Just something to think about............ (Page 1/2)
blackrams SEP 26, 05:44 AM
Something to think about....

A guy sends you a friend request. He looks nice enough, so you check him out on FB before accepting. Awe, he’s got a wife and just the Cutest Kids. You don't know him; but, he's a Family Man and his profile and info is all good; so you accept his friend request.

It's your baby girl's first day of school. She looks SO cute in her new outfit and you just have to take a picture and post it on Facebook so all your friends and family can see.

You're so excited dropping her off that you 'Check in' to her school on FB saying...”I can't believe how big she's gotten. Time sure flies. One proud momma/daddy right here.”

Meanwhile, the mystery guy whose friend request you hurriedly accepted previously, is saving that photo you posted of your daughter in her cute new outfit, to his phone and texting it to 60 other grown men across the world with the caption - American Female, Age 8,
Brown Hair, Blue Eyes, ID# R8000.

Not only did you provide a picture of your little girl to a child trafficker, you've handed him the name and exact location of her school on a silver cyber platter.

You go to pick her up at 3:00 this afternoon; but, she's nowhere to be found.

Little do you know, your precious baby girl was sold to a 43 year old pedophile before you even stepped foot off campus this morning; and, now she's on her way to Asia with a bag over her head, confused, terrified and crying.

A strange man she's never seen before, snatched her up from school in less than 10 seconds. She doesn't know where her parents are, where she's going, or what's going to happen next, it’s hard for her to breathe and she’s all alone and terrified!!!!! And, YOU did this to her, unknowingly...

But, now you know

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Rams

Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun.........

rinselberg SEP 26, 07:33 AM
Snopes has a column on this. By David Mikkelson, the founder of Snopes. The column was published on June 4, 2015.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stranger-danger/

I'm not here to debate this, or debate what's in this column. But if anyone wants to think about it, I think they should consider what various people have said.
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 26, 08:23 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

Snopes has a column on this. By David Mikkelson, the founder of Snopes. The column was published on June 4, 2015.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stranger-danger/

I'm not here to debate this, or debate what's in this column. But if anyone wants to think about it, I think they should consider what various people have said.




Snopes is kind of BS half the time. Human trafficking absolutely does happen, and it absolutely does happen with young girls here in the United States where these girls are kidnapped and sent to other parts of the world as human sex slaves.

An organization that I've been donating to for a little while now is called "Saving Innocence": https://savinginnocence.org/

It's a real problem... with real victims. It absolutely kills me... like, I cannot express this enough. It's so horrible. This organization works after the fact. When the FBI and local law enforcement find a trafficked child, they provide resources to help them recover physically and mentally. Unfortunately, the suicide rate of trafficked girls is like 80%. When in a situation like this, these girls are either kidnapped from their parents, sold by someone who's a kidnapper, or a runaway that then becomes kidnapped and forced into sex slavery. It gets really bad because some of these girls ran away from their parents, where they were being abused, and then they get kidnapped and turned into sex slaves. Imagine what kind of mental state this would put a child in... who, their entire life they've been abused. Anyway... this is a really great organization (based out of LA since that's where a lot of it happens), and they try to help these girls feel human again.
Raydar SEP 26, 09:41 AM
So... The O/P (actually created in 2014, or so) is a bit simplistic, and fatalistic, but it could happen.
I figure that anything that one can do (or not do) to ensure the safety of their kids is a worthwhile effort.

With that said, Eff Snopes. I quit placing any credence in anything they say, a long time ago.
Jake_Dragon SEP 26, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

Snopes has a column on this. By David Mikkelson, the founder of Snopes. The column was published on June 4, 2015.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stranger-danger/

I'm not here to debate this, or debate what's in this column. But if anyone wants to think about it, I think they should consider what various people have said.



How do we trust an organization that could be compromised just like Facebook by the same pedophiles.
You probably still believe them when they say Epstein killed himself and any other conclusion is just a conspiracy theory.

Just because you think they are out to get you does not mean they are not out to get you.
Patrick SEP 26, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

A guy sends you a friend request... You don't know him... you accept his friend request.



Is anybody really that stupid... and/or lonely.

I don't even accept FB friend requests from casual acquaintances, let alone total strangers. If they're not someone I've enjoyed spending time with in person, I don't need them as a FB "friend".
blackrams SEP 26, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

Is anybody really that stupid... and/or lonely.

I don't even accept FB friend requests from casual acquaintances, let alone total strangers. If they're not someone I've enjoyed spending time with in person, I don't need them as a FB "friend".



Ya know, although I agree that one should not accept total strangers over an internet social platform, this is a "social network platform and I've developed friendships with several folks due to it. Just yesterday, a young lady contacted me wanting to be my "friend". She eventually told me that "older" guys know how to treat young ladies. I only replied with, "that's precisely why we're not going to be friends. I don't need that kind of problem in my life. See ya.
But, the fact remains, I have several very good friends that I met through this forum, a social media platform.

Rams
Patrick SEP 27, 12:11 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

But, the fact remains, I have several very good friends that I met through this forum, a social media platform.



Ron, I don't doubt that for a moment. (Heck, even I've made a few friends here. ) However, making friends with people whom we've conversed with and gotten to know in an online forum (such as PFF) is COMPLETELY different than having some total stranger from out of the blue send a request to be a FB "friend". When it happens to me, I can't click the Delete Friend Request button fast enough.
blackrams SEP 27, 06:09 AM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

Ron, I don't doubt that for a moment. (Heck, even I've made a few friends here. ) However, making friends with people whom we've conversed with and gotten to know in an online forum (such as PFF) is COMPLETELY different than having some total stranger from out of the blue send a request to be a FB "friend". When it happens to me, I can't click the Delete Friend Request button fast enough.



Sometimes, sometimes not. If really depends on how the "stranger" approaches me. Just recently, I had someone contact me through my Valkyrie FB account. After a very short written "message" conversation, I determined that the potential friend didn't have clue about Honda Valkyrie motorcycles and deleted the friend request. On the other hand, I contacted another Valkyrie potential friend, he responded and now, we're going to do a little business and will probably meet at some point at a Valkyrie event.

So, I guess I qualify as one of those silly lonely guys. I do believe that at one point in the past, I sent you a message about something being discussed. While we don't necessarily agree on every topic, I still consider you a friend even if you are wrong from time to time. BTW, I don't agree that PFF is completely different, but close in that one does have an opportunity to see a person's post prior to any real contact.

The problem that I see is, too many people put out way too much personal information on the internet. Such as my acquaintance/friend who used to post pics daily about his activities, what he was doing, his travels, plans and all kinds of other things. He came home from a previously announced vacation to discover his home burglarized, his shop broken into and most of his tools stolen. He no longer posts such information prior to going places.

Rams

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maryjane SEP 27, 09:15 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:


Ya know, although I agree that one should not accept total strangers over an internet social platform, this is a "social network platform and I've developed friendships with several folks due to it. Just yesterday, a young lady contacted me wanting to be my "friend". She eventually told me that "older" guys know how to treat young ladies. I only replied with, "that's precisely why we're not going to be friends. I don't need that kind of problem in my life. See ya.
But, the fact remains, I have several very good friends that I met through this forum, a social media platform.

Rams



everything is relative.......
How 'young' was she?
45?
Can she cook good biscuits?
(askin for a friend)