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Wed Apr 09,2008,
21:33 GMT
"MySpace is the anti-Christ for children"
Posted by Hal
“MySpace is the anti-Christ for children” says the dad of a 16 year-old after finding out his Florida cheerleader daughter was savagely beaten by a group of teens. The teens initiated and recorded the beating so that they could then post it to YouTube and MySpace, though later on they thought the better of it, which didn’t help much since at least one of them still had a recording when she was arrested.
This is the dark side of peep culture – people who do bad things primarily because they want to record them. And while the video was never posted and YouTube would have taken it down immediately had it been uploaded, there are tons of video sharing sites that would have been delighted to upload the entire lengthy beating (which left the girl unconscious).
They may get their opportunity yet as for some reason clips were released by the police handling the case. For now, you can watch a clip on various news sites like auk’s Sky News. There’s no particular reason to upload the clip onto a news site other than the fact that it will attract eyeballs. It’s not as if watching this girl get repeatedly punched will enlighten us as to the nature of violence in general or how this specific incident came about.
So what does all this prove? 1) that peep trumps any other consideration, and 2) that if you clicked or are about to click on the link above you are no better than the rest of.
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Hey, I’m Hal Niedzviecki. I’m a writer/thinker who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with my wife and daughter. Up till now I’ve always considered myself a private person. But at the same time I’m fascinated by people who effortlessly open themselves up to the whole world. So I’ve… more...
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16:33
Without commenting on the nausea-inducing violence of this crime, it’s almost tailor-made for your project—are you sure you had nothing to do with it?