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In a nutshell: 14 yo girl has a page on Myspace. 19 yo guy pretends to be high school football player, contacts girl through her Myspace page and solicits her contact info out of her. They both arrange a meeting and 19 yo ends up raping her.
Who's fault is it? MYSPACE OF COURSE! Yes, she is suing NEWSCORP for the Mo Lester breeding ground that is Myspace.com. Apparently it is now someone else's responsiblity to make sure you don't give out your personal information.
If this is true, the following must also be true:
I can now sue every company that ran every contest that I ever entered. As a result of my signing up for the contests, I now suffer daily stress and anxiety as I must wade through piles of junk mail. It is their fault that I provided them with all my information - so now I want my money.
I can also now sue hotmail, yahoo, and google for the pornographic 'spam' I receive on a daily basis as a result of my dumb ass signing up for whatever looks good on the web.
While I'm at it, I will also sue Myspace.com. I have had my profile up for months, and I have not received (as promised) ONE solicitation by a sexual predator. I now suffer from low self esteem and wonder what's wrong with ME?!?!?
Well, If you want to make me 'soliciting' you part of our role-playing from now on, I'll do my best to see that it happens. Frankly, I am stunned that people do this at all after watching Dateline.
ReplyDeleteTherefore, I propose New Myspace rules:
For Women: The age of the guy you are talking to equals his stated age plus 20 years. So if you want some fat, sweaty, beer bellied dude with thinning hair touching all your stuffed animals and shedding in your shower then by all means chat it up.
For Men: The age of the girl you are talking to is either correct (12) and what you are doing is wrong, or the girl you are talking to is actually a guy who works for Perverted Justice and wants to put you in jail. So unless you like the feel of another mans chest hair chafing your shoulder blades raw AVOID MYSPACE.
Also, don't forget the most famous rule:
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I think you could get more solicitations if:
ReplyDelete1. You stopped using the zombie pic on mySpace. Try using a pic of Julia Stiles or something.
2. Your current name is too masculine sounding. Try using 'Julia Stiles' or something.
3. Write the word '(giggle)' after every sentence.
4. Try saying you are 14 YEARS OLD. Remember to include include the caps.
This is another example of people not taking personal responsibility.
ReplyDeleteSure, at 14 she may not be old enough to really understand the consequences of her actions but her parents can.
MySpace being responsible is akin to the illegal immigrant being responsible for the tart taste of your strawberries ... wait a minute!
14 or not, you have to be absolutely THICK IN THE FCUKING HEAD not to have heard ANYTHING about all these sexual predators using Myspace to prey on girls. That damn Dateline special seems like it has aired 5000 times. On top of that, I'm sure its on youtube.com as well. 14 is old enough to know right from wrong. It's high school age. Is she naive? yes! Is she stupid? NO! Thus, Myspace is not at fault.
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