Forget about being humiliated, in this age of information open to anyone who knows how to search for it, any sicko pervert or psycho could have found that 17 year old girl via her cell phone number, and raped, tortured, and or killed her.. Then wether or not Thresher should be punished for doing what she did would be irrelevant.. There wouldn’t be any doubt where she’d belong..

I’m tired of people putting their own rights toward freedom of speech and anonnymity over the internet over the safety of others..

This woman deserves to be embarassed.. Perhaps not imprisoned for four years, but definately a fine and some in-home detention.. People need to know that when they do these things there are consequences..

I wholeheartedly disagree with the new law. This behavior should not be felony behavior and this woman should not get jail time. However…

In my opinion, either misdemeanor harassment or criminal impersonating would do the job. This woman put another individual’s picture and personal information in a public place, which resulted in unwanted contact. Yes, if I did the same thing on a bathroom wall, it resulted in unwanted contact and I was caught, I would be charged. Despite the lawyer’s optimistic prose, this kind of thing has been illegal for quite some time, now. The only difference these days is that it’s much easier to find the perp.

Fine her and slap her with some community service. The thought of this woman taking up a jail cell meant for the violent and depraved is absolutely asinine.

Totally agree with this. This would be a perfect compromise, because jail time I think is extreme, but so is doing nothing, considering there is a minor involved.

So please forgive me if I have ruffled your feathers. We will start afresh tomorrow and hopefully I can redeem myself and get back into your good graces (a status I got to enjoy for all of 30 seconds before I pissed you off LOL)…*mental note to self: do NOT tell Morbid he is wrong EVER!*

um….just giving you a hard time – cease fire and put up the artillery! I admit that my true intent of this particular moment is to get a rise out of you by deliberately provoking you into landing on the front page of your own website. (for allegedly choking one of your new members on only her second day of posting!)

Obviously Thrasher is a moron for doing what she did, as well as not thinking that she lives in an area in which the Megan Meier’s Law applies, but still. What happened to the teen as a result? She got some messages from horny men?

Right, then charge with harassment (which would get thrown out). But even if it did I can not see how making someone’s cell phone repeatedly ring (and what defines repeatedly? two times? 15?) equals 4 years in jail.

Nope. I do not feel that this woman should be charged with anything other than a misdemeanor.

To waste taxpayer time and money while moaning about what “could” have happened…what do you guys think should be next?

Nothing happened to this teen as a result of this woman’s stupid Craigslist ad, so any “oh wow, Thrasher taking that teen’s info off her Myspace and posting them on Craigslist could have awakened a Ted Bundy

Is your opinion still the exact same as when you first stated it? I hope not, but I do respect your opinion regardless of whether it mirrors mine or not

The gyst of what you have written so far appears (to me) to indicate that you are of the opinion that Thrasher’s actions were trivial enough to basically be considered a harmless “tit for tat” gesture.

I am pretty sure you read into what I typed what you wanted to read. I have looked back over what I have posted and all I can see is me saying I don’t feel what she did deserved felony charges or a possible 4 year sentence. In fact, on the first page Athena stated:

Fine her and slap her with some community service. The thought of this woman taking up a jail cell meant for the violent and depraved is absolutely asinine.

To which I replied:

Yeah, that about sums up my thoughts.

Which is still true.

Before I consider your scenarios, I want you to point out anywhere where I said that what Thrasher did was ok and we should just forget about it because the girl lived.

It figures, my second day posting on DD, EVER, and I am already in trouble for offending the Chief (sorry Morbid, no offense intended)

The gyst of what you have written so far appears (to me) to indicate that you are of the opinion that Thrasher’s actions were trivial enough to basically be considered a harmless “tit for tat” gesture. You point out that moaning about “what could have happened” is a waste of taxpayer money. Does that not mean shut up and move on to something that is actually important enough to be warranted? (in other words, forget about it). Again, that is merely my interpretation of the over-all message you are conveying. Do I think you could care less whether the girl was harmed? Absolutely not, you have proven this repeatedly by your disdain for people who commit such crimes that result in harm to others. My hope is that by presenting a couple of examples of WHY I feel the way I do, you might look at things with a different perspective that maybe you didn’t consider when forming your original opinion. If I fail to make a valid point then so be it…I personally hope she is held responsible for her actions and that the punishment delved out makes her (and others) think twice about the repercussions of using the media (in this case, internet) as a tool that could compromise the safety of others. There could have been some serious consequences that fortunately have not become a reality due to the irresponsibility of her actions, at least not yet and I hope not ever.

Athena said:
Realistically, this is an exaggeration. While it’s not impossible to find someone with a current pic and an area code, it’s highly unlikely.

This woman’s actions didn’t put the girl in any real danger, in my opinion, but it’s worthy of some punishment.

