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Flames0910 · 07-08-2010, 09:51 PM

I don't get it. The Internet is not as scary a place as some make it out to be. It's the same as letting your children play outside, or on the playground. They meet people. You want to take some precautions for sure but do you instruct your children to give fake names at the playground?

Even the guy with the blog - he took their names and churned out as much information as possible. Basically what he got is who they were friends with, a few facebook pictures, and maybe the city they live in. In the rare case he got ahold of a phone number (that was probably listed in the phonebook anyway).
People I encounter every single day have access to this information. Not a single one has snuck up on me in a back alley (yet).

Unless you're trying to say that gamers are somehow more violent than regular people in which case I strongly disagree.

07-08-2010, 09:51 PM	#61
Flames0910 First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	I don't get it. The Internet is not as scary a place as some make it out to be. It's the same as letting your children play outside, or on the playground. They meet people. You want to take some precautions for sure but do you instruct your children to give fake names at the playground? Even the guy with the blog - he took their names and churned out as much information as possible. Basically what he got is who they were friends with, a few facebook pictures, and maybe the city they live in. In the rare case he got ahold of a phone number (that was probably listed in the phonebook anyway). People I encounter every single day have access to this information. Not a single one has snuck up on me in a back alley (yet). Unless you're trying to say that gamers are somehow more violent than regular people in which case I strongly disagree. Last edited by Flames0910; 07-08-2010 at 09:53 PM.