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[quote=Anonymous]I never would have posted to this thread except for reading the posts that were leaping to the defense of the two young people cited in the newspaper article and appearing to attempt to absolve them of  responsibility while blaming their actions on the kids whose pictures were found on the website being investigated. It just seemed so absurd, and the supporters of the young people whose names were listed on the search warrant appeared unable to understand the possible differences in culpability involved.

These posts seemed to declare over and over that if there is any responsibility at all ascribed to the kids in the pictures, then that was somehow equal to the responsibility of those who collected photos, set up a website, organized and labeled photos on the site, and sent out emails with links so that others could also view the pictures. At least one post  indicated that it was possible that the kids in the pictures were actually behind the set up of the site (really, if anyone has that sort of information, they would do better to take it to the police and not post it on an anonymous web site).

I don't live near this school nor any of the surrounding schools and I only know what was written in the Post, so I have no dog in this fight. I just find it disturbing that so many adults(?) are unable to see a difference between a child taking pictures of oneself and someone else collecting so many of these pictures, possibly 50 or more, and going through each step necessary to distribute these pictures to others. [u]If[/u] kids were taking pictures of themselves, they may be lacking in respect for themselves, but those who collected such pictures showed lack of respect for others.

They're kids, so we can hope they will all see what they did wrong and learn from the experience, but those who are excusing the kids who created the website because of the possibility that other kids took pictures of themselves are not doing any favors for the kids involved. Only those involved know what actually happened and everyone is innocent until proven guilty. I'm not surprised that kids would make mistakes, especially with the rapid evolution and constant change in the uses of social media, but I am surprised that adults would so quickly try to excuse one set of children and refer to another set of children in such denigrating ways. This thread would have died away quickly had people refrained from blaming others and using demeaning terminology to refer to the kids who may appear in the pictures on the site.

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