Woman Indicted In Missouri MySpace Suicide Case

[SpEd Teacher]

DiRtE PoLiTiCiAnZ wrote:

<quoted text>Myspace and her parents for starters! How gullible can you be?
If you believe what you see and read on the internet and take it to heart and fall in love with someone or something then you need to post all of your personal info so some internet phony or predator can take advantage of you. Sure glad the prom king didn't scam this girl or her family maybe it would of been a triple suicide.
How many perverts and child predators are using Myspace? So get a clue.
The girl had emotional problems before this event.
The parents have stated on the local St. Louis news they want revenge at ANY cost.

I LOVE IT!!!!! Sure- blame the victim.....

[kkull]

I don't believe that this is in any way Myspace's fault but I do believe that things like this can be prevented if not only these sites had more restrictions for minors. This woman should totally be held accountable for her sick actions but these sites need to figure out a way to put more restrictions.

[Alice]

In a manner of speaking…does this mean if I get in an argument with someone and they commit suicide because of what I said that I am to blame? Am I still to blame if they don’t? How do we regulate that? If it is wrong, its wrong no matter what the other person does. If there is nothing wrong with it if they don’t commit suicide, then I should not be to blame if they do. Does this even make sense? I just don’t know if I agree with the incitement.

[Tim Buck]

The Wolf Den wrote:

Let this be a lesson to the trollers on TOPIX, go ahead and keep stalking folks.

We have been warned, and for good reason! PS: I do not stalk!

[okimar]

Alice wrote:

In a manner of speaking…does this mean if I get in an argument with someone and they commit suicide because of what I said that I am to blame? Am I still to blame if they don’t? How do we regulate that? If it is wrong, its wrong no matter what the other person does. If there is nothing wrong with it if they don’t commit suicide, then I should not be to blame if they do. Does this even make sense? I just don’t know if I agree with the incitement.

A few of the little dicussed details are:

1.) Her daughter and Lori at one time friends.

2.) The girls had a fight/falling out as girls sometimes do.

3.) Mother set up a fake myspace account posing as a 16 year old boy.

4.) Mom sought out Loris myspace page and initiated a friendship.

5.) Carried on this charade for several weeks.

6.) Mom then,knowing how involved Lori was in this faux relationship broke it off and began posting hateful things to/about her. This went on for a few weeks.

7.) Lori despondent at the turn of events became depressed and took her own life.

This was a premeditated,malicous course of action taken by a grown woman against a young girl that,while not intended,resulted in crushing/humiliating her emotionally and causing her to kill herself.

Twenty years? Not near enough.

[__nicolle__]

heres an idea. dont open up messages that you dont know who they are from or dont add people on your Myspace if you dont know who they are...
I have a myspace and I never accept anyone as a friend if i dont know them...
simple as that.
and plus. i think the parents are to blame also for not watching out for their kid.

[dgshiner]

I am glad they charged this adult for this crime!
She should serve some time if she has nothing better to do than stalk kids? Also they need to crack down on some of the stuff I have read on TOPIX! We should be able to express ourselves without all of the foul talk. And you never know teens maybe reading as well.

[dgshiner]

Alice wrote:

In a manner of speaking…does this mean if I get in an argument with someone and they commit suicide because of what I said that I am to blame? Am I still to blame if they don’t? How do we regulate that? If it is wrong, its wrong no matter what the other person does. If there is nothing wrong with it if they don’t commit suicide, then I should not be to blame if they do. Does this even make sense? I just don’t know if I agree with the incitement.

I think what makes this malicious is that this was an adult who pretended to be a teen had it been two teenagers I don't believe the woman would have gotten indicted. But I have to say I am glad she was punished because this was somebody's child also she did not have to write this girl until she became depressed she could have left it alone. And in answering the last part of your question I don't think you should be punished if you have an argument with some one and they take their life, to me that would be punishment enough knowing that I could have said something positive rather than destructive. not your fault???? depends on the situation.

