I honestly can't completely pick one side with this case.
I believe a EULA should have some power, but I feel it's more of a warning to let you know what you're getting into. I used to read EULAs, but not anymore.
To me at least, this is obviously abuse, but apparently they attempted to end it, so again I can't decide to say what should be done about it.
And then there's the girl. It would seem she was an easily influenced individual, which should be taken into account. If I tell 1000 people to go kill themselves (which I'm attempting to do...) hopefully none of they actually do it, however there is always the chance that one may fulfill my request.
Then there's cyber bullying. It appears to only affect the gullible and the ignorant. Those who will stay and listen to what an jerk has to say and those who don't know how to get it to stop. I've been bullied, and what did I do one day? Call the cops. Guess what, problem fixed. This was out of fear of having several bones broken by multiple people. I've had people be rude to me online; however I have never found it to be a issue. I always use a personal policy of anonymity, and thus it would be difficult to track me. I only use my legal name when registering my Windows license.
Then there's the argument that her parents should have been watching her online interactions. I disagree with this. The fastest way to learn is to be thrown right into the thick of things, and that includes the net. Of course some guidance helps, but you'll never learn to ride a bike if you always use training wheels (my oldest brother used training wheels, took him months. I didn't, and it took me hours to learn without any help at all). The world, both modern and past, has many foolish social conventions I do not agree with and wholly believe they are a nuisance upon the world, however the net doesn't have many of these in the same quantity or context in many situations. A thing such as sexual protection is something a parent should teach, but in general, things such as consequences of actions are something that needs to be learned first hand. We must be allowed to make our own mistakes, because that's the best way to learn to never repeat them when a direr situation occurs.
Then there's the argument that justice must be served. I hate justice. I have already learned that the consequences of revenge are more than the benefits. I believe in at least attempting to make the world a little better. I truly believe the reason to put someone behind bars is to make them rethink their actions and how to carry on the rest of their lives, no to punish them for their crimes. Having a person sent to prison for the rest of their lives is a waste. It is actually a burden on society for revenge, and nothing else. The only other reason I believe to send someone in prison is to prevent them form harming others. I doubt anyone will benefit from this woman going to prison other than society being satisfied for a whole two seconds for revenge.
Sorry for the rant, assuming a single person ever reads it.
[citation][nom]demonhorde665[/nom]you know what gets me about this comment ??? it is not the world we live in NOW it is teh world we have ALWAYS LIVED in. every one acts like the world is some how more evil and less ethnical than it was 50 ,100 or a 1000 eyars ago. well that is jsut bull shit go back to the 50's and there were many cases of domestic cruelty , stories about sposeal abuse and child abuse , hell one aunt even tortured and let her sons rape thier cousin (her niece). role back a little farther and we ahd slaves in this country , role back alitle further and we had people getting tortured for years over religion (spanish inquisition). role back some more time , and we had religion burning , hanging , and torturing more than half teh female population becuase "they were witches". hell role back to the time we were nothing but a bunch of cave monkeys and i can gaurantee you will still see us having done some screwed up shit. our world (or at least western civilization) is far better than what it was in the past. only diference now is that we acknowledge this kind of behavior as being screwed up , in the past this kind of beahvior (or worse) was ignored. sayign the world today is more screwed up than it was in the past is the dumbest thing any huamn alive today can say. P.S. the perpentrators should spend no less than 10 years in prison for this crap, my cousin robbed three convienant stores WITH NO casulties involved, and got 14 years in prison (and he still has to see a parole officer for another 10 years every month). yet these sick f---s harrass agirl into kiling herself , and receive next to no penalty.[/citation]
I appreciate what you're saying. Crime rates are the lowest ever throughout recorded history.
What you say is also disappointing... One of my uncles has robbed liquor stores, been a pimp, drug dealer, and likes to beat woman, and crippled his brother while driving toked... Even though the authorities know exactly what he does and have had him in custody often, they don't seem to want to put the man behind bars. For robbing a few stores without any harm done, I do believe some prison time may be best, but anything over a couple years seems extreme to me (possible that the judge was trying to make an example, or there's more that I just don't know about the situation).
[citation][nom]JMcEntegart[/nom]It's not trolling, it's my job. I'm supposed to read and respond to comments.[/citation]
Oh really now?
Then what is your favourite variety of waffles? I prefer fresh strawberries and whipped cream with butter with a cup of cold orange juice with a lot of pulp.
Also to note, I used a spellchecker before submitting this post.
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