Its just porn…

Just to show how popular porn is becoming, recently in a news report, fireman are being charged in looking at porn while on duty: http://news.yahoo.com/s/wesh/20060414/lo_wesh/3399161

In my opinion, the city is overreacting on this matter. The city is making this seem as if the fire fighters committed some sort of mortal sin. When someone incrimates someone for looking at pornography in a situation like this, I cannot help but believe that they are being totally hypocritical. Reacting in a situation like this, when it is almost guaranteed that half of the station looks at pornography anyways should not be allowed. I feel that disciplining the fire fighters would be a viable explanation, but making it a public matter and bringing the police into the situation is totally unacceptable. As far as situations like these are concerned, I feel a slap on the wrist should be the penalty for a first offense (a warning) and then if it takes place again, further punishment could be instituted. Getting the authorities involved, however is totally unnecessary.