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Hyacinthe · 09-04-2007, 10:32 PM

I guess I look at this from the other side only being a few years older then these kids and growing up in the same environment as many of them.

I don't think the blame can be laid purely on the parents or society or the people that download the pictures. Some of the blame has to go to the children themselves that are doing it. Sure they're 13 - 14 - 15 but does that give them any more of an excuse for making a poor decision in life? The amount of publicity that things like this are given in the media today and in school (least here in Australia) there is no excuse for putting anything up on the net that you wouldn't want people to see, you know that it will certainly be sent around to different sites. Therefore I don't believe in the "he said he wouldn't show anyone" accidental porn leakage excuses of these people.

My own parents have always allowed me and my siblings an almost insane amount of freedom and yet none of us have done anything that I would consider particularly bad. The reasoning behind this was simply that they trusted us, they made sure we were informed of the consequences of our actions and then if we decided to make the decision to go through with it we had to face those consequences. Throughtout highschool I was allowed to spend the night at friends houses with a group of boys even if their parents weren't there, I had a computer in my room with no parental controls over it or what use I made of it (this is with an internet connection) and other such things as that. If I had wanted to make porn of myself via a webcam, videocamera etc I could have done so.

The way I look at it you do something stupid you'll pay for it whether it's being picked up for underage drinking or having porn photoes you took for your boyfriend being leaked over the net. Sure it's a hard lesson but most of those lfielong ones are.

09-04-2007, 10:32 PM	#29 (permalink)
Hyacinthe Psycho Location: Australia	I guess I look at this from the other side only being a few years older then these kids and growing up in the same environment as many of them. I don't think the blame can be laid purely on the parents or society or the people that download the pictures. Some of the blame has to go to the children themselves that are doing it. Sure they're 13 - 14 - 15 but does that give them any more of an excuse for making a poor decision in life? The amount of publicity that things like this are given in the media today and in school (least here in Australia) there is no excuse for putting anything up on the net that you wouldn't want people to see, you know that it will certainly be sent around to different sites. Therefore I don't believe in the "he said he wouldn't show anyone" accidental porn leakage excuses of these people. My own parents have always allowed me and my siblings an almost insane amount of freedom and yet none of us have done anything that I would consider particularly bad. The reasoning behind this was simply that they trusted us, they made sure we were informed of the consequences of our actions and then if we decided to make the decision to go through with it we had to face those consequences. Throughtout highschool I was allowed to spend the night at friends houses with a group of boys even if their parents weren't there, I had a computer in my room with no parental controls over it or what use I made of it (this is with an internet connection) and other such things as that. If I had wanted to make porn of myself via a webcam, videocamera etc I could have done so. The way I look at it you do something stupid you'll pay for it whether it's being picked up for underage drinking or having porn photoes you took for your boyfriend being leaked over the net. Sure it's a hard lesson but most of those lfielong ones are. __________________ "I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken... and the one that could brighten up your day even if she couldnt brighten her own" "Her emotions were clear waters. You could see the scarring and pockmarks at the bottom of the pool, but it was just a part of her landscape – the consequences of others’ actions in which she claimed no part."