Controversy Over Myspace

[Child of Flame]

The school itself shouldn't be getting involved, but the parents should. Because the parents are the legal guardian of the boy if they say "close your myspace account" he has to close it. They basically have total control over who gets to tell him what and make him do whatever.

 

I hate parents.

 

oh and simply writing the best way to start a school massacre is a one way trip to either county mental or jail.

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You did that last part didn't you? Didn't you!

 

Man, I can relate to the whole 'total control' parents have, it is why I am still learning to drive at eighteen years of age, while my sister already has her liscense, and a $16k car my father so graciously bestowed on her due to 'circumstance.' I got a guilty bit of pleasure though when my cousin, who my aunt had been saying was so much more responsible than I was at his age got a DUI, while speeding, and carrying a passenger before his six months were up.

 

I felt bad for my aunt and uncle though, they had to fork over $10k in fines.

 

 

The school itself shouldn't be getting involved, but the parents should. Because the parents are the legal guardian of the boy if they say "close your myspace account" he has to close it. They basically have total control over who gets to tell him what and make him do whatever.

 

I hate parents.

 

oh and simply writing the best way to start a school massacre is a one way trip to either county mental or jail.

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Any kid who can't get around his school's and parents' restrictions on the use of the internet isn't much of a kid at all. If his parents say "close your myspace account", all he has to do is only log in when his parents aren't in the room, and remember to delete the history file. "

 

The only danger (speaking from experience) is when you forget about the deleting the history part, and the websites you've been to are a whole lot more illegal for minors to view than myspace.com. :">

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Dude...it's not just the history, you gots to delete the black box files by booting into Safe Mode too.

 

If I ever have kids they are going to be so screwed!

[Atreides]

Lol durian.

[Calax]

I'd be much happier if my kids looked for porn rather than play violent video games...

 

But I don't have kids so I'm lucky

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Why? Violent video games aren't harmful...provided the child isn't a moron who doesn't know reality from fantasy.

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Well I'm not saying I wouldn't let my kid play video games. I'm saying that if it came down to games or nudity I'd probably choose nudity.

 

The school itself shouldn't be getting involved, but the parents should. Because the parents are the legal guardian of the boy if they say "close your myspace account" he has to close it. They basically have total control over who gets to tell him what and make him do whatever.

 

I hate parents.

 

oh and simply writing the best way to start a school massacre is a one way trip to either county mental or jail.

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You did that last part didn't you? Didn't you!

 

Man, I can relate to the whole 'total control' parents have, it is why I am still learning to drive at eighteen years of age, while my sister already has her liscense, and a $16k car my father so graciously bestowed on her due to 'circumstance.' I got a guilty bit of pleasure though when my cousin, who my aunt had been saying was so much more responsible than I was at his age got a DUI, while speeding, and carrying a passenger before his six months were up.

 

I felt bad for my aunt and uncle though, they had to fork over $10k in fines.

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Yeah I did that last part. the writing was

 

Pull the fire alarm

Wait

start shooting

 

Thats about it. I didn't get my licence till i was about 17, took the class while I was in highschool (two of the other girls got arrested because they had about 12 cans of beer in their backpacks and were drunk/drinking on campus) I'm a good driver but I often overestimate myself. The only time I've ever gotten close to an accident was when I hydroplaned on a curve. My parents right now have the keys to everything (never was allowed to have a lock on my door because my mom thought it would prevent me from escaping in the event of a fire...) about the only thing I control at this point is weather or not I stay IN the house.

[LadyCrimson]

I'm not a kid and I still never give out my full name...not even in my 'official' email addresses. But I'm paranoid.

Giving out personal identifiable info on the internet (or anywhere really), no matter what your age, is always risky.

 

I think it's a good idea for a website to have some kind of age-screening system/policy, but if kids are determined, they'll find a way to join up etc. Parents keeping an eye on what they're kids are up to is the main line of defense for these sorts of things, IMO.

[Calax]

I'm not a kid and I still never give out my full name...not even in my 'official' email addresses. But I'm paranoid.

Giving out personal identifiable info on the internet (or anywhere really), no matter what your age, is always risky.

