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To him, it's about his team. It could be any kid on there, as long as the kid is wearing his team hat. He's trying to be funny and gig his other friends who apparently like a rival team.
You COULD make a deal out of it and confront him, but I'm not sure it's worth it.
If his friends start making rude comments about your daughter as a mascot, then I would tell him how you feel. Right now, I would let it go.
And then what? A pedophile is going to go to this hypothetical Alabama game and track down Suzy? Or look for at every whichever house number in Greenville and steal her undies while she's away for the weekend?
I would hate to live with such paranoia all the time, thinking the whole world is bad and out to get me.
Again, with the pedophile talk!!
Other than responding to posts such as this, I have not ONCE brought up pedophiles!! You guys are OBSESSED with pedophiles!
No, I don't feel paranoid at all. I don't think anyone's out to get me, but I don't want to make myself an easy target either. As far as I've heard, all the things I highlighted are considered pretty standard pieces of info to not broadcast. Crime is rare, but is there nothing you do to deter it? Do you not lock your house at night, or when you're away? I do. I set the alarm too. Is that paranoid? I don't worry about it, but I do make sure the garage door is shut. And I have ALWAYS heard not to advertise the fact you're on vacation. I didn't realize that was paranoid--I just always thought that was Basic Home Safety 101. Dare I ask where the line is between responsibility for ones safety and paranoia???
If privacy doesn't matter, why are sites such as this one anonymous? Why doesn't everyone use their real name and post their address? I'm really curious why we don't do that? Are we paranoid?
Oh! My apologies, Sundaydrive00, you HAVE read this thread! You were the one who used this lovely phrase:
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It was a 10 second video about a sports team and you make it sound like the guy was making kiddie porn in his basement.
Quite a leap right into the deep end! First--and hopefully only--mention of "kiddie porn in the basement" in this thread. That was pretty early on, btw. With accusations like that flying around, I guess it's no wonder this thread ended up getting so out of hand.
Oh! My apologies, Sundaydrive00, you HAVE read this thread! You were the one who used this lovely phrase:
Quite a leap right into the deep end! First--and hopefully only--mention of "kiddie porn in the basement" in this thread. That was pretty early on, btw. With accusations like that flying around, I guess it's no wonder this thread ended up getting so out of hand.
Or maybe it was your post likening the scenario of child molesters you knew that you posted 26 hours prior to Sundaydrive00's post.
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young men I went to high school with who subsequently were convicted of child molestation. Sure, it was unlikely either of these guys would have targeted my family, but I was still glad I didn't accept every request that came through. Privacy still matters to some of us.
Perhaps without taking it into that direction, others like Sundaydrive00 would not have continued to discuss it.
Or maybe it was your post likening the scenario of child molesters you knew that you posted 26 hours prior to Sundaydrive00's post.
Perhaps without taking it into that direction, others like Sundaydrive00 would not have continued to discuss it.
Hahaha! Nope. Nice try though.
My post was in response to this GENERAL musing about the possible relationship between Facebook and pedophiles. Merely questions and answers as to why some parents might prefer more privacy than others:
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Do you have stats on that, or are you just presuming that many pedophiles do this? I would not have guessed that Facebook would be the primary place most creeps would go for that. Unfortunately, there are plenty of child porn sites, kiddie beauty pageant websites and videos, etc.
And I would guess that if some pedophile wanted to find a child to actually target, he'd just look in real life (neighborhood, playground, etc), not find some random child on Facebook, then go abduct that child.
But those are all my assumptions, and I could be completely wrong. That's why I asked if you have stats about pedophiles and Facebook.
So no, my post was not anything specific to the OP's situation. No accusations or rudeness or name-calling. And I didn't "take it into that direction" At that point in the thread, we were discussing what, if any, harm could come from posting on Facebook. Remember the "what's the big deal" questions? I consider sharing a story about 2 "friend requests"--from people I knew in real life--who were later convicted of child molestation to be relevant to a discussion about "what are people worried about?" Whether you chose to worry about that or not is up to you, but I don't know why you wouldn't want people to share posts that help answer the question why some people prefer to exercise a bit of caution when using social media??
And again, "molester" and "panties" came from your cohort.
If you're going to use the "I only skimmed the responses on both sides" as an excuse. Than don't make claims like the falsehood above. Multiple people on your "cohort" called him a creep and insinuated he was molesting her, especially JanND and Bonnie. As for italking about the hat exchange as if it were underwear, that was your buddy Bonnie you were have virtual high fives with.
So stop fibbing about who is at the wacko end of the spectrum here.
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I very much struggle to understand the subsequent mentality expressed by so many posters that anyone can post anything about their kids anywhere on the Internet, and as long as it's legal they're fine with it.
The vast majority has said they are fine with the OPs situation, which the OP has since come back and accepted as well. You OTOH are incapable of anything but assuming the FATHER of this child friend, is anything but a monster. You refuse to acknowledge that the OP posts pictures of her child and instead insists she must be doing so wit all Internet safety precautions when all she said was her Facebook is private. How do you now the man who posted the video doesn't take the same precautions considering he is also the father of a 7 yo girl? Actually you don't your just making up details that are irrelevant.
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Living in my affluent bubble, I didn't realize privacy had become so under-valued. Where I live, people still value it very much. In my daily life, people are kind and thoughtful, and their good manners apparently lulled me into believing more people lived like this.
I do plan to stay, though. I've come to appreciate these qualities.
Ew. Now a dig at the class of all those who disagree with you. Another, completely made up "fact" btw. You have no idea whether or not the rest of us are in your class or potentially even beyond it. And, btw, those with tact and good manners do not refer to either other people's manner or their own wealth. It is common to do so.
This neighbor took it upon his self to take a staged video of a young child, not his child, and posted it onto his FB and according to the OP, shared it wit 500 of his closest friends....All without ever asking her parents.
I personally find this neighbor creepy and entitled.
I have seen folks defend this person actions in the extreme, because 'it isn't against the law" to video in public.
Well, just because something isn't illegal doesn't make it ok, smoking is legal...but you wouldn't go up and blow smoke in a 7 year old's face.
I hope this young mother did confront this guy. In my opinion his doing this is unacceptable.
When your mistakes and false accusations are pointed out to you, you claim to only have "skimmed". Now you are accusing others of not reading the thread.
You are backpedaling so hard on the content of your and your compatriots posts, it is painful to watch.
Just stop already, you are bringing nothing new to the thread beyond establishing yourself as someone with out any integrity. Mods please close this thread it is becoming pathetic.
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At that point in the thread, we were discussing what, if any, harm could come from posting on Facebook. Remember the "what's the big deal" questions? I consider sharing a story about 2 "friend requests"--from people I knew in real life--who were later convicted of child molestation to be relevant to a discussion about "what are people worried about?" Whether you chose to worry about that or not is up to you, but I don't know why you wouldn't want people to share posts that help answer the question why some people prefer to exercise a bit of caution when using social media?? 