[Alice]

okimar wrote:

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A few of the little dicussed details are:
1.) Her daughter and Lori at one time friends.
2.) The girls had a fight/falling out as girls sometimes do.
3.) Mother set up a fake myspace account posing as a 16 year old boy.
4.) Mom sought out Loris myspace page and initiated a friendship.
5.) Carried on this charade for several weeks.
6.) Mom then,knowing how involved Lori was in this faux relationship broke it off and began posting hateful things to/about her. This went on for a few weeks.
7.) Lori despondent at the turn of events became depressed and took her own life.
This was a premeditated,malicous course of action taken by a grown woman against a young girl that,while not intended,resulted in crushing/humiliating her emotionally and causing her to kill herself.
Twenty years? Not near enough.

I am sure she didn’t want any “real” harm to come to this young girl.

[Alice]

Should the victim’s parents take any responsibility? It is obvious that this girl had some mental issues. Could they have gotten their daughter help?

[Anonymous]

I remember when this story broke, this adult woman played with and tormented a teenage girl with emotional problems.A real piece of work.

this piece of white trash will get her just rewards.

[Tovah]

I'm glad she's going to be held accountable...but keep in mind that girl wasn't even old enough to have a MySpace account. Her mother knew she had the account but didn't monitor the activity. It's too late for her but the rest of us should learn from what happened. No matter how inconvenient it may be, we need to actually keep up with what our kids are doing!

[The Wolf Den]

braveheart wrote:

Was attacking Iraq fraud?

Hun, you need to keep up. Try BAD INTELLIEGENCE, hello!

[Quiggler]

DiRtE PoLiTiCiAnZ wrote:

<quoted text>Myspace and her parents for starters! How gullible can you be?
If you believe what you see and read on the internet and take it to heart and fall in love with someone or something then you need to post all of your personal info so some internet phony or predator can take advantage of you. Sure glad the prom king didn't scam this girl or her family maybe it would of been a triple suicide.
How many perverts and child predators are using Myspace? So get a clue.
The girl had emotional problems before this event.
The parents have stated on the local St. Louis news they want revenge at ANY cost.

Then why not sue Smith and Wesson for shootings? You can't blame Myspace. There are legit folks that use it for legit reasons. To blame Myspace, you'd also have to sue a lot of other people. This is by far NOT the first time this has happened on the internet. It happens more than you know through other protocols and sites than Myspace.

[Quiggler]

Alice wrote:

In a manner of speaking…does this mean if I get in an argument with someone and they commit suicide because of what I said that I am to blame? Am I still to blame if they don’t? How do we regulate that? If it is wrong, its wrong no matter what the other person does. If there is nothing wrong with it if they don’t commit suicide, then I should not be to blame if they do. Does this even make sense? I just don’t know if I agree with the incitement.

This was not an argument. This woman tormented this girl. So there is no comparison. She pretended to be someone she wasn't. That's fraud. She set this girl up gathering personal information and then used it all against her for no reason but to be mean. No comparison to an argument like you speak of.

[carbon]

Alice wrote:

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I am sure she didn’t want any “real” harm to come to this young girl.

So it's all right for an adult woman to want to do superficial harm to a child?

[Alice]

carbon wrote:

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So it's all right for an adult woman to want to do superficial harm to a child?

Not what I said. I am just saying its just probably not what she expected to happen.

[carbon]

Alice wrote:

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Not what I said. I am just saying its just probably not what she expected to happen.

OK,I apologize for that remark. IMO this woman, Lori Drew, needs to be held accountable for her actions. She was an adult lying to and deliberately trying to emotionally hurt a child she knew was unstable.
An adult does not interact with a child as if that child were a peer and that is what Ms. drew did.
Should we treat her as a 13 year old and send her to bed w/o supper and take away her Internet to teach her a lesson, or do we say, "well, she meant no harm so just let her be?"

[The Wolf Den]

Alice wrote:

Should the victim’s parents take any responsibility? It is obvious that this girl had some mental issues. Could they have gotten their daughter help?

NO, as the CHILD WAS "STALKED" and then was charachter assasination against a 13 year old. That would be like an adult standing on a street corner passing out flyers about "YOUR" child. What's the difference. STALKING IS STALKING? BTW I do not think the child suffered from a mental illness. If anyone had a mental illness it was the adult. Who would stalk a child unless they were really sick, sick folks!