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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:01 PM Original message |
Lori Drew conviction has implications for anyone who uses a computer |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did she know that the girl was mentally unstable? n/t |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't know, but she wasn't convicted of a crime of cruelty... |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You mean all those myspacers aren't models and airline pilots? n/t |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. well, not exactly |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How about women who put "99" under age because they don't want... |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. for published age? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. What Lori Drew did was horrible, but the prosecutors in California... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah, she testified that she did. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If the girl was mentally unstable she would have done herself |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Geez. That's a pretty blanket assumption. Sooner or later she might have gotten some help. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. but this wasn't just some random cruel thing that happened |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Yes--and in fact had often been the one to give her her meds when the mom |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't that what all those endless "user agreements" are for? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The purpose of a website user agreement... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, good luck catching me... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. How did you come to that conclusion? |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And since when... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Using bugmenot usually means providing a false email address... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think you're only guilty |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eric J, I see your point but I don't think the Orwellian overtones are there. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The problem is she didn't get convicted for "meticulously plannin to deceive and emotionally wound" |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's how you bust someone for breaking a law that don't exist yet. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I admit that a prosecutor probably won't go after someone just... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ok, now we're talking. I think there are a couple of things which would... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. But this isn't like nailing Capone for tax evasion |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I think the concept that this court case establishes a precedent of some sort is distorted. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You're assuming DA independence |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I only wish justice was meted out so prudently. The bush crime family certainly |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. Of all the evil things that woman did, they convict her of that? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's all they could and it was a HUGE stretch. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. You know what...I don't really care what they nailed her for. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I agree |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ya, I agree as well. I can't find a defense for what she did. None at all. |
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