Blessing and A Curse

On the Today Show there was a story about Internet safety where a girl commited suicide because of an Internet relationship that was never real. The girl's parents stressed that no one should use to Internet to establish relationships unless you know there is a real person on the other side.

My favorite blog is one where a mother with seven children uses wit to relay various occurrances in the household. I also have realized that it could all be fake and I take it as such. It is entertainment. It would never occur to me that I should form any kind of relationship with her ever. She is a stranger that lives hundreds of miles away.

Relationships are meant to be in person with real people. Unless someone has actually met the person and their children shown on a web site or blog so they know it is real, everyone on the Internet should assume that it is all smoke and mirrors. Photos can be easily obtained and a blog constructed. Only the very naive would assume that any kind of relationship is possible with strangers (and that is exactly who everyone is on the Web). I feel so sorry for the parents of the girl and it takes such courage to share their story with everyone so people will use caution with the web.

Besides, the FBI is EVERYWHERE and spying on all of us!!