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The Rehabilitation of Duane "Dog" Chapman"

Political Party Poop's Snoop offers "Ellen" some breakfast


DBKP asks Political Party Poop's Snoop for his opinion on Newshounds' Ellen dissing CORE's Roy Innis over Dog the Bounty Hunter's Duane Chapman.

Boy, did he give us his opinion!

INTRO: Duane "Dog" Chapman, Dog of TV's Dog the Bounty Hunter, had his phone conversation with a son taped and sold to the National Enquirer. During the conversation, Chapman repeatedly used a racial slur. Arts and Entertainment Network then pulled the show from its line-up.

In the intervening weeks, a chastised Chapman has sought out civil rights leaders, black charity groups and others in continuing effort to not only rehabilitate his image, but also to honestly change, what he's called "hurtful" behavior and words with which he heard and used while he was a youth.

DBKP has written of the Dog's journey and his attempts to make amends for using, again what he called, "words that hurt".
* Civil Rights Pioneer To Mentor Dog
* Black Group BOND to Sponsor Toy Giveaway, Dog
* Dog the Bounty Hunter Gives Under-Privileged Kids $26,000 of Toys
* Rumors Rumble about Dog's Return

After Roy Innis, national chairman of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) announced last week that he and others at CORE had met with Chapman and agreed to help mentor Dog, an article appeared at a website called "Newshounds".

An appearance with Sean Hannity, on Fox's Hannity & Colmes, the other night, ignited a reliable source of renewable energy: fake white liberal outrage. Hence, the Newhounds' article.

In the article, the author--"Ellen"--takes Roy Innis, a man who has battled police brutality and has lost 2 sons to criminal gun violence, to task for talking to the Dog. She also rakes Sean Hannity for "racism" or sympathizing with racists, or something.

White Supremacist Sympathizer Sean Hannity Helps Duane "Dog" Chapman Rehabilitate His Racist Image offered that "Hannity was helped out in that regard by the dubious “civil rights pioneer” Roy Innis and his son, Niger."

Interesting.

Ellen provides many services at "Newshounds". In the above article, she offers her opinion of Roy Innis,a man who battled real racist from the time he joined CORE's Harlem chapter in 1963.

That was almost 44 years ago, in which time, Innis tackled the NY state public school authorities to provide equality of funding for black schoolchildren in Harlem, as well as taking on the NYPD over the issue of police brutality.

Against this 44 years of toiling in the trenches for CORE and its causes, we place the words of "Ellen", of Newshounds.

We're not sure what "Ellen" has been doing the last 44 years. Who knows? Maybe she was battling the NYPD also. Maybe she was riding in buses meant only for whites.

Oh, sorry, Ellen.

Ellen offers another service besides her critique of black civil rights leaders.

She offers the service of "Watching Fox News, so you don't have to". That's the slogan at "Newshounds". Ellen watches, then ostensibly tells her readers what Fox News said, saving her readers the valuable time they may have spent thinking for themselves.

A third valuable service is provided by "Ellen". That service is the dispensing of faux white liberal moral outrage.

When we read her "outrage" at 'Newshounds' we were wondering what our friend Snoop, who runs Political Party Poop, thought. So we asked Snoop to take a look at Ellen's piece and let us know what he thought of it.

Now, anyone who has read PPP knows that asking Snoop his opinion is a somewhat risky thing, because when you ask, Snoop will tell you what he thinks.

You might not like what he says.

But we asked him and he agreed. When we first read what he'd written, we sat, transfixed by his analysis of Ellen's "outrage" at her targeted band of racists: Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman, Roy Innis and Sean Hannity.

This intro is a lot longer than we had planned, but Snoop's piece is powerful stuff.

Below are selected portions of Snoop's thoughts on Fake White Liberal Outrage. You'll have to head over to PPP and read the entire piece. We're gonna clue you in: you'll be glad you did.

