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Post by Kobolos on Jan 18, 2004 8:38:45 GMT -5
I really hope there are no internet peodophiles on this site. Funny you should say that... NO NOT ME! *huffs* When I first got into the Snicket books I had concerns about posting here. If you do a concensus of the board, I'd say 75% were under 18 (and that's a real broad estimate, it's probably more) I had even more concerns about my age. In fact, I think only Swans knew for the longest time. (I'm 30 by the way). It's a very odd position to be in as an adult male, you have to watch what you say to people. You have to watch who you talk to, especially if they are underage. And you have to be very very careful to give no one the wrong idea. When I first started on the internet (around 1996), I used to roleplay on a chatsite using the White Wolf World of Darkness books. I met several people who I eventually visited or who visited me and it is the place that I met my wife Steph. It is also the place where a 22 year old Airman names Brooker Maltias met a 14 Sierra, he went to visit her in New York by going AWOL from his base, she went to the mall with her friends, and unbeknownst to her friends and family, she ran off with Brooker. Now in this case it was not against her will from my understanding, but you don't take a minor without the permission of her parents, and you don't do it the way they did. Brooker went to military prison BTW, he was forbidden from seeing SIerra again, and she was banned from having a computer I think. As a parent, I think I am going to have to be strong on this point...My kids have friends, they don't need me to be their best friend, they need me to be a parent. You better believe I'm going to be saavy enough to know who they are talking to online and limiting their phone calls. When they hit 18, it'll be their choices. But under my roof, it's my rules when it comes to the net. But my oldest is 6...so I still have at least a few years before I have to worry about him wanting to use the internet...right? right? Bother... |
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Post by Zombie-chan on Jan 18, 2004 13:09:43 GMT -5
Whitney's Internet Horror Story:
I have this one aunt on my dad's side. She's the object of a lot of speculation in my family, meaning that when my family gets together (and she's not around) we all talk about her and what possibly went wrong.
She's a great woman; she was a major in a medical unit of the Army for a long time and recently went back into service. She does a lot of hiking and kayaking. She's got a lot going for her. Here's where it gets a bit weird.
In 1997 or so my family was informed that my aunt was going to get married again (the third time, I think) to a guy named Joe. We were all pretty excited. She wanted to be married at her sister's house in Dallas, and she wanted her three nieces (me, my sister, and our cousin) to be flower girls. There was the whole flurry of getting the dresses made, matching shoes found, and plane tickets bought, and then we were on our way.
The day before the wedding, we all met Joe. He seemed like a really nice guy. He was happy to meet us all, he loved my aunt, he was thrilled about the wedding. Somewhere in the middle of all this, my aunt told Dad that she met Joe in an online chat, they talked for ages, fell for each other, met, got to know each other better, and decided to get married. The wedding took place, we went back home, they went on their honeymoon, and we thought everything was peachy, although a few of the adults had their doubts about him.
Sadly, he turned out to be a nightmare. I really can't describe how horrible he was to her. To say that he was incredibly abusive is an understatement. I vividly remember my dad flying down to Florida to personally check on her. My aunt filed for divorce, and now he's rotting in jail.
As for meeting someone myself...that's probably not going to happen, except by accident. I generally make good choices in my friends offline, but on the Internet it's a different story. I was completely fooled by Joe, after all, and look what happened. He was such a slimeball that, if my parents hadn't been more wary about him, I have little doubt that he would've attempted at some point to rape my sister or me.
No offense to anyone here...I'm pretty sure that the majority of you are outstanding people, and I have made friends with several of you, but...*shrug* There's always a possibility, and I have my aunt to remind me of that. You never really know.
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Post by Luigi on Jan 18, 2004 14:34:46 GMT -5
Well, most 30 year old pedophiles pretend to be a 14 year old teenage girl on these types of chatrooms. I'm less suspicious of the 30 year olds  . I give out false aliases on these sites, I never give out any more specific location than the state I live in (that's still not good, but...) and I make myself older than what I am until I get used to the site. On another site, my friend blew my alias, and I'm friends with a few people, but all they know is my name, state and age--that might be enough, but I also give out red herrings... |
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Post by Zombie-chan on Jan 18, 2004 14:41:33 GMT -5
Well, most 30 year old pedophiles pretend to be a 14 year old teenage girl on these types of chatrooms. I'm less suspicious of the 30 year olds . Um...is that supposed to mean something? |
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Post by Luigi on Jan 18, 2004 14:45:27 GMT -5
'ts supposed to be mean that if there were to be a pedophile, s/he would make her/himself be younger.
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Post by Zombie-chan on Jan 18, 2004 14:47:38 GMT -5
Okies. Just making sure you weren't saying that I'm really not a 14 year old girl.  |
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Post by Amphagorey on Jan 18, 2004 21:12:43 GMT -5
When I went to London in the Summer of 00, my mum and I were in the parliment buildings when we met this woman from Australia who had come to England to meet her internet boyfriend. They had never met previously, and when she got there she dicovered that not only was he married, he had several children. Then when she got back to her hotel, it turned out her hotel room had been robbed, so all her money and visa's and such were gone. I know the last part is irrelivent, but I felt really bad for her. Then take my uncle. He met a woman over the internet, fell in love and now they are happily married. I think it depends on how good your judgment is. You never know what you're going to get with chat rooms and such. Pediophiles are bad. Really bad. How could a fourty year old even think of young children and pre-teens, or even teens in that way? Ugh, really disturbing..........
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