What's wrong with ppl!?

[Dowly]

I found this VERY sickening, especially coming from an supposed adult!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?nav=hcmodule

Woman Guilty of Minor Charges for MySpace Hoax

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 -- A Missouri woman who posed as a 16-year-old boy on MySpace.com to woo and then rebuff a troubled teenage girl who later committed suicide was found guilty Wednesday of three misdemeanor charges, but no felonies, by a federal jury.

EDIT: Ow, and the judge is an arse too.

[HunterICX]

Childish and really sick indeed
really a low act to bully a depressed 13 yeard old teenager

HunterICX

[Task Force]

What a stupid retarted woman, she ought to get put in the chair and pluged into the wall for just being a stupid a**.

A 13 year old shouldn't be on myspace imho, especially an obviously emotionally unstable 13 year old who can't take the insult slinging world of the internets.

I'm probably just scarred by the place though, after playing games like Eve Online, WoW, other mmos and forums, you don't really get offended by things people type. (Or say in the case of teamspeak and ventrillo)

[conus00]

Stupid broad, that's for sure. But you can't hardly blame all of it on her. The people who should be punished in this case are the kids' parents. If you have a 13-year old with emotional issues and you don't know about it and also let the kid freely roam the internet without overseeing her you have a SERIOUS parenting issue.

[Biggles]

Speechless....

[Boris]

Originally Posted by conus00

Stupid broad, that's for sure. But you can't hardly blame all of it on her. The people who should be punished in this case are the kids' parents. If you have a 13-year old with emotional issues and you don't know about it and also let the kid freely roam the internet without overseeing her you have a SERIOUS parenting issue.

I think you're being way too harsh on the parents here... Emotional issues aren't always the parents fault. Such things are just as likely to be caused by bullying or teasing at school and not fitting in. Some kids tend to close off from their parents, telling them everything is fine or just go quiet, and parents can do little to reach their kids this way. Every situation is different and complex. There's been plenty of suicide cases that just came out of the blue, where not even the parents suspected anything.

[baggygreen]

Easy fix tho - keep the computer your kids use in an open area! at the very least, have the screen visible from the doorway.

many many problems solved

As for this woman, I'd like to say she'll have to live with it for the rest of her life, but the impression i've got of her is that she doesn't and won't regret it one iota.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Dowly

I found this VERY sickening, especially coming from an supposed adult!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?nav=hcmodule

EDIT: Ow, and the judge is an arse too.

PEOPLE ARE NUTS !!! You've been on the internet how long ? :p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by baggygreen

Easy fix tho - keep the computer your kids use in an open area! at the very least, have the screen visible from the doorway.

many many problems solved

As for this woman, I'd like to say she'll have to live with it for the rest of her life, but the impression i've got of her is that she doesn't and won't regret it one iota.

From what I've read about how she went about it, it showed alot of planning and intent from day one. What makes it worse is that she has shown no remorse over her actions.

Agree with you baggy on how to keep a better eye on what you kids do on the net! Also checking on sites they visit is a good way of nipping problems in the bud.

[XabbaRus]

Originally Posted by Rilder

A 13 year old shouldn't be on myspace imho, especially an obviously emotionally unstable 13 year old who can't take the insult slinging world of the internets.

I'm probably just scarred by the place though, after playing games like Eve Online, WoW, other mmos and forums, you don't really get offended by things people type. (Or say in the case of teamspeak and ventrillo)

Whoa there, no one should have to take insult slinging and it shouldn't be expected.

The woman who did this is emotionally unstable. Granted I don't think myspace or bebo are a place for 13 year olds. Frankly I think sites like that are sad anyway.

Thing is what kind of person wakes up and decides "let's pretend to be thirteen and upset them..."?

[AntEater]

You don't need cyberspace to terrorize somebody.
I've just seen a perfect example of something similar in RL, only it did not yet lead to any injuries.
Just giving (unprofessional) legal advice to people I know has convinced me never to do anything with criminal law...
Just too depressing.

[Iceman]

I am finding women like the parable of the tounge...both are an "unruly evil which no man can tame".

That's all I have to say about that Forrest.

[SUBMAN1]

I'm torn on this case. On one hand, that was a pretty mean thing to do from the defendants side. On the other, that judge and jury set a dangerous precedent for users of the internet that might affect everyone. A catch 22 with this case.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by baggygreen

Easy fix tho - keep the computer your kids use in an open area! at the very least, have the screen visible from the doorway.

many many problems solved

As for this woman, I'd like to say she'll have to live with it for the rest of her life, but the impression i've got of her is that she doesn't and won't regret it one iota.

Agreed.

I sure as hell wouldnt want my kids getting onto 4chan or /b/.