2 Girls Missing
 

2 girls are missing after apparently arranging to meet boys they had been chatting to on the net.

Story Here

Let us hope they are found safe and well.

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Not again! :mis:

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:shocked:

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Why is it the 'net is always made out as the villan in these situations? Ok, so they had PCs... most people do, and the used email/messengers.... most people do. It sounds like it was them who tried to arrange a meeting aswell.

Still, hope they are ok. If they are anything like me, then they'll be home soon to check their mail ;-)

-N

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The net is blamed because it can still be a place where people can remain anonymous and pretend to act like they are older/younger/different sex.

I hope these girls are found safe and sound soon.

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thats why you should not really meet anyone from the net, unless you can really be sure that the person typing to you is really who it is, although there are ways of dealing with meeting people on the net, taking various precautions such as, meeting in public places ensuring you remain in well lit areas, and various other precautions you can take it still does not mean you will be safe.

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I meant: 'Oh no, not more missing girls'

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:eek: This is the reason that i have a copy of iopus starr on my 12 year olds comp plus msn messenger logs paranoisd maybe but not worth taking the risks this day and age

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That's an easy thing to say when you are slightly more mature and have a some what more realistic view of the world.
Sadly - with a lot of girls at the age of 12 or so, they have a very romantic view of the world, and still imagine that there will be a prince to sweep them off their feet?
They (like more really young people) don't realise that the world isn't like that at all.

Let's hope they're found, safe and well, soon

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although i hate the idea of parents watching over there kids, i think this type of monitering is warrented in some cases.

yes unfortunately you are correct, its not just girls really, its mainly young people who get in to the habit of chatting to someone and decide to meet them, while many older people do the same for youngsters this is unsafe.


yes i hope so too :(

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Ha! Wait till you have your own. Just see how your views change then :Yes: :D

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if i have my own :p



i have changed my view, having lived a sheltered life ( continue to do so) i was always wondering why parents are overprotective about children, as i grew older i realised why.......

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Yup, 'cos we cr*p ourselves at the mere thought of something happening to our kids :(

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They've been found - all is well - though it turns out they did go to meet people they'd met on the internet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3426215.stm

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Good :D

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Glad theyve been found ok, but how many warnings do these kids need before they stop meeting people from the internet???

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Yes, I know what you mean. Given all the TV coverage devoted to the dangers of children meeting people they have 'met' on the internet and given the number of cases with sad outcomes, you would have to wonder why such things still happen.

Like you I hope they are found safely but let's hope too that children and parents get the message and we have no further cases like this.

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I'm glad they have been found safe and relatively well. :)

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I'm glad this story has a happy ending

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well i was happy when i heard the girls were ok, but it did bring up some issues in my mind.... it is always going to be the case that you will chat to people online and in some cases you trundle off and meet them, i've done it and i realised just what kinds of dangerous situations i placed myself in (albeit i was a lot older than these two) but it does scare me that i took risks to meet people, and yes i was lucky that none of them were serial killers, rapists or just weird....... kids take too many risks these days and it is sad :(

edit: ok some of them were weird....i've meet some of you lot after all ;):p :rofl:

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im glad they are ok and safe, after all it could have been worse

you should have seen the fright i got, when i met some of you :rofl: :D :p :wavey:

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and your fear got worse as the evening progressed im sure ;):p:rofl:

when will kids learn not to take risks? could it be going back to the other thread, that we protect them too much and theyu feel the need to take risks?

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it sure did some individual members made sure of that. ;)


i think its mainly kids wanting to meet people, who they have grown fond of or have become good freinds with over the net and want to see them face to face.

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:rofl: yes and sure you will remind me of it next time i call you (which i really really must do)

yes im sure they have grown fond of them, but they need to be safe and need to be taught the dangers that can (not necessarily do) come along with meeting people off the net