MySpace, Fake Accounts, Suicide

[Wilson]

http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt

I don't understand how people, especially adults, can be so cruel.

[msmichellemiller]

I just HATE myspace. I have an account but I HATE it for kids. There are other ways for people to bully or prey over the internet, though so if it wasn't myspace it'd be something else. Recently our 13 yr old son began a myspace account from Germany and I'm against it. I am not his real mother, so it isn't so much my place to say anything, unfortunately. I wouldn't allow it if it were up to me. At least not without the monitoring and he wouldn't be allowed to give up much personal info---I guess my terms would be so strict he'd have no reason to even have an account anyway! :p

[Wilson]

I just can't think of ONE.SINGLE.GOOD.REASON why anyone under 18yo would need an one of these accounts.

[mdonn76405]

People can be so cruel.

[Sonchyenne]

Myspace is a breeding ground for stupidity. I'm watching another little battle on there right now. There is someone that I have as a casual contact/acquaintence on my friend's list and got an email from someone in another state this morning warning me what a horrible person she is (as well as her husband). Finding out more about the story, there's no real damage done, but they've slandered this poor woman and her family to all of her myspace friends. I've replied back with my own thoughts on the situation - that I hope karma takes one of the worst moments of their life and exploits it for all of their friends. GEEZ what a mess they've put this woman through!

[FamilyGal]

I'm actually going through that exact same thing right now with someone. Grown women can be just as crappy as teens on this crap. Everyone says don't worry about what someone says or thinks about you if you know the truth, but as you can see from these stories, it's easier said than done!

I'm hoping the kharma bus hits her head on!

[FamilyGal]

There was recently a lawsuit won by a man who's ex-girlfriend has posted profiles of him on adult dating sites. He ended up getting a divorce from his wife because of all the trouble it caused, but was eventually able to trace it back to his ex. He filed a lawsuit and WON! :)

[Wilson]

Grown women can be just as crappy as teens on this crap.

The teens have to learn it somewhere! Look at their role models. Women can be catty, backstabbing, and vindictive. And a lot of them (IME) totally involve their kids in the adult drama.

[Wilson]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21882976/

The parents of a 13-year-old Missouri girl who hanged herself after a failed MySpace romance — later uncovered as a hoax — say they have yet to receive an apology from the family they blame for their daughter’s death.

“They’ve absolutely offered no apologies,” Ron Meier told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer on Monday. “They sent us a letter in the mail, basically saying that they might feel a little bit of responsibility, but they don’t feel no guilt or remorse or anything for what they did.”

Rather, said Tina Meier, the people are upset with her for going public with their story. Last week, while shopping, she ran into the woman who invented the hoax, Tina Meier said.

[FamilyGal]

Women can be catty, backstabbing, and vindictive. And a lot of them (IME) totally involve their kids in the adult drama.

That is my pet peeve. It is actually considered abuse to involve children in adult problems. I looked it up recently to back up my opinion and sure enough, it says it is emotional abuse. Kids can't process things like adults and they have even less control over the situation. Kids have enough worries and insecurities. They sure as heck don't need to be involved in the parent's drama. The person I am referring to use to actually sit down and use her then 8 yr old as a confidant. Burdening her with all the problems she had with the dad. It was just sickening.

Just recently she did the same thing. The kid is 13 now and the mom has told her EVERYTHING sordid thing the mom thinks the dad did. I feel so sorry for that kid. She has been abused in more way than one and is destined to be as screwed up as the parents. You just can't bring your children into parental drama and expect to have a emotionally normal child. She has now had to deal with adult problems since she was old to talk.:(

[Candleman]

That is my pet peeve. It is actually considered abuse to involve children in adult problems. I looked it up recently to back up my opinion and sure enough, it says it is emotional abuse. Kids can't process things like adults and they have even less control over the situation. Kids have enough worries and insecurities. They sure as heck don't need to be involved in the parent's drama. The person I am referring to use to actually sit down and use her then 8 yr old as a confidant. Burdening her with all the problems she had with the dad. It was just sickening.

Just recently she did the same thing. The kid is 13 now and the mom has told her EVERYTHING sordid thing the mom thinks the dad did. I feel so sorry for that kid. She has been abused in more way than one and is destined to be as screwed up as the parents. You just can't bring your children into parental drama and expect to have a emotionally normal child. She has now had to deal with adult problems since she was old to talk.:(

HMM wonder if it the same person I know who does that? Are the moms initials KR?

[FamilyGal]

No, but she lurks on here and is ONLY here to cause trouble. She doesn't even live anywhere near here. She has just lived a miserable life and wants to blame it on everyone else, all the while telling her child everything that happens that is bad to her. She used to constantly go to her daughter for comfort when her and her husband would have a fight. Just what a young child neeeds. Mom bad mouthing dad and wanting to be consoled by a small child.

I'm thinking there are mental issues there, but there is no MD after my name. And, I really don't care as long as she would stop harassing me on MySpace, on here and e-mail. And, to stop making up crap about me and contacting everyone we mutually know. Oh, and harassing my two daughters. One is 20, but the other is 13 and just the other night she called her on her cell phone. My 20 yr old had to cancel her MySpace and Facebook account to avoid her harassment.

She has been told specifically not to speak to my children. They don't need to know crazy people this early in life....LOL Seriously, someone is a piece of crap if they feel they have to badmouth someone to their children to make themselves feel better.

[Wilson]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3191530.ece

"Megan's parents, Tina and Ron Meier, asked their other neighbours to not to discuss what had happened, while waiting for the police to take action. But nothing happened: there is no law against being cruel and immature. Local papers refused to identify the Drew family, to protect their teenage daughter.

But now, bloggers have taken on Megan's cause, with an outburst of virtual vigilantism. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that dozens of people have apparently been calling local businesses that work with the Drew family's company, which prints advertising. The Drews' home address, phone numbers, email addresses and photographs have also been posted on blogs such as RottenNeighbor.com and hitsusa.com. And there are reports that people are driving through the once tranquil neighbourhood in the middle of the night, screaming, "Murderer!""

[FamilyGal]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1120072megan1.html