Comments on: India: Orkut and the death of a teenager http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 28 May 2012 15:55:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Empty Head http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-1195753 The Empty Head Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:03:20 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/#comment-1195753 Is it absolutely imperative to play the blame game every time such a tragedy happens? Blame the parents, blame orkut, blame internet and blame the world!!! What next? We all go back to our lives, no lessons learnt! Stop blaming others people, and look into your own lives. There will be many such incidences waiting to happen. Do something to avoid them, put your own house in order before blaming others. Is it absolutely imperative to play the blame game every time such a tragedy happens? Blame the parents, blame orkut, blame internet and blame the world!!! What next? We all go back to our lives, no lessons learnt!

Stop blaming others people, and look into your own lives. There will be many such incidences waiting to happen. Do something to avoid them, put your own house in order before blaming others.

]]> By: Jayalakshmi http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-1194025 Jayalakshmi Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:03:57 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/#comment-1194025 Sir, In this case it appears that the teenager in question was used to having things for the asking Imagine a boy at 14 driving a MErc!. 16 year old spending ten thousand per day? As if Orkut or any other forum has all teenagers doing that? The boy was staying away from home and with whom? whether the family was aware of the comapny he was keeping? Who is accoutable here. The boy or the parents or the Orkut?. The temptations are always available on the streets. for each generation it was in its own form. The family and the school had the responsiblity to shape the boy. Who failed? I am thinking of all those kids who cant afford a meal or a shirt for their schools colleges! Poor India.. Sir,

In this case it appears that the teenager in
question was used to having things for the asking Imagine a boy at 14 driving a MErc!. 16 year old spending ten thousand per day? As if Orkut or any other forum has all teenagers doing that? The boy was staying away from home and with whom? whether the family was aware of the comapny he was keeping? Who is accoutable here. The boy or the parents or the Orkut?.

The temptations are always available on the streets. for each generation it was in its own form. The family and the school had the responsiblity to shape the boy. Who failed?

I am thinking of all those kids who cant afford a meal or a shirt for their schools colleges! Poor India..

]]> By: Uday http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-1192988 Uday Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:45:30 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/22/india-orkut-and-the-death-of-a-teenager/#comment-1192988 Tapan,may be you are right in saying internet is a medium, but not a killer. But look how kids fall into this myth of meeting a stranger for making friendship or getting attraced to people presuming to be opposite sex and make friendship with them... One needs to be cautious in dealing with new social profiling tools. You never know where you end up? Tapan,may be you are right in saying internet is a medium, but not a killer. But look how kids fall into this myth of meeting a stranger for making friendship or getting attraced to people presuming to be opposite sex and make friendship with them…
One needs to be cautious in dealing with new social profiling tools. You never know where you end up?

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