Saturday, February 25, 2006

Teens & Blogs

Have you heard the one about the student who takes a couple of pictures of two other students have sex and decides it would be real "cool" to post them on his blog. Not thinking beyond the moment (as most teens are prone to do) he never imagined that this "prank" would lead to pictures being distributed throughout the school, the girl involved trying suicide as a way out of the mess he created or the criminal charges that he now faces. Two pictures = three lives ruined. No matter what math class you take, that is a bad formula. Let's not forget the hurt and embarassment that affects their families.

As parents keep trying to allow their offspring more freedom to show how responsible they can be, students are proving that freedom at that age is not always the best course of action.

I had a picture once of my drunk buddy having sex with a girl with curly hair. It turns out the "girl" was a sheep. (Hey! It was dark and I didn't have my glasses on.) Now, if I had my own blog back then, would I have posted this photo? The answer would be no. I didn't want the world to know how perverted my buddy could get when drunk. But, more importantly, the sheep has family too!

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