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Those of us who have young children or grandchildren need to take responsibility for what they do. WE need to watch them and take care of them instead of letting the computer keep them occupied in who knows what.

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it's the parents who should be watching their children, and not expecting others to do their job for them.

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We agree on this major point

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Free speach is fine until it hurts someone else or causes harm.

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Free speech is a right. You don't have the right to slander someone

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We seem to agree on this point, too. So where did it turn into an argument and why?

As for me getting my information straight, I would have had a better chance had you given it in the first place.

However, I do disagree wholeheartedly with you that a sexual crime has been committed against you. It hasn't. You didn't leave your home with a stranger. No doubt, the experience was traumatic, but you STILL don't know how it feels to be violated in a sexual manner. So don't YOU tell me that you know what it's like, because you don't.

Don't tell me I allow criminals to dictate my activities. I don't let ANYONE dictate ANYTHING to me. I take responsibility for ME. I speak for MYSELF. Where did I say that I want criminals to dictate "everyone else's activities"?? Do I have control over "everyone else"? That would be quite presumptuous, now wouldn't it? What I do is take responsibility for myself and for my actions. I'm anywhere from cautious to descerning of what I say and what I do and where I go. Because I have the right to walk down the street in the middle of the night in the worst part of town, or anywhere else for that matter, doesn't mean I do it. Just because something is my right doesn't mean it is always prudent or right.

No, I can't take care of all children everywhere. Pedophiles existed since the dawn of time and they will exist until the end, but that doesn't mean that I can't scream and holler and raise holy hades from now until doomsday that our children need to be protected!! The Internet is a main place to start since it is the most secretive as well as the most public at the same time.

Yes, parents need to be more responsible for their children, but the people that start places like MySpace and similar sights also have a responsibility to the kids that were their target to begin with. MySpace can't control such a large site? How many members does Psych Central have? Over 1000. We're safe here most of the time. In the three years that I've been here, I have yet to see one predator! Don't tell me that sites that are aimed at kids can't be as well protected as this one because I'm not buying it; not for one second!

Megan and Jessica's Laws