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Craigslist charges money for these ads and claims it manually reviews them. Presumably the person walking by a murder/assault/robbery isn't witnessing a crime
by jfager 16y ago
Craigslist charges money for these ads and claims it manually reviews them. Presumably the person walking by a murder/assault/robbery isn't witnessing a crime the perpetrator asked and paid the owner of the alleyway for permission to commit.
- pyre 16y agoSo that completely absolves her of responsibility? If she sees an underage prostitute on the street does she forgo calling the police and complain to the pimp that he didn't do a good enough job of checking if she was underage or not? This is not to defend Craigslist, but to say that if she didn't report the crime to anyone she is just as guilty. Just because she is a reporter following a 'hot story' doesn't make her any less responsible for ignoring a crime that she could have helped to prevent. I don't like the idea that since the ad was posted on Craig's site, then he is responsible for it, but someone that actually saw it and knew that something was awry, and did nothing can take some sort of moral high-ground.
- jfager 16y agoYou're taking it for granted that she didn't report the ad, though the question doesn't necessitate that that's the case. Even if she didn't, though, her guilt doesn't absolve Craigslist, and it doesn't make the question invalid, though it probably could be worded better.
- pyre 16y agoI specifically used the example with the pimp to try and convey the idea that I'm not absolving Craigslist of anything. In that example, you wouldn't absolve the pimp of all blame for putting the underage child on the street-corner.