MySpace MOM ...Megan Meier case

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<p>I could not believe this when I read it. It is only a snippet of the article, but it will floor you.</p>

<p>The woman linked to a fake MySpace profile of a 16-year-old boy created to start an Internet relationship with Megan Meier, the Missouri teen who hanged herself after receiving hurtful messages, is now believed to be the victim of a cyber-bullying impersonator herself.</p>

<p>And the online harassment laws that were passed after Meier’s death last year now may be used to help the middle-aged woman, who many believe was responsible for the 13-year-old girl’s suicide.</p>

<p>On Dec. 3, a blog entitled “Megan Had It Coming” carried an entry signed by Lori Drew, the woman involved in creating the fictitious profile that taunted Meier. The blog entry appeared on the same day St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas announced there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in connection with Meier’s death.</p>

<p>So Lori Drew will not be charged, but people will now be prosecuted for bullying her. More of the article is @<a href=“http://www.foxnews.com”>www.foxnews.com</a></p>

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<p>Here is an update from CNN:</p>

<p>[Neighbors</a> shun MySpace hoax family](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/07/suicide.shunning.ap/index.html]Neighbors”>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/07/suicide.shunning.ap/index.html)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link.</p>

<p>I have a few points:</p>

<pre><code> 1. People who are doing this are just as wrong
2. If I were Lori Drew I would move. I am a parent if their home life is at a point she can’t leave the house why stay. Can you imagine what her daughter is going through at school. If she transferred out of the school, than why are you staying.
3. As a parent children learn just as much through your action as your words. She should come out and say…I was wrong and regret my actions. Not I didn’t do anything wrong. In theory she didn’t break a law, but she is at the very least culpable to being the last straw. To say the daughter would do this anyway is revolting.
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<p>The Meirs not only lost their daughter, but have openly admitted that the stress of this situation caused the end of their marriage.</p>

<p>In everyway, this is one of the saddest stories ever</p>

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<p>So if the neighbors prank calls and brick throwing and shunning cause one of the Drews to commit suicide, will they be blamed? Are any of these people capable of being good role models for their children? The whole neighborhood is in need of a Dr. Phil intervention -</p>

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<p>I am surprised Dr. Phil hasn’t contacted them yet!</p>

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<p>Oh, I bet he has. He is the equivalent of an ambulance chaser. He is shameless.</p>