[The inevitable next step in the case of the deaf kiddie porn watcher and the Tulare County library system.]
Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the egregiousness of the offense against my client is almost palpable. I can feel it. Can't you feel it? Just like how my client deals with his infirmity. Deaf people touch people's faces in order to hear them, right? No? Are you sure? Well, that's neither here nor there. I shall continue.
Now this is neither the time nor place to discuss what some library worker thought she saw, I'm here to speak for the victim, a man who through an unfortunate defect of his formation in the womb, a womb we have all shared under the eyes of the Lord, was preyed upon by the neglectful, callous, and dare I say, due to the irony, the blindness of the library.
The library, and through the library, the library workers, violated his most precious rights when they sneaked up on him and spied on his Internet activities. They sneaked like thieves in the night and stole from him. They stole his privacy and his dignity and they stole his freedom. The day they spied on his protected Internet activities, they stole a piece of America from each one of us, ladies and gentlemen. The America our mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, and brothers and sisters, have fought for in many wars and died to protect. Or maybe not died, but got seriously injured. Or maybe had to enroll in a sub-standard college to avoid the draft. Or had to go to Canada. Think about that ladies and gentlemen: Canada.
The library worker, who has since become a celebrity admits to standing behind my client, who could not hear her behind him. She had awareness of his abilities and of his inabilities and she took unfair advantage of them.
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, my client, who is deaf, is entitled to have an accommodation for his disability. The library, having prior knowledge of this disability, was required to install a mirror near the terminal so the man could see who is standing behind him. By denying this fair and simple accommodation, the library violated his rights by not giving him equal treatment, meaning, an equal opportunity with someone who does not suffer a disability to cover or disguise or delete his porn viewing if he spots someone standing near. My client was denied the opportunity to destroy evidence which could incriminate him in a court of law, a cherished freedom guaranteed to all citizens from the President down to the lowly Vice-President.
The library clearly had no looky-behind-my-backy mirror installed as was decided in the case of Arizona vs. Chester the Deaf Molester.
So ladies and gentlemen, find for my client, and for America. Thank you.