Political Party Poop More Fake Liberal Outrage: The Rehabilitation of Duane "Dog" Chapman [excerpts] "The individual who hammered out this shining example of fake white liberal outrage, after posting this particular story, I bet felt vindicated in some way; proud and believing that by her shining a light on the disgraceful racist Dog Chapman and his racist support network (comprised of Sean Hannity and Roy Innis) we would no longer be fooled by the notion that this hateful racist can be rehabilitated and in particular that we would remain angry at the professional racist Hannity who provides safe sanctuary to racists everywhere. After all, she is sure that those of us on the right, and particularly networks like Fox, promote racist values." This hack sites tag line: “We watch FOX so you don’t have to.” Can you imagine anything as outrageous as a website devoted to telling you what to think about a given topic? "Anywho, Hannity and Innis in an attempt at rehabilitating Chapman’s image have obviously touched a nerve in the white liberal “protect a darkie” community. First of all - do I personally think the Dog Chapman is a racist? I’m not sure, maybe, but frankly I don’t give a shit." The “bring a Negro” home to mommy and daddy scenario is one that a growing number of families must struggle with. It was a struggle with Mrs. Snoop’s parents, her father in tears at the notion that his wonderful first born lawyer daughter would marry some rogue Negro. It drove the man to tears, and not tears of joy. I’m sure I was not the first and won’t be the last Negro introduced to skeptical white parents. "As for Chapman’s tirade on his son’s relationship, I never found his N-word rants as objectionable as most people seem to. Certainly if the majority of you white folks reading this particular piece were to have every private conversation scrutinized a great number of you would be guilty of what I would guess would be called racial insensitivity. I spent a lot of time out on the front steps of many homes upon my arrival because I was not allowed in many homes in my new neighborhood in Oakland amongst the lily white commune who believed that they insulated themselves from those unacceptable Negros that populated the city. These individuals were your typical white liberal types in the Bay Area that would proudly tell you that they gave their all in support of “black” causes. However, when it came to their families and personal lives they wanted to be as far away from these Negros as possible." Chris Rock said in a memorable stand up routine that “there are black folks and there are Niggas” and like him, I hate me some Niggas. I’m certain that I would find most of the “Niggers” that Chapman dealt with as contemptible as he obviously did, hence his ambivalence towards “some” black people. The individual who wrote the above article seems to take issue that anybody, particularly an individual like Roy Innis who was active in the civil rights movement, would so eagerly come to the Dog’s defense, not to mention that a “white supremacist sympathizer” like Sean Hannity would also come to his defense and try to make excuses for Dogs racist tirade. "Liberal racists, both white and black, focused on separatism and racial difference. Instead of subscribing to MLK’s belief in a color-blind society, they pushed for government policies that were color-coded. The further America progressed from the dark days of slavery, the more they insisted that slavery was present throughout America’s social institutions and its personal interrelationships. America was steeped in blood and guilt; it must pay for its crimes against Negros everywhere, so they are compelled to come to the rescue many times in the literary sense as did this Ellen character. These are the individuals who populate the majority of America’s newsrooms and comprise websites like Newshound and Media Matters. For me I took to heart at an early age Dr. King’s notion that people should be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Nevertheless, white liberal types have marginalized this notion as quaint and naive." Political Party Poop "Fake White Liberal Outrage: The Rehabilitation of Duane "Dog" Chapman

Whew!

The entire piece has to be read to be fully appreciated. Whether you are a fan of Dog the Bounty Hunter, of conservative or liberal persuasion, Snoop puts into writing what people of all colors have said to DBKP in their many emails to us.

Snoop just didn't mince any words.

And that's why we hope that this is not the last time we'll see him here. Snoop's also got a ton of hilarious pix and graphics at PPP.

And don't forget, he's the recipient of the "2006 Angry Negro Award" awarded by the White Liberal Hunters Society.

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Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: 30 Memorable Quotes

30 quotes from the people involved in the Megan Meier MySpace Suicide story and the media.

Megan, the 13-year-old daughter of Ron and Tina Meier, was the victim of harassment by "Josh", a boy she'd met at popular social site, MySpace. Upset at his messages, she hung herself.

"Josh" was later found to be a hoax, the fictional creation of Curt and Lori Drew, neighbors who lived down the street from the Meier's. "Josh" was created to by Lori Drew and her employee to monitor what Megan might be saying about the Drew's daughter after the two girls had a fight.

