[LINK] NetAlert Campaign 'truth' finally coming out

[Kim Holburn]

On 2007/Dec/15, at 1:56 AM, Scott Howard wrote:
> On 12/15/07, Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com> wrote:
>>
> Even in "real life", we meed "strangers" all the time. That  
> conversation we
>> strike up at the bus stop, in the theatre queue or at the pub.
>
> You let your 11 to 15 year old kids strike up conversations down  
> the pub?
>
> Of course if another 11 to 15 year old came up to them at the bus- 
> stop and
> started talking to them you'd probably be OK with it - but what is  
> a 50 year
> old man did it?

But I guess if they were talking to a 50 year old woman it would be OK?

We seem to have reached a point where men are prejudged to be  
dangerous.  Sad.

> The issue with the internet is a simple one - you can't really tell  
> if that
> "13 year old girl" is actually a 13 year old girl, or really a 50  
> year old
> man.  In real life it's a very different story.
>
> How many of us met a "stranger" last week? I'd wager that it was  
> more than
>> half of us!
>
>
> How many of your children met a 50 year old man in person who  
> claimed to be
> a 13 year old girl?  I'm guessing not so many.  How about on the net?



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