I must disagree about it being exaggerated, unless this 17 year old lived in New York City or Dallas/FortWorth, finding her would be easy for a pedophile, rapist or child pornographer!
Go to intelius.com, do a reverse lookup on this phone number 417-299-1234, tell me what city that shows up under! That’s a cell phone prefix after the area code and it’s a small town! With a picture, were I, of the mind to, I could find her! Do not doubt that, of course, I’m a professional, with a license! However, pervy people who use the net to find victims, quickly become professional at it, too!
Ummmm, I believe 4 years is a bit much, as incarcerated punishment, for this act, but 6 months, that sounds good. I’ll leave that to the discretion of a DA and Judge! I would like to know how long it will take for this girl/victim to recover her feeling of security? How is her psyche? If she is a strong minded gal, with defensive skills, she’ll most likely recover pretty fast, but, what if she isn’t?
As we all read about here on a daily basis, the horror and degradation of victims, never should we say never, or that is unlikely to happen, because we’ll read about it here…..

Just consider the scenarios above and tell me that you still feel it is ok to do what Thrasher did and we should all just forget it happened because the girl lived.

Before I consider your scenarios, I want you to point out anywhere where I said that what Thrasher did was ok and we should just forget about it because the girl lived.

“Can we keep her? Plleeeease?

Welcome out of the shadows SubtleDiversion. I can’t wait to read more from you.

R”

Thank you R! I look forward to being a fellow “victim” of Morbid’s infamous web of destruction

“To waste taxpayer time and money while moaning about what “could” have happened…what do you guys think should be next? Get caught speeding and also get arrested for all those people you “could” have killed

? Nothing happened to this teen as a result of this woman’s stupid Craigslist ad…”
Hmmm….this did turn out to be a controversial topic. I like those! Ponder this:
1) Let’s say I dropped my 13 yr old daughter off at a party full of tattooed, drugged up ex-(and future)convicts. As expected, they immediately begin dousing each other with holy water, quoting the Bible & singing Mary Had a Little Lamb all night until a neighbor sees the under-aged girl in the middle of the crowd and calls the police. She “could” have been killed but wasn’t…do I deserve to be arrested? Was I negligent? After all, nothing happened to this teen as a result my stupid decision to let my daughter hang out with whacked out criminals.
2) Back to the 17-yr old girl for a moment. Let’s say she was your daughter…and she wasn’t as lucky as the girl we are discussing because she was stalked & killed by a rapist. She had a myspace page that had provocative pictures of herself on it. You weren’t even aware the page existed and never had reason to wonder because she was rarely on the computer. Because the girl argued with this older woman (who cares what it was about) and the woman posted her pic and PHONE # on Craigslist resulting in a situation that later caused her death. Do you advocate slapping Thrasher on the hand and charging her with a misdemeanor? After all, SHE didn’t kill the girl, someone ELSE did! And btw, the promiscuous brat basically ASKED to be killed – shouldn’t have had a sexy pic on her myspace (no phone#, just pic). You failed to pick up on the child’s internet argument and the fact that she had a myspace because she created it at her friend’s house next door (you’re at fault)…the girl HAD a myspace (she’s at fault). Thrasher knowingly put her in danger, causing her death (she’s at fault).
At what point do you feel that Thrasher should take responsibility for her actions? Do we allow this type of dangerous behavior without holding the ADULT perpetrator responsible for the death of a CHILD because she knowingly used her info to solicit the rapist? Should I be able to walk free for placing my daughter into a party full of deviants because it is wasting taxpayers money to put me in prison? besides…the girl wasn’t killed so it’s ok, right?

Victim? Be careful Morbid,that makes you wrong twice in one night…since I am such a sweet and generous person, I am willing to help you through this crisis (admittance is the first step) so lets start by saying (repeat after me): “I, Morbid, was wrong…this is a rare occurrence of course” (tossed that in to massage your ego a bit). Web victims to Morbid: “What was that you said? Can you repeat the statement, please? We couldn’t hear you…sounded like you might have said the word ‘wrong’ in a sentence with your name in it but surely we are mistaken because it came out as a weak gurgling noise, almost as if you were in pain…”
Just picking on you of course

Oh Morbid, I like this one. Can we keep her? Plleeeease?

Welcome out of the shadows SubtleDiversion. I can’t wait to read more from you.

R

My biggest problem with this, is she did it under a “sexual” context. There are so many weirdos in this world and with the internet you can pretty much find anyone these days. If someone had found that encounter and tried to meet up with her at some point, she would have had no clue what’s going on…I don’t think I’m being dramatic when I say that this could have ended badly…

THIS. This is what worried me. It’s not quite in the spirit of Megan(Meier)’s Law, but it carries its own connotations. Some enterprising bastard might have also been able to do a reverse lookup on the number, and then there’s the stalking, leaving notes, peering in the windows…

Okay, maybe a bit dramatic, but I’m crazy overprotective of my daughters. This debacle might not classify as harrassment, or endangerment. Is there a law against “Impersonation with Intent to Be a Maladjusted Bitch”?

Oh, and God forbid that this law starts gathering speed in the gaming community. What a riot that will be the first time I get to post a front page story over an Adult MMORPG player being charged under the Megan Meier Law for “harassing” a teen in World of Warcraft. lol! I’ll have a field day with that one.

I dont know what is in store for us in the future but this isn’t good for gamers at all. Although I have never played WoW and avoided it like most addictive drugs. lol