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Typical over-reaction?
30-10-2009 6:48 PM
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Yes, its a tragedy that the a poor girl was murdered and my sympathies go to the family, but why the over-reaction? Why blame Facebook when its obvious the parent wasn't watching their child...
Quote She had about 400 friends on Facebook but she knew every single one of them.
400 friends but knew every single one of them? I find that pretty unlikely that a 17 year old knows 400 people!
Quote We can't imagine how she got to be friends with someone she didn't know
Because the odds are 370 people on her friends thing are strangers who get added as a friend of a friend, then a friend of a friend of a friend, then "hey, you know X and Y, Z does too".
I have a friend I know online through FFXI who is *terrified* of people on the internet who thinks every single one of them is a weirdo out to do her harm (I don't have the heart to point out she is one of those people on the internet........) because of stories like this. Some level of caution is always a good thing, but having 400 friends of which the vast majority will be friends of a friend (or a stranger) and then placing blame on someone else, grrrr.
Again my sympathies go out to the family, but I really wish the press would get some perspective >.<
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30-10-2009 7:07 PM
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Quote We trusted Facebook and she was always told never to add a stranger as a friend.
allways dangerous to take what the news say, but the we trusted facebook quote gets me.
what was the parents trusting facebook would do?
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30-10-2009 7:52 PM
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Quote from: ASBO
Quote We trusted Facebook and she was always told never to add a stranger as a friend.
Similar to the deaths of our soldiers in a war zone ?
(We trust the MOD, not to send our soldiers into placees where they might get hurt.....? ) Aw come on.... they (the soldiers) join the army, fully expecting to shoot at someone else, and not get shot at themselves? They know what they are signing up for when they go to the recruiting office, and have the option to decline......
Yes, I agree, sympathy to the family, but as already noted, this girl was 17, and obviously knew what she was doing, meeting a stranger off the internet, and concealing it from her parents by lying about her intended whereabouts, [quote ......"after she claimed she was staying with a friend. " unquote ] and then her mother says to be home by 10.30
I see the "suspect" has also been charged with not notifying the police of a change of address.....wonder which will bring down the biggest sentence, if convicted.....
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30-10-2009 8:35 PM
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It only takes a modicum of responsibility for people on that there internet, a bit of common sense. if you are going to meet someone, don't go alone, make sure your friends know where you are, as well as your parents (even if you're over 18!), take friends with you, meet in a place that is very public. if you need to lie to your parents that you are going to meet someone off the internet then that in itself should be a huge sign that you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
But yet again the internet and applications on the internet are being treated as "bad" because people seem unable to take responsibility for their own actions, the girl should *never* have met the guy unless she was 100% safe and secure meeting him.
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30-10-2009 8:47 PM
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30-10-2009 9:58 PM
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03-11-2009 10:12 PM
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The kids using these sites seem quite naive to the dangers they potentially face in these situations and are way to trusting, she never once assumed that the person may not be who they say they are, and usually base their judgement from one profile picture and a few words they've messaged back and forth. One time you only had to be streetwise, nowadays you have to be internet wise as well.
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04-11-2009 9:08 AM
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JMDLP, POPPY for instance, I have met both of those so I know. CaptainKirk took me a long time to find the name was Tracy and a female.
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04-11-2009 11:52 AM
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Quote from: pierre_pierre CaptainKirk took me a long time to find the name was Tracy and a female.
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04-11-2009 12:38 PM
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04-11-2009 12:40 PM
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04-11-2009 12:51 PM
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04-11-2009 2:50 PM
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04-11-2009 7:54 PM
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05-11-2009 5:21 PM
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