I’ll be frank, since you don’t get it. What she’s asking is whether people look at porn without masturbating to it.
And the answer is yes. You get some thrill out of just looking. It’s the same reason why many guys leer at women.
Um, yeah, I get it. 
I was agreeing with her. I personally have never watched porn without doing a little “extracurricular” activity, so I was a bit puzzled myself.
I’m puzzled by why airport magazine vendors always have a selection of porn (the legal kind, of course). Don’t people basically shop there to get reading material for their flights?
I know that sexual deviancy or perversion crosses all social and intellectual lines, but the local news is now reporting that this guy is actually a fully tenured Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, (probably the most respected university in the entire Intermountain West area) so at least academically, he must be a fairly intelligent person.
The latest story is now a bit vague however, and if I understand it correctly, someone on the plane knew this guy socially, then somehow saw the kiddie porn on his laptop and so called one of his relatives, who lives in Arizona and the AZ relative was the one who called the Boston cops…
I was on the phone when the news report was playing and didn’t hear everything clearly. This account is a little different from what was reported last night. The whole sordid thing is turning into somewhat of a big story here in straightlaced Salt Lake City, with him being revealed to be a Prof. at the “U” and all. If he was a blue-collar welder or something I don’t think there would be nearly as much coverage.
If true, truly bizarre…
The one thing that seems to be certain is that there was indeed some child porn discovered, as he is being held in Boston and not allowed bail until a hearing sometime tomorrow.
I’ll provide a linky, since nobody else bothered.
What kind of college professor can afford to fly first class?
Because there will be a very lonely (and private) hotel room at the other end of the flight a fair percentage of the time.
Although, I never did kiddie porn cases, when I prosecuted cases thank god, I did have some very disturbing images in my laptop. And I usually do work on the laptop when I am in a flight. my god, I could have gotten into a serious scrap.
AK84, I thought you had Pakistani roots, making you allready guilty of flying while looking Middle Eastern
It’s perhaps possible that he had bathtub photos of his kids among a family album. That seems unlikely, but any explanation here seems unlikely.
That’s what I think, he’s an addict and simply couldn’t wait until he got home.
Well, garden-variety porn you might get away with, people would think you are an asshole and a jerk of course, and you might be asked to put the porn away, but kiddie porn is in another class entirely. Maybe he had been looking at kiddie porn for so long that his sense of danger about it had eroded, like someone who uses guns/explosives all his life and finally gets so used to them that he shoots himself/blows himself up doing something anyone else would consider dangerous.
Um, was it “real” kiddie porn or what gets called “porn” in some parts of the US? Because some years back, a case in the US made headlines where a guy selling comics (to adults!) was arrested for selling porn. In another case a guy drawing pictures was charged with kiddie porn.
So I can see somebody who’s from a different culture - or an artist/ works with artists - looking at pictures, and some guy next to him without context flipping out and calling it kiddie porn / it’s kiddie porn under US laws, but not because children were harmed.
I agree-this professor has a few screws loose.
My question: could you be charged with owning child porn, if you were looking at a collection of Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements? Are these ads legal?
seriously?
Ok. I let the sneak brag in the OP slide, but now I have to call you on it.
The kind who gives papers at a lot of conferences, traveling to them on university or grant money, picking up a lot of airline miles along the way, which he can then use to upgrade to first class.
Then you didn’t read as far as the third line of the OP? Sheesh.
:: raises hand :: Well, actually, I can’t afford to fly first class, but Delta keeps upgrading me for free. When you live in a tiny little college town serviced by only one airline, you rack up some pretty sweet frequent-flyer perks.
From the Salt Lake Tribune
My bolding.
No, it looks like hard core porn.
In the article, it also quotes the University of Utah spokesman who stated their policy of not reimbursing first class flights. I’d go with free upgrades, which happens fairly often if you are a frequent flier with lots of mileage.
From the same article
So he’s looking at porn of girls the same age as his kids. Double yuck.
Just earlier today, in this very forum, ralph124c told the SDMB that he was admitted into Harvard Business School, but then decided it wasn’t for him…
Seriously.