CHAMELEONS & PLAYERS
CHINA: INFERIOR IMPORTS
CHURCH HISTORY
CHURCH & STATE
DEPRESSION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ETIQUETTE IN PUBLIC
GOVERNMENT
ELECTED OFFICIALS
FOSSIL FUELS
GREEN ENERGY
HOMOSEXUALITY & THE BIBLE
HONOR & INTEGRITY
IGNORANCE IS NOT AN STD
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
INTERNET BUYER BEWARE
I LEFT MYSPACE BEHIND
LABOR DAY
LAW OF THE LAND
LOVE: THINGS TO AVOID
PRINCIPLES
OF PERSONALITY
PROGRESSIVE FAITH
PROTECTION FROM BULLIES
P.T.S.D.
RELATIONSHIPS
DIVIDING THE WORD
RULES OF CIVILITY
SEPTEMBER 11
SUICIDE
TITHING
U.F.O. MYSTERY
VOTING HOLIDAY |
IN 2007, A Woman
answered an advertisement on Craigslist. After her initial contact with
the accused assailant. She mentioned to her roommate that he seemed
strange. She went anyway, thinking she was meeting a woman or couple.
Her name was Katherine Ann Olson of Minneapolis Minnesota. The young
man who was arrested for her murder is Michael John Anderson. I won't
go into the details of her murder. I wish to respect the victim on
here. If you must, the links at the bottom will shed further details.
Her
first mistake was meeting in a private location. She should have met in
a public space to hold an interview. I do not place blame on this woman
for the crime. It is the person who killed her who is at fault. However
she could have been more alert to the warning signs.
One
has to be careful and cautious no matter where they are. Life happens,
and with that comes events that can forever change your future. There
are many people in this world who would take advantage of the decent
humans. This becomes more prevalent in Urban settings. It is because
there are greater numbers of people. In todays world we are better
connected than ever before. We have technology that allows information
to travel at amazing speeds. It also gives people with bad morals. The
ability to broaden the number of potential victims.
Some
years ago, I had hired a person from the Internet. Immediately things
from my home started disappearing. Finally money had walked too. Today
this individual is in prison for twenty years. This guy had been
traveling the entire country. Meeting people on the Information Super
Highway. Stealing as much as he could, then disappearing on trains and
planes. In my home town there were around five different households
that the district attorney was aware of. I suspect there were others,
but to embarrassed to report the crime.
One
should never meet someone they meet online at their residence. You
expose your home and address to the individual. In addition more people
should not reveal to much about themselves on the networking sights
like Facebook.com , or MySpace.com. This information is potentially
available to the entire world. Trust your gut feelings too. If the
person you are communicating with online seems off. Then chances are
your intuition is right. If you are wrong, Then that is not so bad is
it?
Everyone seems to want the
modern fairytale life. Where everything works out and everyone is
happy. The more archaic fairytale's are far more gruesome. They depict
life as hard and with a struggle. In many of these folk stories, the
hero/ine looses or dies.
Be careful out there. Enjoy life, but look before
you leap.
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