Computer users at New York City libraries are welcome to look at hard core pornography because it's their first amendment right; over time, porn will be the only purpose for the computers, as non-porn-viewing patrons shun the proximity of the smut.
-- From "City libraries say 'checking out' porn protected by First Amendment" by Douglas Montero and Bob Fredericks, New York Post 4/25/11
The electronic smut falls under the heading of free speech and the protection of the First Amendment, library officials say.
"Customers can watch whatever they want on the computer," said Brooklyn Public Library spokeswoman Malika Granville, describing the anything-goes philosophy that's the rule at the city's 200-plus branches.
Library patron Daisy Nazario, 60, said she was grossed out when she discovered she was sitting next to an elderly porn watcher in the Brooklyn Central Library recently.
"It is very disrespectful to the children."
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