People talking about child molestation on Facebook
By jambi462
@jambi462 (4576)
United States
May 15, 2012 10:03pm CST
So recently someone that I know and that I would consider a friend admitted to molesting a 7 year old girl, and it was on the local news. Today there were all sorts of people that were spouting off their opinions and judgments towards him and I thought it was just kind of weird that so many people would really want to talk about something that is a pretty bad tragedy.
The guy I couldn't say was necessarily all there mentally, but he was a really nice guy, and seemed to be one of the most genuine persons I've ever met. I was greatly disappointed to hear of this news and am truly saddened for the girl and her family for having to deal with this. I hope for the best for the family and the child.
However I don't think that people should feel it necessary to spew their opinions on things that they know nothing about, and even more I don't understand why people feel it necessary to talk about such horrible things. What are your opinions on this? Do you think it's something that should be talked about publicly on something as stupid as facebook?
3 responses
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
16 May 12
jambi
It is not a thing to be discussed openly. But now we are doing the same thing. it is due to the influence of internet. People will talk about anything that is unusual -- something that is really good and something that is not good.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
17 May 12
jambi:
thanks for selecting my response as the best response. have an excellent day.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 May 12
Many serial killers and child molestors are nice people but they let their darkside takes over their mind. we can say they got corrupted. I think you have a hard time to judge him because you know him before he transitioned to his misguided self. pedophilia is a disorder and i think a man who finds him self sttracted to children should have asked for psychological help before its too late.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
16 May 12
I agree and I definitely am not okay with it what so ever I was just saying how I didn't think that people needed to be posting things about it on facebook because all of those people really don't know what they are talking about. It made me feel weird to sign into facebook and see so many people that I knew writing such nasty things about someone.
I don't deny the fact that a pedophile does deserve it though. It was definitely a shock to have someone that really thought of me as a good friend had turned out to do something like this. I knew that he had a hard life and he was such a nice person but people didn't really treat him as a friend. I just hope the girl and her family will be able to recover from this and live a normal life.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
25 May 12
This is a very passionate subject. Anytime there is a passionate subject started, one can expect heated responses. I have a great deal of opinions and stances on this subject but I will leave those for another day. I can't imagine any place being appropriate to discuss such a subject without expecting responses that are not supportive.