"Megan Meier is a slut. Megan Meier is fat." --bulletin posted at MySpace by "Josh" "Everybody in O'Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you." --Josh's last message to Megan, according to Ron Meier's best recollection "They are all being so mean to me." --Megan Meier, to her mom, on the day of her death "I grabbed her as she tried to go by," Ron says. "She told me that some kids were saying horrible stuff about her and she didn't understand why." --Ron Meier right about what happened right before Megan took her life. "She did sit here in my living room and confess everything to me. She told me that they had pulled an image of a boy off the Internet and that they had created an account using the name of Josh Evans, and she said she knew the last message that left her house that Monday when Megan attempted her life was that, 'The world would be a better place without you". --an unnamed neighbor about how she learned Lori Drew was behind the hoax "That is what makes it even more disgusting, that she knew the circumstances around our daughter and still played on it," --Ron Meier, Megan's father “These people were supposed to be our friends.” --Tina Meier, about their neighbors, the Drews "Give it a rest. Give it a rest." --Curt and Lori Drew, reportedly to the Meiers, when confronted by the Meier parents "You cannot as an adult sit there and do that and hide behind a computer. It is a criminal act. We want to see her go to jail," ---Tina Meier, Megan's mother, about Lori Drew "It's time that we do something against this. On all levels, the state and federal level," --Dardenne Prairie Mayor Pam Fogarty, on the need for stricter laws for Internet harassment "Coincidentally, two months after Megan's suicide, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that antidepressants double the risk of suicidal behavior in young adults. (Psychiatrists have disputed the FDA report.)" --Jeff , from a post at "Megan's Vigilantes" "We were concerned about the daughter [of the Drews] and to what extent she was involved and dragged along with this." --Dave Bundy, editorial director of Lee Enterprises, the newspaper group that includes several papers who broke the Megan Meier story; on why his papers decided not to name the Drews. "She [Lori Drew] is not being accused in a court of law, she is not being sued and our take is that we don’t run suspects unless charges are filed." --Steve Pokin, reporter who wrote the original Megan Meier story. "I posted that — where Curt works. I'm not ashamed to admit that. Why? Because there's never been any sense of remorse or public apology from the Drews, no 'maybe we made a mistake.' " --Trevor Buckles, 40, a neighbor whose two teenage boys grew up with Meier. "We're all in shock. If I have anything to say about it, we'll never have our hands tied legally like this again." --Mayor Fogerty "There are enough details for people to find out who it is on their own. They are free to do so. It was a judgment call. I think there were a lot of other issues at stake." --Pokin, on his critics for his not revealing the Drew's name in his stories. "We believe that all the publicity about this situation has led to an air of vigilantism. We're concerned people will take things into their own hands." --Lt. Craig McGuire of the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department “Give me a break; that’s nothing. But it’s the most we could do. People are saying to me, ‘Let’s go burn down their house.’” --Mayor Pam Fogarty said of the penalties imposed by the town of Dardenne Prairie, MO on cyber harassment. It's now punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail. "Ms. Drew used the same same exact mode of operation as a child predator enacts in the seduction of a child. Drew posed as a member of the opposite sex and spent weeks and weeks luring this girl into a relationship. But yet it went further. The adult Drew formed a heated relationship with the 13 year old girl. She worked hard to gain the girl's confidence. She exploited the girl intimately by posing as a boyfriend. Do you really thing there was no intimate grooming going on?" --online comment by DanCnKC "Oh and I don't think Lori Drew is so evil as everyone says. Megan was a total bitch to everyone around her especially Laura so if I was her mom I would be mad at Megan too and I would check up on her to see what shit she was spreading about my daughter." --"Kristen", author of "Megan Had it Coming" blog. "Lori Drew is a psychopath. That part is clear. But more disturbing than that are the actions of authorities: If it had been an adult MALE that "carried on" in a sexually explicit way with a 13 year old girl, even if it WERE for the purposes of revenge for his teen daughter, he'd be locked up as a pedophile." --online comment by Danny Vice "Every story has two sides and if you don't think so - then I hope you are never tried and convicted in your own court." --JennaD, from a comment posted on "Megan Had it Coming" blog "All we feel is frustration, anger. For months, we've been asking ourselves, 'What mother in her right mind would do this? And why won't the cops do anything to punish them? We just want them gone." --neighbor Kristie Kriss, of the Drews "The woman emotionally raped this child. She took her supposed love and sexual stimulation and crushed the girl emotionally with them. This girl was mentally raped [by] a mother and her employee. This adult and her friends played this girl into an emotional high... and then pulled the plug when it would inflict the highest possible damage. It took 4 months of planning." --online comment by DanCnKC "So nobody in the news talks about what Megan the bitch was like so now you know. Oh and don't bother trying to figure out who I am. Unlike Megan, I DO have a boyfriend and he knows computers and he totally covered my tracks." --"Kristen", author of "Megan Had it Coming" blog "Lori Drew groomed her victim like many child predators do, enticing her with flirtation, mild sexual conversation and playing on Megan's weakness. Lori knew that Megan had a low self esteem and was treated for depression. Outing Child Predators has been public policy in most states and is usually upheld under the premise that the public has a right to reasonably protect itself from criminal behavior where it exists. Families with children have a right to know when those who might prey upon their child, live nearby. Public policy dictates that if a child is exposed to potential harm from predatory activity, then parents should at least have the opportunity to be aware such harm may exist." --online comment by Danny Vice "It's not to say if only Megan (spoke out/did this/did that/reached out), it's to say there has to be more positive and supportive role models out there for our youth. The parents can only do so much. My solution: it's time to stop the "code of silence." It's time to not be afraid to speak up when something is wrong." --online comment by Jo "Megan's story really won't matter; some writers will bend it to fit their preconceived point of view. It'll not be about Megan to them: it'll be about using her as a tool to advance their cause. Laws for regulating the Internet; for stricter controls on what can be said online; to raise money; that any negative reactions are 'vigilantism'; for more money for suicide prevention: take your pick. They'll all invoke the name and story of Megan Meier. To most of those, she'll cease to be a 13-year-old schoolgirl: she'll be a slogan." --RE Bierce, commenting the first week of the story on future likely reactions. “There are no words to explain my rage.” --Tina Meier by Mondoreb

