My wife and I watched a show about undercover cops once. In this case they had a gorgeous 20 something girl in daisy dukes and a top barely more than a bikini act like a hooker. A man that had to be at least in his 70s was approached by her, and after several minutes of this nervous senior citizen answering her questions with things like "i don't know if it is a good idea", "it's been a long time, I don't even think I could perform", she made him an offer: $10 for hand job to see if he could perform, and they'd go from there. Then, this lonely senior citizen who seemed ashamed shook his head, and said "okay, i'll try."

Then, mean with guns came out, arrested him and carted him off. The man in charge of the operation then said "Good work everyone. No one got hurt."

My wife then said "no one got hurt???? does anyone feel safer."

A personal sex act that is not in general view should pretty much be off limits for criminalization.

How do porn theaters even stay open now days? Do they make the money off drinks and popcorn?

Our society is a little too obsessed with sex "crimes."

For some, just like guns, porn kills. LOL Think about how many people can be killed with assault ejaculation from a jerk off.

I doubt it's going to hurt Stahl as much as some think. Herman was arrested in 1991, more than 20 years ago. Societal attitudes have shifted enormously. This will be just a blip on the radar.

Who ever heard of Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton before their sex tapes?

Don't forget poor old Fred Willard back in July:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/fred-willard-arrested.html

It seems that the LAPD spends more time hanging out in porno theaters than in donut shops:

"Tiki Theater manager Kazi Jafor said that since November 2011 officers had been to the theater 40 times and made 23 arrests"

I googled Los Angeles Homicide and found out that 446 people were murdered in LA County between November 2011 & July 2012. Think about all the man-hours spent hunting old men whacking off instead of hunting Bloods & Crips.

(Pssst Marty-- Vaguely well-known Angelenos have been getting all wanky in theaters, and the LA Times is on it.)

Not sure it's worth a lot of law enforcement, but I wouldn't want an enterprise like that affecting my property values, either… Describing this as a victimless crime is a self-righteous indulgence for those of us who don't live nearby.

It's 2012, and not for long. Anyone seeking synthetic stimulus will find it roaring into their home, or into their pocket telephone, with a ferocity un-foretold in the communication daydreams of history's lonely soothsayers.

When it was Willard, I was all like, well, he's old guy now, one of the first of the Baby Boomers, so maybe he just thought this is what geeky guys do. (The LA Times said it had happened to him before.)

(And by the way, this reminded me of something else about Pee-Wee Herman... When the theater bust happened twenty years ago, some clever person pointed out that this was exactly the misconduct you'd expect from the Pee-Wee child personality after he grew up. Anyone who's paid enough attention to Willard's character-actor career to recognize his name might see that same pattern. Remember Silver Streak? Always the feckless underling.)

But I'd never heard of this other guy, who's a quarter-century younger than me. What's the deal with him?

This behavior isn't offensive only because it's weirdly sexual. It's bothersome because no matter how trivial you personally regard the misconduct to be — from however many miles away — it's social at the very moment in history when it least needs to be.

If the cops can't respond to this, I wish a competent sociologist would. It's worth more than a cluck from people who like to pretend to be sexually sophistimicated.

I wonder if the prosecutor would take into account if he were wearing a condom at the time...

A more amusing charge would be attempted strangulation.

I know, I know. I won't quit my day job.

> I won't quit my day job.

We all appreciate sincere effort.

> I googled Los Angeles Homicide and found out that

And by the by, Martster, have we discussed lately how repugnant it is when feckless Canadians prattle about the particulars of constabulary force?

We have? We have discussed that repugnance lately?

Woe-kay then.

Next time, at least use a great Canadian search engine, OK?

About thirty hours left for sappy stuff.

Thank you. I accept my Certificate of Completion with grace.

Listen lady, someday you're going kill... Mount Rushmore will weep, the jury will acquit... And we'll all be glad you made time to practice.

'Know what I heard, Martin?

This just confirms what I have said before: sex is more important than murder.

You can be pardoned from the crime of murder, but if you are labeled a sex "offender", you're a lifer.

"You can be pardoned from the crime of murder, but if you are labeled a sex 'offender', you're a lifer."

It's for the children, see. And for jacking up (yes, I did that on purpose) their arrest statistics, which is easier versus people with their hands on short arms (yes, I did that on purpose, too) rather than long ones.