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Men used MySpace.com to meet underage girls for sex
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| Mar 2 2006
Posted on 03/02/2006 9:05:04 AM PST by george wythe
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Match.com date ends ugly A meeting arranged through the online dating service Match.com has led to allegations of rape. Beverly police say a woman called them reporting a sexual assault at an Essex Street residence where she met her date in person for the first time after talking on line.
To: george wythe
This must be regulated better. Waiting for the mandatory libertarian to blame it all on the parents...
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:08:42 AM PST
by
dinoparty
To: george wythe
Not that it's any excuse for bad behavior on the part of the guy, but why the hell did she meet the guy for the fist time alone at a residence? Isn't coffee in a public place de rigeur?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:10:42 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
To: george wythe
A meeting arranged through the online dating service Match.com has led to allegations of rape.
No surprises there, my time on Match.com had me hit on by every creep & pervert in the county
To: dinoparty
WHAT?????
Let's have government regulate dating sites and other forms of adult behavior?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:11:25 AM PST
by
misterrob
(Islam is a hate crime)
To: dinoparty
regulated by government? how?
it takes a parent all of 10 minutes to install web security software on their kids PC, and block myspace.com. instead, we need some massive government regulatory beauracracy to comb through myspace.com?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:11:35 AM PST
by
oceanview
To: dinoparty
What additional regulations do you recommend?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:11:55 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
To: dinoparty
The parents should know what their kids are doing online, and where they are going.
And they need to stress to their children how dangerous all this is.
See, you didn't have to wait long.
To: george wythe
Duh.
MySpace features hundreds of thousands of teenagers baring their souls in public. After that kid went down to Arkansas and shot up a gay bar, a Freeper posted a link to his MySpace site. It was fascinating, and the appeal for teens is undeniable. But the kids just post messages to their friends about where they want to hang out Friday night, etc... as if there is no-one who might use that info for evil purposes. Plus its a completely parent-free subculture... not a recipe for wisdom.
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:12:58 AM PST
by
dangus
To: dinoparty
"This must be regulated better. "
How do you suggest that be done? And by whom?
My thinking is that parents can best do this with their own children, wouldn't you think?
But, if you think the government can do it, I'd be interested in hearing how.
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:13:18 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: george wythe
Wow...I'm shocked...just shocked.
Such a wholesome website too!
/immense sarcasm
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:13:27 AM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(It´s way past time to shut the barn door on illegal aliens.)
To: dinoparty
This must be regulated better. Waiting for the mandatory libertarian to blame it all on the parents... How do you think this can be better regulated?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:13:53 AM PST
by
timm22
To: george wythe
Ok folks, esp parents, listen up. I work for IBM and it is my job to build security into our customer's networks. HOWEVER, this does not relieve you from the responsibility of knowing what your child is doing with your computer and Internet connection.
Consider the Internet no different than the rest of the world. Know where your kids are and what they are doing and when they are doing it and who they are talking to.
If you do not know how to do this, then LEARN!!!!! There are often many local community colleges and free classes on how to use computers and protect your kids. Take advantage of the classes.... and I don't want to hear any crap about not having enough time. Will that be any comfort when your shattered and emotionally scared daughter is crying because some boy or pervert raped her?!
Be the adult here and set some ground rules. Put your computer that the kids use out in the middle of the house WERE THERE IS NO PRIVACY. That one action alone will keep most people from going places they should not.
To: dangus
Do we really want to regulate teenager dialouge over the internet?
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:15:04 AM PST
by
ozoneliar
("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
To: dinoparty
I'm not a libertarian (I'm a registered Republican), but I also blame the parents. At some point, people are going to have to take responsibility for their own kids. Putting a computer in the kids' room, where they shut the door and do whatever they want is tantamount to letting them run the streets at all hours--they're going to find some of the same people online as they would on the streets.
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:15:24 AM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: dinoparty
This must be regulated better. I regulated this issue in my house. My children cannot use the computer connected to the Internet. Period.
If by any reason they need access to e-mail or the Web, either mommy or daddy can help them.
To: dangus
Is everything on Myspace.com posted in public? I mean, is there a private chat space on it too....Unbeknownst to my step-grand daughter, (and her mother, and her grandmother) I've been monitoring her site, but wondering about a "back" site....other than email, of course.
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:16:14 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
( "the left can only take power through deception." (and it seems Hillary & Company are the masters)
To: oceanview
it takes a parent all of 10 minutes to install web security software
Works until junior formats the HD.
The only effective web security software is you personally checking up. That other stuff just doesn't work well at all.
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posted on
03/02/2006 9:16:18 AM PST
by
JamesP81
To: JamesP81
take the windows CD away so they can't reload it.
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