 

I think it's a good idea for a website to have some kind of age-screening system/policy, but if kids are determined, they'll find a way to join up etc. Parents keeping an eye on what they're kids are up to is the main line of defense for these sorts of things, IMO.

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Best way I've ever seen of an age guard is requireing a Credit card #

[LadyCrimson]

Overall, I'd agree with that.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Can I hold you to that.  :D

 

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Sure I've never had a problem with Porn.

 

Not like I would be overjoyed if one of them became a porn star , but I wouldnt disown them or anything.

[Walsingham]

People do not begin to take personal data security seriously enough in any way shape or form. Adults included. Myspace is a neat idea, but I'm with Meta. Why have your real photo on anyway? In my case it's merely a courtesy to the reader who has just eaten!

[Lyric Suite]

Why have your real photo on anyway?

 

There would be no point if there weren't any photos to those prfiles.

 

I'm still perplexed where the issue lies in revealing personal informations over a webpage, particularly considering most people on myspace are teenagers, hardly 'kids' anymore...

[Surreptishus]

I guess there is always a fear that some members are predatory.

[Lyric Suite]

^ You can't constantly live in fear and worry about everything all the time.

 

Civilization isn't going to fall anytime soon because of a vague threat about some 'predatory' entity in an online webspace service.

 

Perhaps next we should just keep children locked in the house untill they are 21? I mean, who knows what's out there, won't we think of their safety?

Edited November 23, 2005 by Lyric Suite

[LadyCrimson]

Perhaps next we should just keep children locked in the house untill they are 21?

 

That's what TV's were originally intended for, but we all got loose anyway. :D

 

As an adult, I mostly worry about identity theft. Small actual chance it'll happen to me, perhaps, but I don't need to up my odds by being careless either.

There's a difference between living in fear and being practical about this stuff (kids or adult).

Edited November 23, 2005 by LadyCrimson

[Krookie]

Yeah, idenity theft is a dangerous thing.

[WinterSun]

Gah,tell me about it.I've got so many old bills and bank statements the drawers overflowing

[Child of Flame]

If anybody wants my identity they can have it.

 

It's not like I'm worth anything.

[Janmanden]

Why have your real photo on anyway? In my case it's merely a courtesy to the reader who has just eaten!

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You heard da man, go change your avatars to some fictious ones, now!

 

I've got a foot in each camp and one in between (don't ask how many I've got). On one side I see reason in protecting your privacy, but on the other hand (got several of those too) I won't be intimidated by anyone to the point where they rule my life.

[Krookie]

I still don't get why anyone would want there picture on the internet anyway. The people who really matter (friends, family) already know what you look like. Except when they're blind.

[LadyCrimson]

To share Kodak moments, of course.

[Janmanden]

You mean that's not how you look in real life? *long silence*

 

Until *this* point you could call me human, because unless it was matter of roleplay I just found it easier to relate to faces and I thought they were amusing too...when people change avatars that's when my little brain stops working... Besides I'm much more scary in person, so I use an avatar to protect the innocent.

 

edit: something is snuck out.

Edited November 24, 2005 by Janmanden

[Blank]

As long as you are only giving information about yourself as much as one would on Pixie's Obsidian dating service, there isn't much identity theft that could go on. i don't see a reason to put your actual picture. i don't see a reason why you would be a 13 year old and go meet your "friend" from the internet in a secluded alleyway. i don't have a myspace or anything like that. i don't want a myspace or anything like that. i have you guys to keep me entertained instead : )

[Calax]

As long as you are only giving information about yourself as much as one would on Pixie's Obsidian dating service, there isn't much identity theft that could go on. i don't see a reason to put your actual picture. i don't see a reason why you would be a 13 year old and go meet your "friend" from the internet in a secluded alleyway. i don't have a myspace or anything like that. i don't want a myspace or anything like that. i have you guys to keep me entertained instead : )

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I think its a known fact that a childs reasoning at age thirteen is often flawed (dispite what we all say at that age to the contrary) and if they get too fed up with their life or their home they will probably run off to meet this mysterious stranger who's wonderful online.

[Blank]

in the words of a wise man, "PITY TEH FOOL!"