Saturday, January 20th 2007
MySpace sued by angry parents of sexually assaulted users
Four angry families are suing MySpace, because all of them have one thing in common. All four families have a daughter that's been sexually assaulted by a guy they've met on MySpace, and been seduced into meeting. Two law firms, Barry & Loewy of Austin, Texas, and Arnold & Itkin of Houston, says the familes are filing separate suits in the Los Angeles Superior court. MySpace is being accused of being negligent, reckless, fraudulent and misrepresenting itself. MySpace wants to point out that Myspace is "an industry leader on Internet safety", and that they make some serious effort to get parents to take responsibility for their kids. The families of the victims are after several million dollars each.
Source:
The Inquirer
27 Comments on MySpace sued by angry parents of sexually assaulted users
And called the parents losers, and trash.
(BTW i am not insaulting all americans, just the sue happy ones, I know a lot of Smart people that use there brains that live in america problem is there a small minorty)
Idiot users, = problems. always.
Same applys to real life. Be an idiot about things, and ... suprise?
Seriously, theres somethings you cant control, but... being stalked on myspace?
Theres privacy features for a reason. Use them, morons.
Anyway, it's not Myspace's fault. It was a failure in parenting. If your kid gets kidnapped off the streets or seduced by some predator there, it's not the fault of the street dept. I guess though, if the streets weren't there at all, then they couldn't get abducted off them right?
If it was your sister being attacked the last thing you would want to hear is that it was her own fault. Its almost like saying they deserved it which is plain callous.
Message to sue happies: GIVE IT UP
It's not like McDonald's force you to eat their food :roll:
This is just a small step away from defending a rapist who claimed that the woman he raped was "wearing a short skirt" and was therefore "asking for it". Being sexually assaulted just for being young and naive is bad enough, but to be told that it was purely your own or your parents fault is wrong.
And to be fair we must address ONE issue at a time.
And if the idea of wearing a short skirt isn't to attract sexual attention then what is the reason? There is no other reason. One down.
Does it mean that a woman is "asking" to be raped? No. A rape is a crime of domination and not sexual deprevation. A man feels the need to dominate a woman, to make them feel like a worthless object, they feel the way to do this is through a sexual act. Some men do this by beating women too. So by wearing a short skirt a woman is not "asking" to be raped, but is trying to attract sexual attention, and by doing so can make herself more prone to such unwanted advances. Her wearing the short skirt to attract such attention is a issue that she needs to deal with herself.
If the childrens parent were truly active in their childs life the most likely would NOT have happened. That is a fact, but there are times when another human will hold back some or all of the facts, and that is no ones fault but their own.
So being told that it was her fault is partially true. But more it was-is her parents fault for not being involved enough in her life to find out what she was doing and who she was talking to.
Im not claiming those attacked weren't partially responsible due to the choices they made (read the first paragraphs of my posts). I am saying that the role of the attacker is being too easily ignored in the allocation of blame by some people. Thats it.
It is to attract attention,and they "use" what they can. It is a misguided effort to gain or continue their feeling of being appreciated or popular due to a lack of proper motivation in other aspects or parts of their life.
They use it as a carpenter would use a hammer, or a welder a helmet. And if they cannot understand that there are those that will be set off, or misguided by their dress then perhaps they should choose another way to dress or stop wondering at why these things happen.
But that won't due now will it? That would meant that poor little Barbie could have some of her poor little rights infringed upon.
It is the same with any other facet of life, you can choose to push the limit to attract attention, but just be ready for the bad along with the good.
However I am beginning to find your attitude towards how women dress a bit Victorian to say the least. You seem to be implying that women only dress in clothes that could be described as risky or revealing to please men and to bolster their own low self esteem. And if by doing so they attract the unwanted attention of some nutter that its their own fault for doing so. Perhaps they ought to wear full body veils just to be on the safe side eh?
Jesus man, this is the 21st Century. I suggest you share your opinions with the women in your workplace or school and see what they think of them.