Comments on: Grounded!: Detroit Free Press Calls Van’s Mom http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Beth Anon http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53586 Beth Anon Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:52:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53586 What bothers me most is that this "Mother” was unconcerned that her son was a nefarious character(s) in TSO, but instead, concerned that someone might find out who he was in real life. She does a considerable disservice to her son by letting him run amok. By doing so she is basically telling him that his actions have no consequences (as demonstrated in TSO) and that what he does is acceptable behavior. That boy better get out of his mother's house and find out about the REAL WORLD where he can't treat people as he does under the mask of anonymity. Shame on her, she claims to "object" to her son's playing but yet she doesn't enforce it. I sure hope she's the exception, rather than the rule of parents of teens that play TSO. What bothers me most is that this “Mother” was unconcerned that her son was a nefarious character(s) in TSO, but instead, concerned that someone might find out who he was in real life. She does a considerable disservice to her son by letting him run amok. By doing so she is basically telling him that his actions have no consequences (as demonstrated in TSO) and that what he does is acceptable behavior. That boy better get out of his mother’s house and find out about the REAL WORLD where he can’t treat people as he does under the mask of anonymity. Shame on her, she claims to “object” to her son’s playing but yet she doesn’t enforce it. I sure hope she’s the exception, rather than the rule of parents of teens that play TSO.

]]> By: Eeyore http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53585 Eeyore Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:39:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53585 I would just like to say I am apalled at this whole thing. I, too, have been scammed by Evangeline. Did I fret about it? Yes.. I was ticked.. but its a game. I choose to play it. I do not annote anything that happens in-game to my daily real life. So I got ticked, then moved on trying to make the money back that I lost. There is nothing that can be done about it, just the same as if you were pick-pocketed irl while you were at a ball game. There is no way to get your money back.. get mad, then get over it. Evenageline scammed alot of people. That is how s/he chose to play the game. There is NO REASON for a grown adult to give out this childs real name. If you really had a major problem over it.. you could have went to EA with the info, or just called his parents yourself making them aware of it. You really need to re-think your ideas more clearly. Aparently you have no children of your own, but think of it in other ways.. if your child/neice/nephew/grandchild/Godchild did somthing similar and their name was exposed to MILLIONS of internet users how comfortable would you be? Children come up missing, and some found dead becasause some freak on the internet got their real identity from the net. I pray for your sake that nothing serious happens to this boy. Yes 17 is ALMOST an adult.. but they are still a child. They are still at risk and our world is a scarry place anymore. There was no need to expose this information! I am ashamed to even admit that I have enjoyed playing this game with you. I am glad that my main sim is not in AV, and I never will play soley in AV for this very reason. The drama will never stop. I will leave you with one last thought... ***NEWSFLASH*** THIS IS A GAME.. NOT REAL LIFE.. treat it as that. I pity the realisms that you will pass to any future possible offspring. I would just like to say I am apalled at this whole thing. I, too, have been scammed by Evangeline. Did I fret about it? Yes.. I was ticked.. but its a game. I choose to play it. I do not annote anything that happens in-game to my daily real life. So I got ticked, then moved on trying to make the money back that I lost. There is nothing that can be done about it, just the same as if you were pick-pocketed irl while you were at a ball game. There is no way to get your money back.. get mad, then get over it. Evenageline scammed alot of people. That is how s/he chose to play the game. There is NO REASON for a grown adult to give out this childs real name. If you really had a major problem over it.. you could have went to EA with the info, or just called his parents yourself making them aware of it. You really need to re-think your ideas more clearly. Aparently you have no children of your own, but think of it in other ways.. if your child/neice/nephew/grandchild/Godchild did somthing similar and their name was exposed to MILLIONS of internet users how comfortable would you be? Children come up missing, and some found dead becasause some freak on the internet got their real identity from the net. I pray for your sake that nothing serious happens to this boy. Yes 17 is ALMOST an adult.. but they are still a child. They are still at risk and our world is a scarry place anymore. There was no need to expose this information! I am ashamed to even admit that I have enjoyed playing this game with you. I am glad that my main sim is not in AV, and I never will play soley in AV for this very reason. The drama will never stop. I will leave you with one last thought…

***NEWSFLASH***
THIS IS A GAME.. NOT REAL LIFE.. treat it as that. I pity the realisms that you will pass to any future possible offspring.

]]> By: TreeHumper http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53584 TreeHumper Sun, 08 Feb 2004 03:16:39 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53584 I like Trees. I hump trees. Yummy. I am laughing. Don't steal my tree. I like Trees. I hump trees. Yummy. I am laughing. Don’t steal my tree.

]]> By: NickE http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53583 NickE Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:15:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53583 Maxis doesnt call there parents because of obvoius reasons. Most parents wouldnt care. Its the sims online they can do whatever they want. If they called some of the kids moms, the moms would prolly tell them off for "bashing" her son .. etc. Maxis doesnt call there parents because of obvoius reasons. Most parents wouldnt care. Its the sims online they can do whatever they want.

