Friend needs me as scapegoat for prank . . .

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<p>mwbashful,</p>

<p>think about how you addressed this thread:</p>

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<p>By definition a scape goat is someone selected to bear blame for a calamity. Scapegoating is the act of holding a person, group of people, or thing responsible for a multitude of problems. This is also known as a frameup. Scapegoats can also be referred to as patsies.</p>

<p>If this is your friend, then you would be better off getting some enemies as they would be more forthright in saying that they are setting you up, using you, regarding you as disposable, etc. </p>

<p>Her not having a computer is not an excuse because there are plenty of places that have internet access for free (public libraries), if she really wanted to use the internet ad I am quite sure at one time or another she has found some place to use the internet when it benefitted her .</p>

<p>I look at it as you friend is asking your permission to use you. Now you have to decide as to whether or not you want to be used.</p>

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<p>sybbie, good point! When I saw the topic title I thought we would be reading a story about a kid that did something really really stupid that would result in a suspension which would hurt his admissions chances at Harvard, and so was asking his friend (the OP) to take the blame. The scapegoat friend presumably was going to local State U anyway.</p>