I gotta tell you Leber- the Uber-Mom, I got a chuckle out of your post. You lead your daughter into MySpace and you're shocked that some oversexed boy is trying to contact her. What a shock. You should tell your kids "NO" to bad things you disaprove of. They may still go there, but when they get older they will remember that "Mom warned me of stuff like this. Maybe I will make a choice to say no." AFter setting your child up on MySpace, what's next---- giving 'em keg beer and condoms ?

The funniest part about your post is that you "reported him to AOL." That is precious ! AOL is the biggest bunch of liberal-loving Sodomites and the last thing they will do is police the perverts.

MySpace.com is a very dangerous place on the internet. Technology has made it very easy for perverts as you have mentioned to contact our children. As parents, we have an obligation and desire to protect our kids and to ensure their teen years are used to form them into productive and sane adults. We read about the PTC task force who has caught at least 14 adults targeting kids. Think of the ones who don't get caught. It is mind bongling.

Parents - WAKE UP. Put computers in a public place in your home. Take them out of the bedrooms. Use programs that track what your children are doing. Will you invade their privacy? Yes! But who bought the computer and pays for internet service? Be the parent and set rules. More importantly, follow and enforce the rules.

I like to blame everything I can think of on Bill or Hilary.

MySpace is not a problem. All you have to do is join. All the stuff your kid is doing that might get them in trouble comes to a screeching halt the minute they find out that you can read what they're up to at any point in time. If they act up, all you have to do is comment on it for all their friends to see. The whole attitude changes when there's a responsible adult "lurking" that might tell Mom or Dad what is going on...

so now because you can't read, I'm a sex offender. Did you read the original article? How can you make comments when you haven't read enough to understand what the conversation is about?

To be so stupid AND have a 14 year old daughter that you obviously think is ready and capable of making decisions on this matter. Thank God we have a court of law that made the right ruling. McDonald will be known for what he is, a sex abuser of children!

Why do you want the addresses and faces posted on the internet? Do you have any idea what you are saying?

The real crime is there was a real crime - sexual misconduct with a minor. End of story.

If you think 5 years difference in ages in ok when one is 14 and the other 19 is the same as 40 & 45, then you are really out there. Also, you refer to him "having consensual sex with a woman" and explaining this to his kids? It was sex with a kid - not a woman.

it wasn't much more than 100 years ago, the era when my grandparents were teenagers, when girls were married off to 30 and 40 year old men when they were 12-14, and they were old maids at 20.

This is lunacy. By your "end of story" statement. It would be 100% acceptable for this young man to do what he did when he was 17 years and 364 days old. Is that your contention? Then it wouldn't have been "sexual misconduct with a minor". It would have been "consensual sex amongst minors", is that illegal?

It still would have been wrong in my book, but not yours. now who is the sex offender? it's you bud, please post your face, name and address on the internet, thank you.

OK Bonehead, you missed my point and don't understand my statement.

1. Let's make it simple. It is illegal and morally wrong for a 19 year old to have ANY sexual contact with a 14 year old.

2. Any 19 year that does have sexual contact with a 14 year should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The "consensual woman" comment meant to say you were referring to the 14 year olds as women. You implied they are grown up and can make legal, moral and other decisions as an adult. I said they are "KIDS".

Now, if I have not made my it clear that I think the 19 year old man is wrong and should spend a great deal of time in prison and that the 14 year old girls were abused, then you should reread every post and until you fully understand it.

Why do you want my name, photo and address? You still think I am a sex offender.

You can't compare a 14 and 19 year old to a 26 and 31 year old. Big difference. You and your wife were both adults.

And if he didn't know their age, he should of asked.

because we all know that 14 year old girls all tell the truth when attractive older boys (read college men) ask their age. C'mon and think, it's not that hard. For all we know, these girls lied about their age. About 95% of the kids on Myspace lie about their age.

OH MY! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS CONSENTED! THESE GIRLS (AND I DO MEAN GIRLS) ARE NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE CONSCIENCE DECISIONS ABOUT ANYTHING! THIS MAN (AND HE IS A MAN) DID SOMETHING THAT HE KNOWS IS WRONG AND HE HAS MORE LIFE EXPERIENCE THAN THESE 14 YEAR OLDS. ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT IF YOUR DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN THE SAME SITUATION YOU WOULD SAY "OH HONEY, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER" IF THAT IS THAT CASE, GOOD LUCK BUDDY!

I 100% agree with what you are saying conehead. These girls are smart enough at 14 to know first off, not to sneak out of there parents house at midnight to meet a 19 year old boy and second off, maybe there parents should do a better job at building there self esteem so that te childern wouldn't be so worried about being "cool". This guy was just being a typical 19 year old guy. The victim even admitted he didn't know her age at the time. What was he to do? Sad to say...but there are many 14 year olds doing what these young girls did. and if people think they are only doing it to other 14 year olds, there wrong.

It is a good thing "conehead" has no sons. He might teach his boy that it is ok to prey on 14 year olds, or maybe he might like the younger ones. I hope you are never faced with a situation with your daughter that might make you regret your words. You never know what will happen when your daughter is out of your sight, you just hope that she will have enough self esteem to make the right choices. It is very hard to be a teenager and I dare say you "conehead" know what it is like to be a young girl trying to be popular and well liked. You probably fit the profile of the sex offender and therefore want others to come forward and support your views; then maybe you will feel validated. These girls were taken advantage of by a misguided 19 year old man. It is too bad that this girl had to be the one to make a humiliating public display of her bad choice;however,if my sons were old enough, they would have to read this article and hopefully realize just how serious these kind of situations are. I am sure that many parents will learn a great deal from this and be more aware of the pressures that their children are faceing in this fast paced cyberspace driven society. I also believe that this man could have been much more severely punished and he should be glad the families involved made a deal to give him a lesser sentence.

but I fail to see the relevance. "When my daughter is out of my sight” what does that mean? She'll be out of my sight a lot when she's 25 years old, should I be worried then? I assure you that no one in my family needs your hope. Oh and congratulations, you figured me out, all I want in this world is validation from you.

Unless this kid (nineteen year olds are kids too) used a weapon, there's no way he could force two healthy fourteen year old girls to perform oral sex on him. Certainly he could have forced one of them, but not both, one of them would have run away screaming. Did that happen? read anything about that anywhere? Just call these 14 year old girls what they are.

Pressures? Pressures? I suggest you all think twice before trying to match wits with me again, you are ill equipped.

Is there social pressure for young women to meet older men (would it have mattered if the boy was 17?) and take turns providing oral sex to him? If so, what sort of notoriety did these two receive by doing so? How did they start the conversation where they get their due credit for such an act? This is lunacy and you people are all disconnected. Apologies to harpergirl of course.