There have always been immature and vulnerable teens in the world and there are teens out there who are not saavy to the tricks and lures of sexual predators. There are also millions of parents out there who don't have a clue what their kids are doing online; well SHAME ON THEM... but why is that MySpace's fault and why should MySpace be forced into babysitting every user who is under the age of 18!

There are far more teens who are truly savvy to this crap and who surf responsibly and safely than there are the opposite. No child should be victimized online; but lets face it, adolescents are curious about sex, they always have been and always will be. Every adult was once a teen and was once curious about sex. The internet can be a fantastic educational tool and wonderful entertainment, but it has a dark side too; it's just like the rest of the world, there is good and there is bad. If parents have no rules, boundaries, or expectations about the internet at home, their kids are going to approach the interet thinking they are safe while sitting in their own home, when in truth they've probably never been in more danger. Expect your kids to follow their adolescent curiosity online because they will!

PARENTS NEED TO WAKE UP! When a parent allows their kids to have unsupervised access to the internet, they are giving them the keys to the biggest sexual predator playground ever known to mankind. I know parents can't keep watch 24/7, but I can almost guarantee that 90% of the kids out there who have been victimized online have internet in their bedrooms or access to it away from any adults eyes for long periods of time. Taking responsibiltiy at home is a much more "real" approach than creating a law that gives a false sense of security, allowing parents to stick their heads further into the sand. It really does absolutely nothing over the long haul to fix the real problem.

It's a complex issue, but I think educating parents and their kids is a far better approach to this issue. Requiring community sites like MySpace to force limitations on access will only cause teens and predators to lie and cheat simply to find a way around it. Even worse, the twisted freaks will come up with more devious less detectible approaches.

I know some teens may be very vulnerable to these freaks, but some of these politicians make generalizations about teens that make all teens out to be morons. That's simply not the case and it's not reality. There are more internet savvy teens in the world than all the politicians put together.

I thank MySpace for tracking down the 7000 thousand perverts and giving them the boot. Though I am not sure how long the eviction will last, it's nice to know we at least pulled the plug temporarily. I also thank sites like SexLaws.org for doing their best to EDUCATE people on the real issues.