I hate that people sit and play the blame game and expect someone else to find a fix for a problem that we are all part of. It's so easy to point and shake the finger at MySpace and demand that THEY be the one to make our children safer.

MySpace isn't responsible for this garbage. They aren't not the ones buying teens webcams and allowing them the time and the pace to create and post provocative photos on the internet. They are not responsible for teens lying about their age so that they can have sexual conversations with adults online - and I'm not talking about kids trying to entrap pedophiles. I'm talking about teens that think it's fun and ok to have sexual conversations with strangers online. MySpace isn't the one responsible for these teens thinking that love is a fantasy and that sex is romantic and easy.

MySpace isn't responsible. We are responsible. How often do you see adults behaving online in ways that would be innapropriate for teens to behave? How often does this occur where teens are likely present? Does anyone ever stand up and demand that they set a better example? Does anyone care that adults behave this way? NO. Because this is the internet and people can do whatever they want and never have to be responsible.

I have told adults to curb their language and behavior and I've been banned for it. I think people come on the internet thinking they can run away from all responsibility. This is the place to just have fun and do everything you would never otherwise do. And why shouldn't teens behave in the same way? Why shouldn't they put themselves at risk? Adults are making it abundantly clear that throwing ALL the rules out is what's FUN. Anyone who doesn't is uptight.

MySpace isn't responsible for our children, we are.

I'm frustrated and rambling and I'll try to use good sense and stay away from this thread from here on out.