if somebody googled 'how to end someone's life' do you think that should be noted by anyone? I don't think it should, not any more than somebody looking up "wh

if somebody googled 'how to end someone's life' do you think that should be noted by anyone? I don't think it should, not any more than somebody looking up "where to buy shoes" should be noted. Simply by looking at the phrase somebody typed into a search engine we can't ascribe any kind of motivation. Are they looking for particular song lyrics, doing research for a novel they're writing, looking up something they are talking about with some friends, actually thinking of killing someone? We don't know. Even if they have taken leave of their senses and are looking such a thing up with intention of acting on the information they find, that doesn't mean that they are actually going to act on it when the fit of irrationality blows over. How often do people think to themselves "I'm going to buy a motorcycle," or "I will start eating healthier," or some such without ever acting on it? And how many murders happen unpremeditated? Simply by throwing everyone who looks up "murder" online we won't prevent all homicide, and we would simply set a bad precedent: "look up information we don't want you to look up and we'll toss you in the clink."