Sources:
Parents Want Jail Time for MySpace Hoax Mom - ABC News

New York Times - A Hoax Turned Fatal Draws Anger but No Charges

Missouri Weeklies That Broke 'MySpace Suicide ' Story Still Won't Name Alleged 'Cyberbully'
-Editor & Publisher

Megan's Vigilantes blog

Megan Had it Comingblog

"Frontier Justice in an online World?"- Seattle Times

"Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: Reactions to the Reactions" - Death by 1000 Papercuts blog

Weekly Vice blog

"MySpace Cruel Hoax Leads to Teen's Suicide" - Death by 1000 Papercutsblog




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Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: Complete DBKP Story and Video Listing

UPDATED: January 9, 2008 The story of 13-year-old Megan Meier, who was harassed by adults and others online at social site MySpace and her subsequent suicide. Includes stories concerning the creation of the November 18 2007 blog, "Megan Had it Coming" and the blog's author subsequently claiming in a December 3 2007 post, "I'm Lori Drew". Also includes related stories. * Subpoenas Heat Up Cyber Battles Once Again MHIC: Google and Lori Drew MHIC: A Final Round-Up The Increasing Victimization of Lori Drew Megan Had it Coming Blog: HOAX! Cyber-Bully Quiz: Are You a Cyber-Bully? Kids On-line: 10 Tips For Parents All Big Internet Stories Start as Local Ones A Multitude of Statements Edna Bambrick's in Town and You're Gonna Be Sorry! Internet Porn Watchdog, Edna Bambrick, Monitoring MHIC Comments Lori Drew: Anatomy of an Apology The Mystery of the Megan Had It Coming Blog Megan Had it Coming Blog: Author a Troll? Megan Had it Coming Blogwatch Time Elapsed Since Blog First Appeared. Lori Drew, Megan Had it Coming: What Her Lawyer Says, What Google Says Megan Had It Coming" Blog Still Going Strong St. Louis Post-Dispatch Believes Real Culprits are Bloggers Megan Had it Coming Blog Under Investigation by Local Authorities Megan Had it Coming Blog Vs. Internet Readers, Part III Lori Drew Statement Comparison: What Her Lawyer Says in 2007, What She Said in 2006 Prosecutor Presents Points in Lori Drew's Defense Lori Drew or Internet Troll? - Part II A Conversation Between Lori Drew and Internet Readers? - Part I Lori Drew: Author of 'Megan Had it Coming' Blog? No Justice For Megan Teenage Girls MySpace Profiles Hacked by Predator Cyber Bully Laws to be Enacted VIDEO Parents' Interview with Anderson Cooper 30 Memorable Quotes One More Prayer for Megan Candlelight Vigil Announced by Tina Meier Town Cracks Down On CyberBullies Reactions to the Reactions to the Reactions **Blogger Says Megan Had It Coming** Transcript **CNN Interview With Parents** Video **CNN Interview with Parents** Video **MySpace Suicide: The Megan Meier Story** REACTION **No Justice For Megan** REACTION **Cruel Hoaxers Outed** **Megan's Story May Prevent Others** REACTION: **MySpace Suicide: Outrage! Outrage!** Our Original Story **MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen's Suicide**

by Mondoreb & Little Baby Ginn




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Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: Reactions to the Reactions to the Reactions

Megan Meier's MySpace Suicide story sparked a host of reactions and then, reactions to those reactions.

