“There’s nothing everybody here has in common....
“There’s nothing everybody here has in common. Except sunshine.”
--James O’Toole, a Venice resident, reacting to news that a judge dismissed charges against three men accused of distributing obscene videotapes because he could not use the traditional litmus test of “community standards” in a city as diverse as Los Angeles.
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