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...not that there's anything wrong with that.
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The least the guy could have done was go to a theater showing X rated movies like Pee Wee Herman did.
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I never understood the jerkoffs and their porn in "public library" do they get off with little kids and people around?
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I don't understand why you can access adult content on a public library computer. McDonalds for one does not allow you to use their WiFi hotspots to browse porn. My office has a long list of off-limits websites (and it gets longer every day). The library should have some kind of content filter. That said, you don't get to hit anyone to solve a disagreement. In this situation, the offended party should have reported the matter to a librarian.
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The library doesn't limit content access because of 1st Amendment issues. Librarian are pretty big on not wanting to go down the path that might lead to restrictions on reading materials or book banning. There's actually a pretty good explanation of the problem in Free for All.
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The Library doesn't censor internet use and it's a good thing. It gets really tricky to do this. When my 14 year old niece was assigned to research "breast cancer" she couldn't get past the filter I set up on her computer. We disabled it and they ended up never using it.
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My understanding is that there is a filter on at BPL, but if you are over 17 you can disable it and surf freely.
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Perhaps this individual was also masturbating while looking at the porn?
The two do often go together.
contacting security would have been the mature way to handle someone looking at porn and whacking off, not punching him.
I can tolerate someone looking at porn in a library, but I don't have to tolerate masturbation and porn at the same time.
"if you do it with yourself, do it by yourself"
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I'm sure someone will find a way to blame this on Ratner.
BTW, I love the comments section of the article. "Traded blows". "Got off easy". Yuk, yuk.
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whynot_31 said:
Perhaps this individual was also masturbating while looking at the porn?Doubtful. The porn surfer would have got more than just a disorderly conduct if he were jerkin' it. The guy that instigated the fight, on the other hand, was charged with assault.
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why(fi) do you love it? people should be able to look at whatever they want unless it's illegal. that's what library's are for. even if you disagree, slugging somebody for it is barbaric.
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Smokin' Joe said:
why(fi) do you love it?Dark sense of humor. Sue me.
Smokin' Joe said:
people should be able to look at whatever they want unless it's illegal. that's what library's are for.Um, okay. Did I make any statements to the contrary?
Smokin' Joe said:even if you disagree,
I think that you're either reading too much in to this or that you didn't read the 4 sentence article at all. I don't think that this was a dispute over whether or not the content was appropriate. I think that the fight broke out because one man thought that his need for the computer was more legitimate, based upon the content on screen.
Smokin' Joe said:slugging somebody for it is barbaric.
You've got pretty low tolerance, then.
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Am I the only one who suspects this was a clash of TWO idiots?
Please allow me to me explain my suspicion in two simple sections :
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Yes, one can legally look at porn at a library.But (am I the only one?) who suspects that the gentleman who would not yield the computer when his time was up MIGHT have a some issues? Fellow males, I know we all look at porn ...but it is the decision to look at porn while at the library that leads me to believe that this particular male may be more than two standard deviations from the norm.
[Ave Q sings "The Internet for Porn". If you haven't seen it, it is totally worth it. Not Safe for Work.]B.
The inpatient one. Clearly, a thinking individual should be able to cope with someone who will not yield a free computer at a library REGARDLESS OF THE REASON for the delay.In fact, the library has staff that routinely tells users that their time has expired, and in my experience they have the skills to do this without punching the individual.
As a result of the availability of said staff members, I believe that it is a reasonable expectation that if one felt like they were being denied the ability to use a computer at the appointed time, the proper thing would be to involve staff.
Fellow males, I know we all get frustrated ...but this decision to become violent WHILE AT THE LIBRARY leads me to believe that this particular male may be more than two standard deviations from the norm.
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If the BPL feels strongly that adults ought to be able to read anything in the library, perhaps they should provide a private room that people can book when they need to do research into erotica or other material that might offend. When I was at college, the library had a special collection of all this sort of stuff that you had to book in to see.
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whynot_31 said:
Am I the only one who suspects this was a clash of TWO idiots?I don't suspect that they're both idiots - I'm certain of it.
...which is why it's funny in an (admittedly) off-color way.
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bohuma, as I've explained, I believe the vast majority of computer users are able to respect social norms even though they have been denied private viewing booths.
I also fear the present janitorial staff would quit upon learning that they would have to regularly clean such booths.
[The classic Hair Gel scene from "Something About Mary"] NSFWFor better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor. -
whynot_31 said:
bohuma, as I've explained, I believe the vast majority of computer users are able to respect social norms even in though they have been denied private viewing booths. I also fear the present janitorial staff may quit upon learning that they would have to regularly clean such booths.NSFW.
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And now..... because no thread on sperm is complete without a tribute to Monty Python (and in an effort to get this conversation moved to the lounge where it belongs)
{Monty Python's classic "Every Sperm is Sacred"]but, wait, before we get moved to the abyss of The Lounge.... Here's the result of my google search on "Sperm Jokes":
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What do men and sperm have in common?
They both have a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a human being.2.
One sperm says to the other: "How far is it to the ovaries?"
The other one replies: "Relax. We just passed the tonsils."3.
Why does it take 1 million sperm to fertilize one egg?
They won't stop to ask directions.4.
Why is urine yellow and sperm white?
So men can tell if they are coming or going.5.
What's white and sticky and found on the bathroom wall?
Pee Wee Herman's latest release6.
Once there was a sperm named Stanley. When all the other sperm were just swimming around, Stanley was doing sprints and lifting weights. One day, a sperm asked him why he was always exercising."You see," said Stanley, "when the time comes, I'm gonna be first to the ovary, you'll see." The other sperm did not believe him. But one day, they were called to action, and all started swimming. All of a sudden, Stanley turned and went in the other direction.
"Don't do it, boys! It's a BLOWJOB!"7.
A man walks into a sperm bank and declares I'm of royal blood and an I.Q. of 165, I'd like to make a donation. The nurse gives him a sealed cup and directs him to a private room. 20 minutes later the man hasn't come out, the nurse knocks on the door. "Is there a problem?""I'm so embarrassed, I used my right hand. I used my left hand. I poured cold water on it and hot water on it. Could you help me? The nurse replied "I don't usually do this but you are kinda cute..." She gets on her knees and begins to blow him.
"I really appreciate what you are doing, but I need help getting the cap off the jar!"
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The nexus between this post and this thread is "non-masturbation reasons to look at porn in a library".
A fellow urban planner was researching an article on the zoning news of the weird. He needed his office techs to unrestrict his access to research the following:
As you may be aware, most places with zoning laws allow people to have home businesses in residential zones. A website opened up in which "college females" did all home based activities more or less clad. Cameras were scattered liberally throughout the home. The servers were off site as were all the cash transactions. So, was this activity wrong for the zone?
According to the courts, no.
Then those same courts heard a similar case, this time with barely clad MEN as the residents, however, that house was found not to comply with the zoning code.
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The issue returns to the news:
For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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