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Friday, February 15, 2008 12:00 AM

Your MySpace friend request violates my restraining order!

Don't let people stalk you on social networking sites.

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Friday, February 15, 2008 06:21 PM

Well now

I liked the bumper stickers.

Friday, February 15, 2008 06:44 PM

The trouble with a restraining order

is that they need to be issued to actual people.

Your advice works if you know the person. But online stalkers can also hide behind pseudonyms. Since a court has also just ruled that harassing trolls may remain anonymous,it might be equally difficult to restrain an anonymous stalker.

Saturday, February 16, 2008 08:18 AM

Annoying Little Items Anyway

The MySpace and other such useless, time-sucking, toys of the internet that show up unannounced asking you to complete a form with your personal information on it because some jerk with no life gets all wrapped up in the stuff are annoying as hell. "Do you want to be so-n-so's friend? Yes or no." Well, if they are going to reduce and define my friendship with them as yet another tiring crack in my privacy - then NO! Since when did being someone's friend require you to be smathered all over the damn world? And those tiring "Update my Address Book Even Though I Never, Ever Communicate With You" are the worst offenders. Who cares if you don't have my recent contact information when I never hear from you anyway?

Saturday, February 16, 2008 01:53 PM

Rambling Rose 22

That was one long winded boring tirade. How does it end?

Saturday, February 16, 2008 04:01 PM

Farhoo transparent

Hey Farhoo Manjoo...don't be so obvious in your preference for Obama. You have no journalistic integrity. Why don't you talk about the fact that Hillary won big time in Massachusetts despite Obama's big name (small brain) supporters. Would that challenge your sense of masculine pride too much?

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