It's been ten days since the Megan Meier MySpace suicide story came over the horizon into the public's perception. It's a story with many twists and turns to it. It continues to twist still.

It was first published in the St. Charles (MO) Suburban Journal and picked up here several hours later. We wrote it up immediately for Bloggers News Network (BNN). Although it was reported by a few other blogs within hours, that's pretty much where it stood for a day.

By the weekend however it had grown into a hurricane of reactions: shock, disbelief, anger, but outrage seemed the most common.

MySpace Suicide - Initial Reactions

The story is a disturbing one, as any teen suicide would be, brought about when 13-year-old Megan Meier, who'd battled depression, was harassed by her online boy friend, Josh Evans. After a particularly nasty note from Josh, and some piling on by his friends, a distraught Megan hung herself.

It was another sad story of a sadder teen committing, to parents involved, the saddest act of all.

What made this teen suicide story different, was the discovery that Josh was a hoax crafted by a family who lived down the street from the Meier family. The hoax was a reaction to their daughter and Megan having a falling out.

Neighbor against neighbor in suburbia. Adults stalking teens online. Another Internet 'underbelly of the beast' in the form of popular social site, MySpace.

We'd finished our sixth story in four days when Megan's mother and father, Ron and Tina, appeared on CNN. The story gathered momentum from there and interest is still high, if comments and emails written are any guide.

By the weekend, the story had changed from Megan. It was now the story of "Megan as an illustration". What kind of illustration seemed to depend on what particular cause the writer was espousing.

There was the "Internet was Evil" reaction, with the tragedy held up as the latest proof. Government types were quick to point out "There ought to be a law". Against the largely-unregulated Internet, and the really scary place that was MySpace.

More common reactions were sorrow for Megan and her family; disgust and outrage that she was stalked by adults who knew her. Even more disgust and outrage was heaped upon the hoaxers when it was related that Megan's parents had destroyed a foosball table they'd been storing for their daughter's tormentors--and the mother filed charges against the Meier parents.

Reactions to the Reactions

The rage reached a crescendo over the lack of legal recourse for the Meier parents.

The storm then shifted over the identities of the perpetrators. Who was this heartless bunch? The Suburban Journal hadn't named them in the original story "out of concern for their daughter. As ABC News reported it a couple of days ago, Police Cite 'Air of Vigilantism' In Response to Girl's Suicide:

But that hasn't stopped an outpouring of hostility against her, both online and in the real world. The story hit the national media late last week, with Megan's parents appearing on Good Morning America and the Today show. Though the newspapers and networks declined to identify the real-life "Josh Evans," bloggers quickly outed her and posted her family's name, address and phone number online.

Actually, it was readers who posted names and phone numbers--and large numbers of them, apparently many from Dardenne Prairie, a small suburb of St. Louis.

The networks and larger media wouldn't report the identities of the Drews at first, but before the weekend was over, they were all over the story of angry neighbors.

Since then, messages threatening the family have been posted online. A brick was thrown through their window. Someone drove a truck over their front lawn, according to police. A paint-ball was shot against the house.

The woman, who also has a young daughter, has received threatening phone calls; people have screamed obscenities as they drive by the house, a neighbor said. Police descended on the house in the middle of the night last week, neighbors said, after an apparent fake 911 call was made.

Police are concerned that the harassment, first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, may escalate.

"We believe that all the publicity about this situation has led to an air of vigilantism," said Lt. Craig McGuire of the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department. "We're concerned people will take things into their own hands."

A Few Observations

Newspapers who have no compunction with publishing the names of secretaries and coal miners arrested for drunk driving; or of the boy next door arrested for having marijuana in his car, were concerned about publishing the identity of cyber-bullies who'd harassed a teen for six weeks.

Traditional media never wavers in its commitment to "the public's right to know" about the teacher after two beers, the paperboy's stash or the questionable past of a presidential candidate's friend. But this story triggered their sensibilities--for awhile.

Newspapers of all sizes fret over plummeting circulation while TV Networks watch their rating spiral down.

Traditional Media Relents

But then the networks and papers did report the names of Curt and Lori Drew, the parents behind the hoax.

