Oh, Come On, Folks, This Is Just Unacceptable:
As of now, 27 comments on the post about a possible Rehnquist retirement; 21 on the post about hate crimes; 11 on originalism, precedent, and the views of blogger Matthew Yglesias; but on my three posts about the Law of French Kissing, 1, 1, and 0.
Didn't you read the instructions? Meaningless titillation is supposed to be what draws the attention! Enough with the substance — aren't you interested in sex? I am so disappointed.
That was hilarious and disturbing!
I think everyone else is just a little up tight.
Perhaps the lack of comments on those posts was due to goal of your comments policy. Sure, the kissing decision seems quite ridiculous - but ridiculous in a way that does not lend itself well to avoiding "rants, invective, and substantial and repeated exaggeration pand making it difficult to stick] with substance [that] will make the comments more helpful to other readers, and more pleasant."
Nicely put. Better than what I was going to say.
Nick
Well, at least since 7/7.
But I do have to say that I found the Kansas decision pretty damn disturbing. If the Kansas Legislature wants to charactarize French kissing as lewd touching, shouldn't they just come out and say so, rather than the court stretching the definition? If someone commits a violation that confers a long prison sentence, and probably registration as a sex offender, they should have the benefit of a law that clearly spells out that their conduct is a crime.