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Read and tell me your thoughts....


(this is a long read, but worth it)

Anybody happen to catch Nightline last night on ABC? In case you didn't, one of the hot topics discussed was MySpace. It is no secret to anyone who reads the newspaper or watches the 6 o'clock news that MySpace has been in the limelight because of "sexual predators" trying to "abduct and corrupt" the youth of the world. To this I say Bullnuts! I see dozens of profiles a day showing 14 year old girls dressed like sluts, wearing four inches of make up and 32 layers of eyeliner, displaying their age as 18 years old and profile lines stating "Oh, I'm So Sexy" or "Hey There, Wanna Check Up On It?" Come on! The youth of today's world are already corrupt enough due to the undying need to be "older" than they really are. I seriously doubt there are tons of people on MySpace stalking "innocent young girls" who just happen to have tramped up profiles and ages 4 years greater than their own.

On Nightline, there was a story of a 12 year old girl who was a drug-addict and attributed it all to MySpace. She claims that Myspace allowed her to easily find drug dealers in her area, as well as older men to have sex with her. Now, at the age of 14, she has been checked into a drug-rehabilitation clinic and has been away from her family for 5 months. Her parents would rather place the blame squarely on the shoulders of MySpace instead of their daughter, who even admitted that at the age of 12, had already tried weed, crack, X, and had slept with numerous guys older than herself...but of course, it wasn't her fault, it was all because of MySpace.

Once again, COME ON! When are parents and children going to stop passing the blame and grow up enough to take responsibility for their actions and the actions of their children.. Parents:, monitor your children online, take some responsibility for YOUR children. Children, if a profile name sounds like something that comes out of a cheap horror movie, like "DARK ANGEL OF DEATH WHO EATS THE BRAINS OF GIRLS"...chances are you DO NOT WANT TO ADD THEM AS A FRIEND! Apparently there is new legislation in Congress now to block MySpace in all public schools and public libraries across the United States. All because little girls want to act grown and don't want to accept the consequences and parents don't want to accept the fact that their "innocent little girls" are posing as 18 year old crack #####s trying to buy drugs.

Eventually, if this continues, MySpace could be totally outlawed from the Internet. Restrictions will be put in place in order to make MySpace "safer". I don't know about you, but I use MySpace to keep in touch with my family and friends, use it for messages, and just to have a space that is my own. Just because some children want to act grown, does that mean I may have to eventually give up my MySpace? If you feel the same way I do


A 14 year old girl, and her mother have filed a law suit against Myspace.com(what?) because she was sexually assaulted by another user. She said he lied by saying he was on the High School Football team, and THAT gained her trust. Obvisiously, if that's all it took to gain her trust, she easily trusts pretty much anybody and anyone. She's suing Myspace.com for $30 million because she believes myspace has poor security. WHAT A CROC! Myspace is not a babysitting service, take responsiblity for your own actions!!! What happened to her is a terrible thing and should never happen to anyone period. Where were her parents? Why are they not held responsible for what their daughter does in their own home? Myspace has many many ways of blocking out/screening people, some are: you have to ACCEPT the person you may or may not know as well as deny people you do or do not know, you can have certain security measures added like asking for last name and email address, you can block a person, you can only associate with people you ALREADY know or simply you can NOT be on MySpace if you lack common sense.

Pass this on if you support Tom, and Myspace.com. It's about time adults take responsibility for their own children, instead of blaming it on someone else.

[hotsauce]

agreed, but parents find it so much easier to blame someone else then themselves, i bet if that girl became something famous it would be because of her parenting and they would take all the credit for that, but when something wrong happens its never their fault its someone else's

[alone]

I swear this was brought up here already.. Though I can't seem to find it anywhere.

[Gnarkill]

All it boils down to is bad parents need a scapegoat, another great example of this is the Columbine/ Marilyn Manson scapegoat scenario, the kids didn't do what they did becuase of the music they listened to, they did it as a cry for help when noone was showing them attention they needed or they were gettin negative atttention and thats how they got the attention they wanted or needed I guess, parents spend time with your kids, monitor thier internet use like you would thier everyday life and actually teach them something then we wouldn't have this problem.

Edited by Gnarkill, 13 July 2006 - 06:11 PM.

[Shaginator]

Learn to be a better parent and be accountable for your childs mistakes. There lives are in your hands. Its quite easy to block myspace from their computer if you feel it is inapproptiate for them to use it. Just like any other site. For the most part it is free of nudity and offensive material (at least on a PG-13 level).

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Yea its bad parents and its the victims fault as well .. i only add people i know IRL or in the game .. alot of people on myspace have like 2k+ friends and i noticed alot of the freinds never comment there profile/pics or live anywhere near em.. i think people should be more aware of who they do and dont add to therre freinds .. alot of them just want millions of peeps at friends but id say ONLY ADD PEOPLE YOU KNOW!! theres my 2 cents lets hear more..