After turning up their noses at bloggers publishing the names (in our case after readers repeatedly posted the information to our stories), traditional media began reporting that very same information they had initially been reluctant to supply.

There was a reaction to this, of course. One was supplied by the LA Times, "How to Punish a Cyber-Bully":

This week -- more than a year after Megan Meier's death -- the names of the neighbors were finally disclosed in published accounts. The disclosure was largely the result of pressure from bloggers, who do not feel bound by the rules of mainstream newspapers and networks and who have been meting out their own form of Internet justice. The neighbors are Lori and Curt Drew, according to news reports.

The Drews' daughter was certainly dealt a bad hand by her parents. However, the media puts itself on a slippery slope when it starts to protect accused wrongdoers on behalf of their progeny, offering a free pass for alleged predators who procreate.

It seems clear that the Drews did not want to kill Megan or even hurt her physically. They are not the first to be grotesquely transformed by a new technology that offers easy availability and anonymity to its users. Yet, if cyber-traps are to be deterred, there must be avenues to guarantee both forms of private relief and public record.

Reaction at Death By 1000 Papercuts

Reaction at DBKP was mixed.

At first, it was feared that this story would be another one lost in the shuffle: a tragedy unnoticed. When we were contacted by Fox News a few days after our original story, we no longer thought that would be the case.

This feeling was confirmed when readers from all over the world showed up to read the stories here.

After we'd deleted the 10th comment--for posting only the Drew's personal info and nothing else--we pointed out that scorn and humiliation were effective remedies for the apparent lack of legal recourse.

We also pointed out that a worse punishment was that the Drews had to live the rest of their lives with the knowledge of what their hoax had caused. If remoresless, they would live the rest of their lives as themselves: the worst of all possible punishments in our eyes.

When we received emails deploring the public's outpouring of outrage as a "witch hunt", we agreed that any resorts to violence were completely out of line. But we refused to take the view of treating the Drews as victims. In our eyes, they were only victims of their own mean-spirited actions.

A Few Conclusions

The calls for more laws and regulations to bind the Internet are incorrect. No law or increased regulation would likely have stopped this hoax from happening. More stringent regulations might, however, have stopped some bloggers from reporting it as accurately as they did.

Regulations will never protect humans from the effects of evil human nature. They will only make us feel better until the next time an outrageous act is committed.

It is bizarre for newspapers to fret over publishing the names of cruel hoaxers who--in the words of one commenter--"acted in the manner of sexual predators". Those same newspapers are full of stories, revealing complete personal details, of people charged--not convicted--with any multitude of transgressions: DUI, minor drug possession, speeding tickets.

The story of those charges later being dropped doesn't seem to excite the same level of journalistic interest, however.

Megan's story really won't matter; some writers will bend it to fit their preconceived point of view. It'll not be about Megan to them: it'll be about using her as a tool to advance their cause.

Laws for regulating the Internet; for stricter controls on what can be said online; to raise money; that any negative reactions are 'vigilantism'; for more money for suicide prevention: take your pick.

They'll all invoke the name and story of Megan Meier. To most of those, she'll cease to be a 13-year-old schoolgirl: she'll be a slogan.

The last conclusion is the one we hope readers would take away with them. That is: that the story of Megan Meier is about Megan Meier and her family. About the tragedy that is the grievous loss of a child.

About how she lived and died and how her parents struggled to cope with the aftermath.

Used as a precautionary tale, the sad story of Megan Meier might prevent another story like hers from happening.

Long after the reaction has died down, it can be hoped that the story of Megan Meier inspires a prayer for her and her parents.


by Mondoreb

More on the Megan Meier MySpace Suicide:

MySpace Suicide: The Megan Meier Story - video
MySpace Suicide:
Megan Meier's Story May Prevent Others

CNN Interview with Megan's Parents
MySpace Suicide Reaction:
Outrage! Outrage! Outrage!

MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen’s Suicide



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Megan Meier MySpace Cruel Hoax: No Justice For Megan

Blue Crab Boulevard weighs in on the Megan Meier MySpace story:

An adult perpetrated an internet vendetta against a 13-year old girl? Even if the goal was to hurt her feelings or emotionally wound her - a grown-up (supposed grown-up) against a child? As I mentioned last night, I have no flexibility on this issue. This is the abuse by an adult on a child. Nobody can bring Megan back, but somebody should damn sure pay for this.

