Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Cheers to the First Amendment

picture this:

i'm at the library cramming information into my brain to help me pass my philosophy class and i look up for a second and notice that there is an older middle class caucasian male casually looking at porn...

i think to myself, "no that can't be...i must have been staring at my paper for too long and my eyes are unfocused and my brain is delusional from sleep deprivation...there is no way that someone would openly and comfortably enjoy the carnal pleasures of an asian woman via the inter-web in the center of a public library full of people..." so i rub my eyes stretch in my chair and try to inconspicuously glance in his direction to disprove my original assumption...oddly enough my initial suspicions were confirmed and i burst into a noisy fit of giggles...

after i was able to gain my composure i nudged the person sitting next to me with my elbow and suggested that he go over to the "gentleman" and massage his shoulders...again i burst in to a giggle fit finding myself quite amusing. unfortunately the guy just looked extremely awkward did a sideways glance (obviously scanning the room for an open table to sit at). upon finding one he gathered up his things at once and promptly fled as far away from me as he could have possibly gotten without actually leaving the premises...

so i got curious (no not about asian women) about if this man was participating in some unruly behavior. i got up from the table and consulted one of the library's staff about the legality of viewing pornographic material on their computers. after an awkward gaze and a deafening silence he replied that i would not be breaking any laws by using king county's equipment to watch "pornographic material" , just so long as i was over the age of 18...

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