Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of all patrons using the computers. Then they made their announcement: The viewing of Internet pornography was forbidden.
The men looked stern and wore baseball caps emblazoned with the words "Homeland Security." The bizarre scene unfolded Feb. 9, leaving some residents confused and forcing county officials to explain how employees assigned to protect county buildings against terrorists came to see it as their job to police the viewing of pornography.
I suppose that's one use for former Vice Squad agents. Still, what a waste of money. The funny part of this story is when the police arrive to deal with the uppity? library patron and librarian. The cop didn't pull the law-abiding patron and librarian out of the library, but rather pulled the ?homeland security agents? outside and gave them a friendly bit of instruction on how to properly not harass law-abiding citizens.
This is not mission creep, but rather part of a sophisticated attempt to capture terrorists since it's a well-known fact that terrorists like strip clubs. A library is clearly the next best thing because you can view porn there and porn is the next best thing to a real, live woman stripping. Just ask any man that has had to substitute pornography for a real woman. He'll tell you that it sure does beat having to use one's imagination to conjure up images of women who might be sexually interested in men like them.
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