Posted on 11/21/2007 9:26:06 AM PST by Between the Lines
Thanks, much better.
I can’t believe anyone would defend the family that did this to this child, especially given they knew of her depression.
the parents are more negligent for not knowing what their daughter was doing online for hours at a time. they took no interest in their daughter’s life. they suck. it’s their fault.
Absolutely deserve it, and hopefully since there is no criminal prosecution that can be made against them, then civil court case for the clear “intentional infliction of emotional distress” will hopefully wind up with Millions of Dollars of judgements against them and ruin them for life.
Sick, people, they are no more human than the guy here in town who raped, abused and killed a 10 month old girl left in his care.
God may have mercy on their souls, but I have none.
No, it was someone who the girl (and, evidently, her parents) *thought* was a (cute) teenage boy. That’s the problem with MySpace and 13-year-old girls.
Has anyone ever answered the question, why has the "Have a shitty rest of your life" message disappeared? Apparently all the rest of the messages sent between Josh and Megan, and the other kids' pile-on messages have all been retrieved...But not that one. This, even though CEOs of major corporations and politicians have THOUGHT they made online messages unretrievable, only to be proven wrong. So why is the only proof that message was ever sent Megan's father's word?
I may be wrong, but I think the message may never have existed. The father made it up back when everyone thought Josh Evans was a real 16 year old boy. He thought that message may have been enough to get Josh arrested. He was wrong (even if Josh had been real, perhaps) and if this case goes to court, if that message never existed it will be proven to be a nonexistent message. And that may strike a jury the wrong way. Even in a civil case, I don't know as a jury would be inclined to back up even a grieving parent for making up something , in so serious a case.
I could be wrong; maybe the message DID exist and there's some valid reason why it hasn't been retrieved from anywhere, but that whole business strikes me as very strange.
The Drews are despicable people. But even more tragic than Megan's death would be if her case is used to put the internet under the control of the people who really hate how the internet has eroded their power , especially since they no longer control the news. These people are evil, and they will not hesitate to use a dead child and two grieving parents to take back the power they feel is theirs rightfully.
Without parental (or responsible-adult) oversight.
Just a brick and a paintball? They are lucky it’s not shotgun slugs, AP rifle rounds and molotov cocktails.
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Maybe I’m wrong, but I remember reading in an earlier article that she told her Mom at least about the boy she met online.
If someone took my little girl like this there would be more then just hell to pay...You can bet on that! If this is as true as has been reported, they should have been rotting in jail by now.
I recently adopted four “special needs” siblings from foster care, and although my children are happy and healthy and considerably well-adjusted despite living a life of hell before coming to me, they are fragile in many ways, and would be very vulnerable to this kind of emotional scam perpetrated by these unbelievable parents of Megan’s former school friend.
We see evil everyday, and yes, must protect our families. It is a difficult task, and having an 11 year old in school, he is sometimes hard to protect because we cannot attend school with them.
Good luck, friend.
My kids are older, but from what I have seen in my family (and extended family), it can be done. Too many parents have stopped parenting, I think, and have tried too hard to be cool and to be “friends” with their children.
Now that my oldest is grown, and my youngest is getting there, we can be friends. But children need protection from the scum among us.
Yes, don’t forget this person/people deliberately set out to cause the girl as much emotional pain as possible.
Calling someone on FR an idiot is not even close.
You’re missing the point. She did not meet a “boy” online. This is the problem with MySpace, and with parents who do not oversee their young children’s activities online.
Wow thanks.
susie
Excellent points. Sometimes it makes me think of that Star Trek episode where the kids were running the planet.
susie
But she did oversee her activities online, and even the Mother thought the boy was ‘ok’.
I understand what you’re saying.
Then the mother wasn’t giving adequate oversight, IMO. There was no “boy.”
It’s the same as if someone called the daughter on the phone sounding like a teenage boy. Would the parents be at fault then because they didn’t have X ray vision or ESP?
The mother was giving adequate oversite in my opinion. The chats were pretty mundane to start with, and in a sense more easy to monitor than a phone call because they were right there in print. There was a lie taking place and the parents as well as the girl were taken in.
The issue isn’t with her parents, but those who faked being the boy.
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