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Porn at the Post Falls Library

Posted by Cindy

May 26, 2009 3:47 p.m. • 11 comments

I guess I’m old-fashioned, but when I was a kid we used to study at the library. Of course some of us may have hid the Joy of Sex inside our geography books, but still…

“A boy hoping to scour the Internet for pornography and steal computer equipment was arrested Monday at the the Post Falls Public Library, police said.” http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/26/police-porn-theft-lured-boy-library/

11 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

toadman on May 26 at 4:02 p.m.
Wow. You studied? I can honestly say that I didn’t study a single day of High School. Still graduated. I think I was voted “Biggest Disappointment” by my teachers, to which I just said “meh” and shrugged.

;-)
Cindy_H on May 26 at 4:11 p.m.
Of course I studied.
My gosh, “studying” is the password for myriad youthful educational pursuits. However, very few of those endeavors involve actual books.
toadman on May 26 at 4:16 p.m.
Ah.. I see.. so, when I was hanging out in the woods around the campfire at “the hooch” with the guys, hitting the bong, drinking ill-gotten Heineken, spouting philosophy, reciting Jim Morrison lyrics, and deciding which girl would be better at.. well.. ahem.. ..that was studying?

;-)
Cindy_H on May 26 at 4:18 p.m.
Only if you learned something :-)
toadman on May 26 at 4:25 p.m.
Oh.. lessons were learned, yes.
mike_s on May 26 at 4:54 p.m.
Holy cow. Unless that kid in the photograph is the one that was arrested it should not have been used with that story. Wow, talk about setting the S-R up to pay damages in a false light settlement.
Cindy_H on May 26 at 5:19 p.m.
Uh.Thanks, Mike.
By the way, if you click on the photos, you can read the caption.
florined on May 26 at 5:24 p.m.
“Going to the library” was the sure way to get parental permission to leave the house instead of doing chores. The purpose was to gather with friends, of course, and maybe share homework answers (my personal route to popularity, in lieu of good looks, charm, or car ownership.)
mike_s on May 26 at 5:30 p.m.
Sure Cindy, though I was thinking more about the poor kid whose photo was placed with a story about stealing computers to view online porn. Photo shouldn’t have been used regardless of the fact that if you know to click on the photo then a caption will appear. It’s a photograph and it immediately sends a message. I’m guessing you don’t have much experience making those decisions, though this stuff is taught to J-school undergrads.
Frum Helen Back on May 26 at 9:26 p.m.
And before the Joy of Sex, was Peyton Place. I’m sure there was a good book before that too.
Nick_Adams on May 26 at 11:26 p.m.
Uh. What photo?

Also, Mike_s, you could’ve easily made your point without taking a cheap shot a Cindy.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.