If they called some of the kids moms, the moms would prolly tell them off for “bashing” her son .. etc.

]]> By: GG http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53582 GG Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:32:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53582 Coco, the name is here. I'm not great at doing internet serches but I was able to find it fairly easily. As far as I know, there isn't a direct link from this blog to the article written by the prof containing the minor's name but the page is still on the web for everyone to see. Which I think is contemptible. Coco, the name is here. I’m not great at doing internet serches but I was able to find it fairly easily. As far as I know, there isn’t a direct link from this blog to the article written by the prof containing the minor’s name but the page is still on the web for everyone to see. Which I think is contemptible.

]]> By: toy http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53581 toy Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:18:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53581 sure van/rapheal...... as if anyone could believe anything you would say hehehehe tou :) sure van/rapheal…… as if anyone could believe anything you would say hehehehe

tou :)

]]> By: Van http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53580 Van Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:06:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53580 this has gone on long enough,My r/l name is Donna Walker Im from Kansas and thats the truth. You all were to easy to fool. this has gone on long enough,My r/l name is Donna Walker Im from Kansas and thats the truth. You all were to easy to fool.

]]> By: Cocoanut http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53579 Cocoanut Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:35:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53579 And this brings up a major question. I have been over the AVH trying to find any mention of the minor's rl name, and can't find it. I didn't go over every last thing on this site. But I did go over quite a lot before I quit. Which made me think, are we to assume the professor somehow had this information (not posted on this site) and gave it to the newspaper? And if so, how did he get it? (An answer would be nice for those questions.) And if he did, geez - how on earth are we supposed to know it was accurate? After all, the professor is the same person who is convinced I am ThanksALotUri. Which doesn't say just a whole lot for his "Internet sleuthing" ability. coco And this brings up a major question.

I have been over the AVH trying to find any mention of the minor’s rl name, and can’t find it. I didn’t go over every last thing on this site. But I did go over quite a lot before I quit.

Which made me think, are we to assume the professor somehow had this information (not posted on this site) and gave it to the newspaper? And if so, how did he get it? (An answer would be nice for those questions.)

And if he did, geez – how on earth are we supposed to know it was accurate? After all, the professor is the same person who is convinced I am ThanksALotUri. Which doesn’t say just a whole lot for his “Internet sleuthing” ability.

coco

]]> By: Dyerbrook http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53578 Dyerbrook Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:41:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53578 *undisclosed *undisclosed

]]> By: Dyerbrook http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/01/grounded_detroi.html/comment-page-2#comment-53577 Dyerbrook Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:40:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2990#comment-53577 "The mother said she knew her son was infamous in the game, but didn't know to what extent, and didn't know whether the boy complained about the Herald to Electronic Arts. She would not allow her son to be interviewed. A single mother, the woman said her son plays the game for hours, though she objects." Um, am I the only adult in the Maxisverse that finds this completely hypocritical? Mom can use the Internet as a babysitter, Mom can let her kid wreck havoc in a game, and waste hours on it, she can let him talk to strange adults in the game and even practice cyber-prostitution with adults, but, er, when it comes to a legitimate media query about the effect of online games on our nation's youth, she picks up her skirts and runs in horror, and can't let her underage son talk to a reporter? I mean, come on, that's outrageous. That's not to say that she shouldn't have the right to keep her son's identity disclosed, especially because he is a minor, and it isn't to say that the Free Press should have revealed it, it is just to make a point about how the precious morals we invoke to protect our youth are twisted beyond recognition when it comes to a case story like that of a pervert bent on the destruction of society. If her house was an offline Sims game, the social worker in the sensible brown suit would have *long ago* come to take this baby away from her. Come to think of it, even a RL ACS might have at least made a home visit and asked what was up... “The mother said she knew her son was infamous in the game, but didn’t know to what extent, and didn’t know whether the boy complained about the Herald to Electronic Arts. She would not allow her son to be interviewed. A single mother, the woman said her son plays the game for hours, though she objects.”

Um, am I the only adult in the Maxisverse that finds this completely hypocritical? Mom can use the Internet as a babysitter, Mom can let her kid wreck havoc in a game, and waste hours on it, she can let him talk to strange adults in the game and even practice cyber-prostitution with adults, but, er, when it comes to a legitimate media query about the effect of online games on our nation’s youth, she picks up her skirts and runs in horror, and can’t let her underage son talk to a reporter? I mean, come on, that’s outrageous. That’s not to say that she shouldn’t have the right to keep her son’s identity disclosed, especially because he is a minor, and it isn’t to say that the Free Press should have revealed it, it is just to make a point about how the precious morals we invoke to protect our youth are twisted beyond recognition when it comes to a case story like that of a pervert bent on the destruction of society.

If her house was an offline Sims game, the social worker in the sensible brown suit would have *long ago* come to take this baby away from her. Come to think of it, even a RL ACS might have at least made a home visit and asked what was up…

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