Who is responsiable for Megan's death? Is it the people who created the ficticious charater "Josh", Megan's parents, Myspace? Perhaps provide percentages to each of these three groups as a means to measure responsibility. Is anyone else responsible?
The fact of the matter is Megan had self esteem issues before "Josh" came along, Megan's parents did all but keep her off myspace which in my opinion is perfectly acceptable especially since she monitored the conversations, and Myspace? Myspace created a GUI people use to network. How people use that networking site is their responsiblity. Yes, Myspace doesnt have a way to verify your age when you sign up, but would you rather have to enter your SSN into a public social networking site? As far as the people who created "Josh", it's unclear as to whether or not there was an adult orchestrating the act therefore adding legitimacy. Either way, Megan had created a similar false page on myspace (according to her mother's website) so she should have been well aware of this type of trick. Unfortunately, I believe the largest contribution to Megan's death came from a predisposition due to low self-esteem and hormone fluctuations due to being a teenager. I honestly cant say I could give each party a percentage for who's "fault" it is. While "Josh" and the contributing parties may have made it worse for Megan, the FBI didn't recover anything that said anything similar to "kill yourself". Even the last message she supposedly received which said something similar to "the world would be better without you" was never recovered by the FBI. The level of harassment she received was no more than kids around the country receive everyday. Without knowing more facts and having access to all the conversations Megan and "Josh" had, I can't bring myself to giving percentages of blame. I'm the kind of person who needs all the evidence/ both sides of the story.
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