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RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case
People should be held accountable and culpable for their
actions, by law and by moral and ethical standards. Simple decency and respect seem to have flown away with the
freedom and "apparent" anonymity of the internet. It
seems to have brought out the best and the worst in
humanity. But, this incident is only one of thousands, I'm
certain, given what I've seen in user groups on-line. The
Internet is NOT a safe place for adults . . . let alone
unsupervised children. Nonetheless, everyone has to be
held strictly accountable for the choices they make to
cause harm to another individual. The second part of this
discussion certainly also needs to be around prevention.
Part of prevention is the keen awareness that there will be
a punishment for malicious actions. The rest of prevention
has to do with adults setting the example. And, it seems
to me that starts at home, with parents exhibiting
behaviours that children can learn. And this example goes
to the top . . . our government is ripe with such antics and
must be held accountable for it's indiscretions. When
children and teenagers see that our President can get away
with laughing at the law, then why shouldn't they? Our
social responsibility has lost all sense of morality. I think
this tragic story is only the tip of the iceberg. Freedom is
a wonderful benefit . . . but it carries with it a
preponderance of responsibility. Where that individual and corporate responsibility is shunned, where we abuse our
freedom and cause malicious harm, we loose access to
freedom.
Posted by: serenitylodge@...   Posted on: 05/17/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Indictment Sad Misplacement of Justice  honkymagoo | 05/15/08
Sticks and stones...  ye | 05/16/08
details  rkoman@... | 05/16/08
I've read details from another source and...  ye | 05/16/08
I may have it wrong, but  clfitz | 05/16/08
i guess you were a confident secure teen with no issues  jhand47201 | 05/22/08
Cause and Effect?  SteveMak | 05/16/08
Pretense?  axisiiad@... | 05/16/08
Hopeless optimism  SteveMak | 05/16/08
Bravo!  darkmoonman | 05/16/08
too bad  jhand47201 | 05/22/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  billo1955 | 05/16/08
Taking responsibility for ones actions  Marty R. Milette | 05/16/08
"Driving a child to suicide"  axisiiad@... | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  morecrush@... | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  billjacobus1 | 05/16/08
These charges need to be overturned  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/16/08
correct  shydae00 | 05/16/08
Correct  law_n_disorder | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  shydae00 | 05/16/08
+1  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/16/08
Emo child?  TG2 | 05/16/08
Hugely bad precedent  johndoe445566 | 05/16/08
You were naughty. Here's some charges.  axisiiad@... | 05/16/08
two wrongs dont make a right  shydae00 | 05/16/08
Just trying to cover their collective behinds  Steve Goldman | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  seannj427 | 05/16/08
At last something positive was done ...  OldGuru | 05/16/08
Utterly Ridiculous  donkere.prins@... | 05/18/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  yachard@... | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  freshmanj | 05/16/08
computer harassment is a crime in some places  TG2 | 05/16/08
Free speech?  skeptik | 05/16/08
Bad comparion  sdc100 | 05/16/08
point, missed  skeptik | 05/18/08
Not all speech is protected.  trent1 | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  ryanlee05 | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  ryanlee05 | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  mostlyharmless22 | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  cmwilliams@... | 05/16/08
"No Fire"  pranavb99@... | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  storm@... | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  sframberger@... | 05/16/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  serenitylodge@... | 05/17/08
The law being used to ruin people.  axisiiad@... | 05/17/08
I doubt it  serenitylodge@... | 05/18/08
Do not prosecute speech!  pranavb99@... | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  trent1 | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  JoesCat | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  abear4562 | 05/19/08
Accountability is lacking in USA  Hates Idiots | 05/19/08
Look at the charges  conspicuouschick | 05/19/08
Another parent's solution  dave@... | 05/19/08
RE: Look at the charges  techbuzzard | 05/19/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  PeterPac | 05/19/08
What if there were no computer in this story?  bernalillo | 05/21/08
The issue isn't that kids..  nysha@... | 05/21/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  nysha@... | 05/21/08
RE: Federal charges in MySpace suicide case  StycMan | 06/18/08
my space & blogs / as protected computers  TG2 | 06/18/08

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