Source - Blue Crab Boulevard - Web Hoax Or Homocide

We've done four stories on Megan. Our outrage has not lessened. We agree with Blue Crab. An adult went after a child, and yes, Megan was still a child.

An adult who used the internet and MySpace to weave a web of lies and deceit, to set the child up and then strike like a snake in the grass: the letter of "condolence" from the perpetrators; the last note from "Josh" to Megan.

Later that day, Ron opened his daughter's MySpace account and viewed what he believes to be the final message Megan saw - one the FBI would be unable to retrieve from the hard drive.

It was from Josh and, according to Ron's best recollection, it said, "Everybody in O'Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you."

Our question is this: Do the hoaxers realize the enormity of what they have done?

If first you practice to deceive...

By LGB

More on the Megan Meier MySpace Suicide:

LATEST:
Supposedly an ex-friend of Megan's replies to our stories in
"Megan Had It Coming"

MySpace Suicide:
Megan Meier's Story May Prevent Others

MySpace Suicide: The Megan Meier Story - Video
MySpace Suicide Reaction:
Outrage! Outrage! Outrage!

MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen’s Suicide



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Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: Cruel Hoaxers Outed, Let The Lesser Outrage Begin

We first wrote about Megan last Monday. The reactions to the story were those of disgust, horror, anger, and outrage.

Outrage over the death of 14-yr.-old Megan Meiers, a girl targeted by the perpetrators of a vicious hoax. Outrage that no charges have been filed.

Lastly, outrage at the paper who broke the story, the St. Louis Dispatch Suburban Journal, and their decision to not identify the hoaxers. The names of the "alleged" hoaxers have now been outed by bloggers.

MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen's Suicide

A cruel and unbelievably vicious prank perpetrated upon a young girl has stripped away the "Leave It To Beaver" veneer of a suburban St. Louis neighborhood. A fourteen year old girl is dead by her own hand, her parents shattered, and in disbelief, wondering if there will ever be justice for their daughter.

"Fourteen years old, Megan was a victim of a cruel hoax on MySpace. The end result of the hoax, Megan is dead by her own hand, the hoaxer exposed as parents of a former friend of Megan's. The story was published on November 13 by the St. Louis Dispatch Suburban Journal in Missouri. The paper made the decision not to publish the names of the hoaxers. Their excuse, because the hoaxers had a child of their own and the fact that they had not been charged with any crime."

Source - MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen's Suicide

14-yr-old Megan Meier

The original story provided enough clues to the identity of the hoaxers, plus the fact that the parents of Megan had unknowingly stored a foosball table that belonged to the hoaxers in their garage:

"The day after Megan's death, they went down the street to comfort the family of the girl who had once been Megan's friend. They let the girl and her family know that although she and Megan had their ups and down, Megan valued her friendship.
They also attended the girl's birthday party, although Ron had to leave when it came time to sing "Happy Birthday." The Meiers went to the father's 50th birthday celebration. In addition, the Meiers stored a foosball table of the hoaxers in their garage"

The paper went on to describe how, six weeks after Megan's sad death, her parents were informed that their precious daughter was the victim of a cruel hoax through the site, MySpace.com. That the perpetrators were the people, who after Megan's death, had asked Megan's parents if they could store their foosball table in the Meier's garage, as well as the parents of one of Megan's one time "best friends". The paper reported that, upon of learning the gruesome details of what had happened to their daughter and who was behind it, Megan's father destroyed the foosball table.

"Tina used an ax and Ron a sledgehammer. They put the pieces in Ron's pickup and dumped them in their neighbor's driveway. Tina spray painted "Merry Christmas" on the box."

The cruel hoaxers filed a police report over the destruction of their foosball table. They also sent a "condolence" note to Megan's parents:

"In a letter dated Nov. 30, 2006, the family tells Ron and Tina, "We are sorry for the extreme pain you are going through and can only imagine how difficult it must be. We have every compassion for you and your family."

Outraged by the decision of the Suburban Journal to not report the names of the "alleged" hoaxers, bloggers quickly went to work:

"Anyway, then I had a conversation with Steve "Pokin Around" Pokin, the columnist who broke the story of Megan's tragic story after her aunt called him up upon reading his slightly-less-disturbing tale of a teenage Myspace tormentor who eventually got charged with "littering."

Steve didn't really want to go too deeply into things, though he claimed that he was pretty sure not naming Curt and Lori Drew was the right decision, to which I said, "Um, those fuckers will be named SOON ENOUGH." And when I asked him whether the Drews -- he confirmed the names, though I'm not sure he meant to -- seemed ready to take responsibility or atone for their actions in any way, he said, "I don't know. All I know about that is in the story. I'm thinking that's a "not so much."

