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Advicenators discussion: Interesting Food for thought for Advicenators
Razhie wrote Monday December 8 2008, 6:09 pm:
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This is an article on Lori Drew, the America woman who invented a fake guy on MySpace to help to harass her daughters teenage peer.
Interesting stuff for Advicenators I think on a few fronts.
One: Parents can be bullies too.
Two: There is rarely such a thing as 'consequence free'.
Three, and most interestingly: There is now a LEGAL precedent being set when it comes to a website rules:
"Sometimes these (meaning the sites rules) rules are enforced and sometimes they aren't. Typically, the worst penalty you'd face for breaking a website's terms of service is to have your account shut down. But if the Drew ruling is allowed to stand, then breaking terms of service could turn these offsides into criminal offences, making rule-breakers into hackers in the eyes of U.S. law."
Now, this ruling might get overturned, but none-the-less, it's an interesting development and I think it certainly drives home how very seriously site rules ought to be taken and abided by. I'm not implying they aren't, hehe, just that it is pretty compelling stuff for any site like ours.
Cux wrote Sunday December 21 2008, 11:04 pm:
Yeah, I heard about this. I think she should go to prison for life.
Cux wrote Sunday December 21 2008, 11:04 pm:
Maybe that's too harsh, but she made her bed and now she should lay in it.
Razhie wrote Monday December 22 2008, 1:38 pm:
That's the fascinating thing! Most of us will agree the behavior was reprehensible, but there is NO LAW that covers it, which is why she was charged using MySpace's terms of use!
Should breaking a website's terms of use be punishable in a court of law? At first glance that might seem like an okay idea but it's a bit of a slippery slope...
On the other hand, what do we charge this women with exactly? Most people will agree her behavior was morally wrong, but it wasn't even technically cyberbullying, she wasn't sexually preying on a minor, she was doing what millions of people on online dating sites do everyday... and legally, she wasn't doing anything wrong.
Matt wrote Tuesday December 23 2008, 8:04 pm:
Nothing should be done to her.
Razhie wrote Tuesday December 23 2008, 8:45 pm:
Oh come on Matt. You got a brain. You can do better then just that ;) Don't leave us to assume, elaborate.
Cux wrote Tuesday December 23 2008, 9:24 pm:
I don't know, I just think she was being a bit immature.
Honestly, parents these days want to be their children's best friend, not their PARENT. So they do things like this and then her daughter will see that that type of behavior is alright, even though it's not.
Sorry, I have a lot of anger built up about parents these days who don't take responsibility and just give their kids what they want and are their friends.
Matt wrote Tuesday December 23 2008, 9:47 pm:
Fiiiiiiiiiiine. :P
My reasoning is basically what you mentioned earlier; what she did was morally wrong, but not technically legally wrong.
LOL_x0x wrote Thursday December 25 2008, 3:38 pm:
I heard about that, and it makes me sick. What kind of PARENT would do that? What a great example to be setting for not only her children, but people [kinds/teenagers included] everywhere who heard about the story.
I don't know what I think as far as how she should be punished, but she definitely should be punished...
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