MySpace ruins lives.

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Okay, guess it really happened. Screwed up story. Still, what does myspace have to do with this? Any story that ever involves something with technology.. and everyone usually jumps on the bandwagon to demonize said technology. It's ridiculous.

Agreed...MySpace has about as much responsibility for her death as the maker of the belt she hung herself with.

Criminal prosecution aside, I would think the Meiers have an above-average chance of persuading a jury to side with them in a wrongful death suit against Curt & Lori Drew.
 

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Agreed...MySpace has about as much responsibility for her death as the maker of the belt she hung herself with.

Criminal prosecution aside, I would think the Meiers have an above-average chance of persuading a jury to side with them in a wrongful death suit against Curt & Lori Drew.
That's what I said! More proof great minds think alike.
 

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I'm a live and let live kind of guy, but that family has yet to face the consequences of their actions.

Regardless or lawsuits or criminal charges, I suspect that family will, eventually, grow weary of denial and come to shoulder the knowledge of their complicity in this troubled girl's death. For now they may put on the public face of denial or indifference but pangs of guilt have a way of eating away at even the most steadfast resolve.
 

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I noticed the names of the article's mystery family got posted here. The names return a high ranking on google searches. There seems to be a virtual lynch mob developing on several no-name blogs. The family's full name, address and phone number was posted on one. As expected there were lengthy lists of outraged posts and calls for action.

Anonymity will never be a possibility for them to exploit in real life. There's no haven. Maybe there's some justice in that, as long as there is no endangerment.

I would hope that there is some avenue in civil law for some redress if the story is accurate. It is incredibly shameful, abhorrent and cruel for adults to bait and torment a child. Any child.
 

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You can't blame myspace or the net every time a teenager kills her/himself, the story doesn't tell us what else was going on in her life, she might well have been arguing with her parents as is normal for teenagers, she may have had problems in other areas such as school, but its the net that's blamed because that's the easy way, it absolves the parents, her school, her relatives and any other of the people in her life who should have noticed her state, of responsibility.

No, you cannot blame MySpace. You blame the cruelty of the people (Curt and Lori Drew) and circumstances which led to the Meier's daughter's death.