Source - Jezebel - Are The Parents Who MySpace-Tormented Megan Meier Into Killing Herself Ready To Atone? Um...

There will be those who will be "outraged" over the reporting of the names of the hoaxers. A "lesser" form of outrage than the outrage over the details of what happened to Megan.

The moral of this story?

Instant Karma.

By LBG

Source - Suburban Journals - My Space' hoax ends with suicide of Dardenne Prairie teen

More on Megan:

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Supposedly an ex-friend of Megan's replies to our stories in, "Megan Had It Coming"

MySpace Suicide: The Megan Meier Story - Video

Megan Meier MySpace Suicide Cruel Hoax: No Justice for Megan
MySpace Suicide:
Megan Meier's Story May Prevent Others
MySpace Suicide Reaction:
Outrage! Outrage! Outrage!

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MySpace Suicide Reaction: Outrage! Outrage! Outrage!

The "MySpace Suicide" reaction to the Megan Meier story has been outrage. Outrage on a lot of levels.

Outrage at the vicious Internet attack on a 13-year-old girl by parents of the girl's erstwhile friend.

Outrage that the responsible adults have not been held accountable by the law.

Outrage that the only action taken has been a complaint filed by the parents who concocted this cruel hoax against the parents of the girl who committed suicide. They filed a complaint with local police against Megan's parents.

The reason?

After finding out who was responsible for the creation of the fictitious MySpace account that led to their daughters suicide, Megan's parents destroyed a foosball table they had been storing for the heartless adults.

Some of that outrage surfaced at the Orlando Sentinel:
Girl Commits Suicide Over Internet Prank by ADULTS--Who is Responsible?

I heard this on the MJ Morning Show this morning and had to share. This story is so heinous, disgusting...I don't even know where to begin.

Any folks out there who are lawyers, law enforcement officers, or judges--can you shed some light? I'm looking for your input.

Some of it surfaced at the home of the original reporter, Steve Pokin, of the story in suburban St.Louis. Readers Respond in Force to Story on MySpace Suicide

Some of you have asked your children to read the story and have requested/demanded to look at their MySpace pages.Of course, there has been outrage over the fact that Josh Evans - a 16-year-old who never existed - was created not by a teen, but by an adult. That anger is reflected in the comments posted on the Journal's Web sites.

The comments on both pieces were mostly of the "WTF" variety.

BACKGROUND:
Cruel MySpace Prank Leads to Teen's Suicide

DBKP, because we were the first in the blogosphere to pick up on this story, was contacted early yesterday morning by FoxNews from New York. The story is still flying under the radar for most of the nation.

It will get more attention for a variety of reasons. It's tragic that a young girl lost her life. It's tragic that it was adults that were responsible for her misery.
And that tragedy continues that no justice has been found for the bereaved parents of Megan Meiers.

It will draw attention to the mostly unsupervised world that teens inhabit on MySpace. The Internet, in our minds, should remain free.

However, that puts a responsibility on parents to properly supervise their children's actions. It's a responsibility that many parents voice, but far fewer practice.

It will command some space in any article wishing to argue against 'decadent American suburbia'. It will serve as an excuse to discuss some writer's pet peeve, however unrelated to this story it may be.

Additionally, it may focus attention on a culture that focuses on drama 24/7. The betting here is that there are more conversations on the latest drug-induced bumblings of Britney than there are about responsibility in many homes.

Drama sells.

Ask Inside Edition or any of the celeb-pandering shows that proliferate on the tube.

The story of Megan Meier is tragic story.

Hopefully, that story will spark some conversation and debate that will prevent other stories like hers from happening.

by Mondoreb

More on the Megan Meier MySpace Suicide:

LATEST:
Supposedly an ex-friend of Megan's replies to our stories in
"Megan Had It Coming"

MySpace Suicide: The Megan Meier Story - Video

Megan Meier MySpace Suicide Cruel Hoax: No Justice for Megan
Cruel Hoaxer's Outed: Let the Lesser Outrage Begin
MySpace Suicide: Megan Meier's Story May Prevent Others Like It
Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: Cruel Hoaxers Outed, Let The Lesser Outrage Begin

Mondoreb @ BNN:
MySpace Suicide Reaction: Outrage!



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