkermd

The good news is, this isn’t the only reason to remove him immediately from the bench forever.

The bad news is, this isn’t the only reason to remove him immediately from the bench forever.

IMPEACH.


9 posted on 06/13/2008 5:02:16 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Regulator
It's an abomination that this fruit sits as a judge over the rest of us in the land our families fought and died for.

Are you serious? Kozinski is, hands down, the best judge in the Ninth Circuit and certainly among the best judges in the nation, and that includes the folks on the Supreme Court. He is thoughtful, deliberate, intelligent and a clear (and often funny) writer. We need more Kozinskis, not less.

10 posted on 06/13/2008 5:03:39 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: dinoparty
He is a prominent conservative judge.

He's one of the greatest judges in the nation. No surprise most freepers know nothing about him.

11 posted on 06/13/2008 5:05:07 AM PDT by Sandy
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To: WayneS
Says who?

Anyone remotely familiar with the federal judiciary.

12 posted on 06/13/2008 5:05:08 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

This guy was one of the great hopes to be a conservative supreme court justice


13 posted on 06/13/2008 5:05:39 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: shrinkermd

Kinda makes you wonder what kind of porn the writers of this editorial have on their hard drives.As if we didn’t know.


14 posted on 06/13/2008 5:05:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: mylife
he placed this material online

He didn't. His son did.

15 posted on 06/13/2008 5:06:46 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius

Well said.


16 posted on 06/13/2008 5:07:06 AM PDT by Sandy
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To: Publius Valerius

I hadnt heard that.
Still, Its an incredible blunder.


17 posted on 06/13/2008 5:08:03 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Publius Valerius

Thanks for that information. One way to look at is in Freudian terms. He said, more or less, “...when it comes to women all men are stupid...”


18 posted on 06/13/2008 5:09:14 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: Publius Valerius

So he had a legit website that handled Email and folks sent the material to that website thinking it wasnt in the public section?


19 posted on 06/13/2008 5:12:53 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Still, Its an incredible blunder.

Yep, it's a blunder. It's embarrassing, particularly considering some of the material that was there. It was not garden variety porn. But that's just what it was--a blunder; they thought it was private and it wasn't. It's an embarrassing mistake, but it's nothing to get panties in a twist over, so to speak.

20 posted on 06/13/2008 5:13:00 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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