I know you’re not to blame, but I’ll sue you anyway because you should have anticipated and taken into account the stupidity of every person who would use your website before you launched it.
I’m not responsible for my own actions and I can’t be held accountable for any silly decisions I make if it’s a direct result of using your services. I really don’t care if that doesn’t make sense to you or anyone else, it makes sense to me.
A Texas 14-year-old and her mother have sued MySpace for US$30 million after she was raped by a man she met on the social networking site.
My heart feels for this girl. Rape is ugly and no woman asks for it nor should have to go through it. That aside, in the back of my mind, I keep wondering WTF[1] was this little girl’s common sense?
At 14, she should have been at home playing Dungeons and Dragons or Freeze Tag with her neighbors’ kids within eyeshot of her parents instead of socially networking herself with some dude from MySpace.
I could ramble on for a week regarding youths nowadays, but I won’t. I’ll just leave you with a few thoughts from back in my day:
- My parents told me not to talk to, accept anything from, or go anywhere with a stranger.
- My parents told me to “read the fine print” before agreeing to or doing anything. They still teach reading in school right?
- My dad and sisters kept tabs on me like I was a felon and I’m glad for it.
- My dad wasn’t my friend until I turned 22, moved out, and finished college.
Let’s call this what this is, a get rich quick scheme. It’s truly asinine and only serves to further deteriorate our legal system, but some people can’t see past the dollar signs [2].
[1] - I’ve replaced What with Where in WTF.
[2] - I’m only bothered by frivolous lawsuits because it takes time and attention away from the vital ones.
(Via J.A.S.O.N. - I thought it was going to be a post about Carlos Mencia…)
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June 28th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Wow. That’s what I have to say. Wow.
My parents would have spanked me red if I had gone off with some guy at 14. Some guy I met off the freaking internet. My god.
I got all of those decrees, Teli…
No talking to strangers. Read everything, trust no one. Mom and dad let me go nowhere strange until I was in college. Mom and Dad were are still suspicious of the guys I talk about. (;
So - what is WRONG with people now?
June 28th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Pandora,
That is a question I’ve been trying to answer for a while.
I remember when I was in high school and I went over to a friend’s house, her mom told her she couldn’t do something and the girl called her a bitch right to her face.
While I was freaking out, this lady did nothing. She simply stuttered that it’s not polite to call her that. I could not believe it. Had I called my bother a bitch, she would have coldcocked me then and there.
It’s like the lines between peer and elder distinction have become blurred; these youths are being treated like small adults instead of like children. It truly is a different world we live in…
(I wonder if this is how our parents think about us when they look at our generation…gosh I hope we weren’t this bad.)
June 28th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Oh, totally. I just think of how my students interact with me and other teachers.
I would *never* have thought to argue with a teacher about my grade. Ever. I would never have whined to my teacher about my grade. I would never have whined to my guidance counselor about my teacher to get switched OUT of that teacher’s class. If I had, my mother would have smacked me.
I just - dont’ understand. It’s - like . . .
No one is teaching common courtesy any longer.
No one is teaching how you act with an authority figure any longer.
WHY?! Why do they make my life difficult?!
June 28th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
I’ve never argued with a teacher or school authority. And in the off chance I raised any issue about my grades, there was a valid reason which the teacher usually confirmed.
I’m pretty sure the answer to that is because they can. Sorry. I really do feel for ya, though.
::huggles::