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This is like coming up with a criteria for sandwich/non-sandwich. There is a strong social distinction between an anonymous adult person on the internet and a y
by eloisius 4y ago
This is like coming up with a criteria for sandwich/non-sandwich. There is a strong social distinction between an anonymous adult person on the internet and a your church's youth pastor. Maybe they both do what they do for the explicit purpose of preying on children, but people would consider one a stranger and the other an acquaintance. No one would call an adult man preying on children online a "friend." Maybe the distinction for an acquaintance is that there is an original relationship between predator and victim that would be appropriate were it not for the abuse. There's nothing appropriate about a grown man messaging little girls online.
- true_religion 4y agoWe’ll the distinction is permanent to statistics if we don’t know whom was interviewed. If you interviewed a child, and they said someone they played video games online with was a “friend” then that’s the box they go into even if you and I would say that guy is a dangerous stranger. I think that’s what the OP was trying to say. We should be wary about statistics that say nearly all predation is done by known friends and family. Thus we should rightfully be worried about the online interactions children have, and not simply brush it aside as paranoia.