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University Students Want Gossip Site Banned; Site Founder Sez "Get A Sense Of Humor"
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I actually checked out the topics on my alma mater's site (yeah, teeny little Claremont McKenna is on there) and the topics included the prerequisite "cutest freshman guy" "cutest freshman girl" and "biggest bitch" but also "joe biden" "sarah palin" and the all-important topic "who's going to win IM waterpolo" Good to know CMC is as I left it - a bunch of dorks.
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2) My heart is breaking for the women who've posted in this thread who are still at school.
3) I think it's sick and possibly illegal.
4) That said, young people today need to think seriously about their future careers and what is "out there" about them.
I am really sad right now.
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I'm suspecting it's my former roommate, but you never know. This shit is hurtful, yo. College is for adults, leave the kiddy antics at home/high school.
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Oh honey, I'm sorry :( I'm thanking my lucky stars I graduated three years ago. My sorority gets dragged through the mud, and it sucks seeing individual sisters' names on there sometimes. I've only checked it twice, as it's just awful.
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But thanks a lot for your support. The site's creator should be punched in the balls.
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This past year, a reporter at a local newspaper came and filmed NQR, at an angle such that you can see people's asses but no faces or fronts. She posted it online. There was a huge uproar at Tufts, with people protesting that they had been violated.
Now, I've run NQR, and I've even done it sober, but I recognize that I have no right to complain when something I do before the eyes of humanity gets attention. OWN YOUR ACTIONS, PEOPLE. Why is your morally reprehensible behavior okay when you're in your bubble, but all of a sudden it's a problem when more people are given access to it? If you're gunning to be the future U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, you should already realize that certain types of behavior may be troubling to your employers. I feel like people should act in a way they can always stand by. (It's like this girl I'm acquainted with that was outed for being a slut, who had anal sex with every guy in some frat at her school, on a late night college radio show. That is fucked up and mean for them to bring up, but like, if she was uncomfortable with people finding that out, why do it in the first place?...whatever. that's my musing, take it or leave it :) )
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The hell is with all the victim blaming today?
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Also, I am equally disgusted by the fact that it is mostly used as an excuse to tear down women (by both men and women themselves). Shaming women by calling them "whores," snarking on their bodies, spreading vicious lies...it's all facilitated and made easier by this kind of a site.
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I wrote a seminar paper on this bullshiz. Truly horrifying stuff, and the implications for women are far, far worse than men. Women are "whores," where men are simply "players."
Sadly it is 100% legal. Unless you can get Congress to revise the Communications Decency Act, sites that commercialize defamation will continue to proliferate. If anyone wants to try to get Congress to revise the CDA, hit me up. I've already got a proposal handy.
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Still okay with it?