Re: ?
-- In [email protected], "Rick Rudge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I sort of disagree, Kathy. [Y!M] is a group that talks about Yahoo!
Instant
> Messenger and all issues of IMing. It can be about the newest Y!M
update,
> or about Y!M for Windows, the Mac and Linux, or about trying to get
it to
> work, or about important issues that people who use Instant Messaging
> may have to deal with. I don't see any problems discussing this whole
> sexual predator law since really this deals with IMing too.
>
> I also disagree with Linda. Most kids are IMing with their friends
who they
> know or want to know (Sam from study hall, might get your Y!M nickname)
> and not complete strangers who everybody is fearful of. Very few
people
> seem to be actively wanting to chat with complete strangers, and
then it's
> only to be just friends or pen pals.
>
> Guys are just as clueless as the unsuspecting older women who just want
> to find companionship. I don't know how many Nigerian women who have
> wanted me to cash checks for them. :-) That's just one of the
things that
> you need to always be cautious about when IMing with strangers.
>
> I think that this discussion is perfectly relevant to this group.
>
> --Rick
>
> --- In [email protected], Larry Schreiber
<indycoltsfan1945@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Kathy U are so right!!!!!
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: kathy kendall <lil_lady_dreaming_of_you@>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 4:59:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Y!M] Re: ?
> >
> > I'm not sure but I always thought that yahoo messenger was for
chatting? And this
> group
> > keeps you updated on new and exciting things to use in doing it.
In other words we
> should
> > keep messenger on messenger and the group dealings here. Just so
everyone is happy.
> >
> >
Kathy
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Linda <linda_jeanne@ yahoo.com>
> > To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 2:43:17 PM
> > Subject: [Y!M] Re: ?
> >
> >
> > I wish people who want to chat would just direct the reply to the
> > person intended instead of the entire group.
> >
> > And you are right, you can't trust anyone on here. I am beginning to
> > think the majority of the people who respond to IM's are up to no
> > good. Just too bad kids can't see that. Same goes for unsuspecting
> > older women who just want to find companionship. Usually all they
> > find is their empty bank accounts.
> >
> > Linda
> >
> > --- In Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com, "Rick Rudge" <rickrudge@
..>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > People like Kateja Simpson, who hangs out here all the time, are
> > always trying to chat with
> > > people, but then you find out that they're only 14 years old, and
> > you just back away. I can
> > > see where people can really get caught in this trap.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, I see these horn-dog sexual predators taking
> > advantage of that too. I
> > > don't like the idea of guys taking advantage of young girls who are
> > naive and susceptible to
> > > getting themselves into trouble.
> > >
> > > That 30 year old guy who says he's only 12 or 14 years old wanting
> > to hook up, is no
> > > different from that 14 year old girl who is really a 50 year old
> > cop trying to entrap you. You
> > > just can't trust anybody on the Internet. It's better to just stay
> > friends and keep it casual.
> > >
> > > --Rick
> > >
> > > --- In Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com, "gibsod34" <gibsod34@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What does anyone no about these Internet stalking laws were
> > police
> > > > officers poss as young girls get you to chat then arrest you.
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