Allan Songer Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 (edited) JEEBUS!! How stupid can one teen girl get? Pretty damn stupid!!!!! Edited June 9, 2006 by Allan Songer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 I can imagine what the stupidity may be, but alas, the page won't load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 there's too much http// in the link. here's less: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060609/ap_on_...ce_mideast_trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 So the Mom doesn't actually put a call in to the family to check it all out in advance of the bus stop hook-up? Am I reading this correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 I don't understand why she would fly first to Amman and then to Tel Aviv. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 ...and then, upon learning that it's all a ruse, she doesn't say 'Yo, gimme the $%#@ passport!' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 JEEBUS!! How stupid can one teen girl vinyl lover get? Pretty damn stupid!!!!! I like the layout here. I think Allan should use this same outline -- with a minor alteration -- as a long term thread vehicle to zing people who spend too much on eBay BN vinyl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Stupid, but not surprising. myspace is loaded with plenty of stupid people and bullshit artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 (edited) Yes, keep those teen daughters away from Allan's spa - definitely! Edited June 9, 2006 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Yes, keep those teen daughters away from Allan's spa - definitely! I'll lure them in with my 10" BLUE NOTES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 gigitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Stupid, but not surprising. myspace is loaded with plenty of stupid people and bullshit artists. Exactly. The good news is that we've reached the point where everyone in the world can have their own website. But the bad news is that we've reached the point where everyone in the world can have their own website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Yes, keep those teen daughters away from Allan's spa - definitely! I'll lure them in with my 10"You and Bullmoose Jackson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md655321 Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 The age of consent in Michigan is 17 Whoa. When did that change? I always though it was 16 back when I was a teenager growing up in MI. (of course, as a jazz fan i didnt get many chances to break that law) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceW Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Bet you are feeling "lucky" about now...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 And how would one keep their teenage daughter away from myspace.com? Not possible. All you can do is constantly show them stories like this and point out how stupid it would be to do something similar... and even that won't stop him/her if he/she really wants to do it. As much as life makes it tough with work, housework, exercise, Jazz concerts, etc. every parent still has to pay attention to what their child is doing. Your vigilance can't stop until they move out. I am in constant fear of one of my daughters falling for one of these on-line gigolos. After all, as we prove here on organissimo, it's much easier to converse via the web than it is face to face. Have you ever heard these teens talk amongst themselves. It shouldn't be too hard to come across a lot better in pixels. No zits is a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) Teen, mom sue MySpace.com for $30 million Suit filed in Travis County claims popular Internet site fails to protects children from adult sexual predators. By Claire Osborn AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, June 20, 2006 A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a Buda man she met on MySpace.com sued the popular social networking site Monday for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. The lawsuit claims that the Web site does not require users to verify their age and calls the security measures aimed at preventing strangers from contacting users younger than 16 "utterly ineffective." "MySpace is more concerned about making money than protecting children online," said Adam Loewy, who is representing the girl and her mother in the lawsuit against MySpace, parent company News Corp. and Pete Solis, the 19-year-old accused of sexually assaulting the girl. Hemanshu Nigam, the chief security officer for MySpace.com, said in a written statement: "We take aggressive measures to protect our members. We encourage everyone on the Internet to engage in smart web practices and have open family dialogue about how to apply offline lessons in the online world." Founded in 2003, MySpace has more than 80 million registered users worldwide and is the world's third most-viewed Web site, according to the lawsuit. Loewy said the lawsuit is the first of its kind in the nation against MySpace. Solis contacted the girl through her MySpace Web site in April, telling her that he was a high school senior who played on the football team, according to the lawsuit. In May, after a series of e-mails and phone calls, he picked her up at school, took her out to eat and to a movie, then drove her to an apartment complex parking lot in South Austin, where he sexually assaulted her, police said. He was arrested May 19. The lawsuit includes news reports of other assault cases in which girls were contacted through MySpace. They include a 22-year-old Wisconsin man charged with six counts of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a 27-year-old Connecticut man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. MySpace says on a "Tips for Parents" page that users must be 14 or older. The Web site does nothing to verify the age of the user, such as requiring a driver's license or credit card number, Loewy said. To create an account, a MySpace user must list a name, an e-mail address, sex, country and date of birth. "None of this has to be true," the lawsuit said. Attorneys general from five states, including Texas, have asked MySpace.com to provide more security, the lawsuit said. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent a letter to the MySpace.com chief executive officer May 22, asking him to require users to verify their age and identity with a credit card or verified e-mail account. Lauren Gelman, associate director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said she does not think MySpace is legally responsible for what happens away from its site. "If you interact on MySpace, you are safe, but if a 13-year-old or 14-year-old goes out in person and meets someone she doesn't know, that is always an unsafe endeavor," Gelman said. "We need to teach our kids to be wary of strangers." Loewy said he was confident about the lawsuit, which he said seeks damages worth 1 percent of the company's estimated worth. "We feel that 1 percent of that is the bare minimum that they should compensate the girl for their failure to protect her online when they knew sexual predators were on that site," he said. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news.../20myspace.html Edited June 20, 2006 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Thank goodness! These people need to be protected from their own stupidity. Personal responsibility is highly overrated. Ouch...I think my tongue just poked through my cheek... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 I don't have kids, but if I did, the only computer on which they would have access to the internet would be located in a family room, with plenty of supervision and knowledge that their web traffic would be checked, for their protection. Cyberspace has opened doors for too many sick people who need to be put behind bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Wait, you mean some people on the internet are not who they say they are!??! I'm flabbergasted. I'm assuming she didn't tell her parents that she was letting this guy pick her up after school. If she did, then shame on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 what? People hiding behind false identities on the internet? -yours truly, Raul (and who knows who Son of Weizen REALLY is -) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 I don't have kids, but if I did, the only computer on which they would have access to the internet would be located in a family room, with plenty of supervision and knowledge that their web traffic would be checked, for their protection. Cyberspace has opened doors for too many sick people who need to be put behind bars. I used to think I'd get away with that, but then my little girls became teenagers and life becomes hell if you try to put the reins on too tight. They actually rebel more if you try to rein them in. Yes... do everything in your power to protect them. Monitor their use whenever possible. However, you are much better off if you educate them! They have to know that these sickos are out there or else the minute they are out from under your protective shield, they're easy prey. BTW, any parent who thinks they can stop their child 100% of the time from doing something they really want to do is deluding themselves. If your kid really, really wants to do something dumb, they will. The only thing you can do is influence them so that they never decide to do that dumb thing in the first place. Just last night my 14 year old daughter was watching the news with me when a story came on about a pedophile who lives near a baseball field. The story concluded by saying that the guy's window shades were supposed to be closed when there were kids on the field. My daughter asked me what good closing the shades would do. I told her because the guy was a sicko who wanted to do nasty things to little kids so they didn'ty want him watching them. She just nodded. Kids today know more than you want to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Teen, mom sue MySpace.com for $30 million Suit filed in Travis County claims popular Internet site fails to protects children from adult sexual predators. By Claire Osborn AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, June 20, 2006 A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a Buda man she met on MySpace.com sued the popular social networking site Monday for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. Buda..... what a surprise.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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