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Originally Posted by M. Krass
I know I'm probably preaching to the choir, but maybe some others might consider that no matter how 'slutty' or 'sexy' someone appears to be, they do not deserve to be victimized. Ever.
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When I said that it was a "two-way street," I did not mean that they deserved to be victimized. Rather, I was saying that MySpace makes it a lot easier for people to be found and a lot of it has to do with a lack of judgement. I think that a lot of the news recently about attacks has really just opened people's eyes. Maybe now they will be more careful about the content of their MySpaces. For example, I was perusing a friend's MySpace once and came across another girl's MySpace whom I know. The text that appeared above her picture (slightly provocative, but not too bad) was "Wanna fcuk wit me?" Posting things like that is not really helping them to stay away from the predators.
All I'm saying is that if some of the MySpace users were more educated on the danger of posting provocative pictures on the internet, it would really help them to not become a victim. It's almost like someone hanging around in a bad neighborhood. Just because they're there doesn't mean they deserve to be attacked, but by hanging around there, they increase their chances of it.
I keep a LiveJournal. While it's not the same as MySpace, there is still the option to post personal info and/or pictures. I'm careful to never post any pictures of me, and any time I post anything that might contain some information about where I live, I filter it so only people that I know in real life can read it. I take the precautions to make sure that random internet strangers can't find me.
But I agree with you, no one deserves to be victimized.