Thirty years ago, Federal Judge John M. Woolsey decided that Ulysses was not obscene on the grounds that it was a work of art. Last week New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur G. Klein decided that a seminaked waitress is not obscene on the grounds that it does not matter.
Justice Klein was considering the case of the Bunny, the look-but-don't-touch feature of the Playboy Clubs, which have proliferated across the country like rabbits in the past few years. Manhattan's club cost $3,500,000 and had already gotten a restaurant license from...
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