Library, Child Pornography, Personal Privacy, First Amendment Rights, Bacon? What?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

What if he had been looking at a "teen" site where all the models were over 18?

From her description, they were obviously underaged. Of course we only have her account to go on.

What if he wore bottle glasses and drafted a large-print e-mail full of death threats against his enemies that he had no intention of sending?

What if he was reading about how to make a bomb?

What if he was sitting at a table writing fan fiction that may or may not infringe copyrights?

What if he was in a chat room discussing prices and markets with a competitor? ("Sir, this is your first warning. Please don't use our library to restrain trade?")

Etc.

What if he had been dictating death threats out loud (though not too loud for a library, of course) into a tape recorder?

Since when is reading about making a bomb an illegal act?

There is obviously a gray area where judgement is involved, but I don't see anything wrong with someone seeing someone doing something that is reasonably obviously illegal in a public place reporting it to the police.