This thread is kind of surreal for me. Maybe it is because I'm not around much, and came into the thread only recently. First, for vison:
I pretty much agree with everything you wrote about children and online activities. I don't believe I've posted anything in this thread to indicate I advocate young kids on these sites, hence my confusion. It's like you are replying to someone else. In fact, in my first post of the thread, where I linked to the "no charges" article, I said the following:
They certainly don't need to be in online social circles. She also may have lied about her age to get a Myspace account. I'm not sure when the rule was made, but currently you have to be 14.
I was referring to mentally troubled teens, but that doesn't mean I endorsed very young normal teens on Myspace.
Next: TED,
You are confusing me even more. I posted:
I know plenty of people with ADHD that have experienced rejection and dissapointments, and yet, somehow, they managed to refrain from killing themselves.
To which, you responded:
Are those people you know also thirteen?
Then as an explanation of that response, you stated:
I'm not saying anything. I was just doubtful of your opinion. Is that not allowed?
So that means that A) You are doubtful of "my opinion" that the numerous people with ADHD I know are not killing themselves. OR B) Your response about "thirteen" was because you didn't think I knew any 13 year olds, and were trying to call me out.
if we believe one of those initial news articles (forgot which of the first two links) one of them said that one of the last things "Josh" said to Megan was something along the lines of "yeah, the world would be better without you." Is that casual chatting? ... Also, [a]ccording to a police report, Lori Drew said she wanted to know what Megan was saying online about her daughter and had "instigated and monitored" the fake account. This is from the first article linked in the initial post of this thread. So, it isn't simply "say what you will about things happening in her home" because the woman, according to police report, did know exactly what was going on.
A lot of information has come to light since the
first article came out. You'll find a fairly good synopsis in the link I posted announcing no charges would be filed.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/03/intern ... index.html And like I said, we can't prove Lori Drew did anything except casual chatting. Other people posted on the account, especially near the end. The whole "better off without you," message is only alleged, as it was unable to be located by the FBI analysts. And we can't prove Mrs. Drew sent it or knew about it even if it was sent.
Maybe I should also clarify that, yes starting a fake account to see what the kids are talking about, is a wierd behavior, and I don't in any way think it was a good thing to do. But divorcing from 20/20 hindsight, I don't think there is anything to prove she intended harm or could have forseen it.