03 September 2007

Orkut n Adnan's Death

Few days back i came across an interesting article writen by my friend, who blamed orkut for Adnan's Death. You can have a full view of the article at:

http://merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=126031

The article gives a nice description of the events that led to Adnan's death. However, to say that Orkut is to be blamed for Adnan's death has not been supported by any facts n reasoning.

Every system on this earth- whether natural or man-made has its own pros and cons. A metal spring has so many useful applications; but the same spring is also used in guns. So, to say that orkut is all responsible for his death won't be right. It was the mis-use of a facility which brought the trouble. So there should be checks on the cyber crime. The Net Users especially the teenagers should be taught regarding the advantages/ disadvantages of the Intenret. Just as the governments and societies are planning to introduce sex education as one of the main stream courses for children, we can have education regarding the internet usage and its fall-outs for the children and adults.

The alternative solution that the article speaks of (Google should ask for documents etc) is very difficult to implement. Moreover, Crimes occur even in those nations and at those places which follow some of the most stringent identity proof systems.

Hope I am right here.

P.S. The commenst on the article are in no way related to my love for ORKUT:-)
Happy Orkuting

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