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Fitzy -- Again, I do appreciate your taking the time to share your concerns with me.
Perhaps this analogy might make what I'm striving to understand more apparent:
If you get in the way of a runner on his way from first to second you will be called for obstruction close to 100% of the time.
On a short single to leftcenter, if you block the plate before you have the ball with a runner coming home, you will be called for obstruction 0% of the time.
The rule, as written, should apply equally to each situation.
I'm getting replies here which focus entirely on the first baserunning example, but which don't account for the second one.
I do not question the credentials of anyone who is taking the time to engage me on this topic. Indeed your admonitions are obviously offered in a spirit of generosity. At the same time, however, I would hope that one among you might just spend a little more time by citing a case analogous to mine which ended up with a criminal prosecution, or with the starlet sueing for damages.
On that last point, it's worth positing the question: Would a starlet even bring such a case in the first place when it would be impossible to get around the fact that she illegally prostituted herself in order to provide the content of the production she's seeking damages for?
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