Fwd: Advice For Kids [on using the Internet]
CHUCK BRAMLET (chuckb@AZTEC.ASU.EDU)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:40:24 -0700
The following was posted to rec.arts.disney.parks, and is reposted here
verbatim by permission of the author, who is also (coincidently) a
Scouter.
>Ok - and now I have a word of advice. Sometimes "stretching" the truth
>is not a bad thing at all. Especially on the internet. It's smart and
>a way of protecting yourself. And now I'm going to say to you something
>that I say to my own kids. There is absolutely no reason that people on
>the internet need to know things about you. This includes your age,
>your gender, where you live, your school, or any other personal
>information. And whenever your in doubt about revealing anything about
>yourself to anyone -- it's ALWAYS better to be safe. Because you don't
>know who's reading what you're posting. And if you ever get a message
>that makes you feel uncomfortable or you're contacted by somebody who
>seems "not quite right." IMMEDIATELY stop all contact (don't even write
>them to tell them your stopping) and show it to your parents or another
>trusted adult right away.
>
>Janet P.
>A MOM first - Disney lover second
The only thing that I would add to this is to forward copies of the
questionalbe letters to "abuse" and "Postmaster" at the originator
site. If I knew the address for the net.cop which handles all internet
abuse, I would add that.
I have found the above to be rather effective against spamming.
YiS,
Chuck Bramlet, ASM Troop 323
Thunderbird District, Grand Canyon Council, Phoenix, Az.
I "used to be" an Antelope! (and a good ol' Antelope, too...) WEM-10-95
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