you're right; the same applies to the world itself.
wherever there's hope, there's an opportunity for some unscrupulous operator to take an advantage and it's been around for a lot longer than the 'net.
I know somebody who stuck up a correspondence with a prison inmate.
one would expect her own legal training and experience in the criminal justice system to have equipped her with a healthy skepticism but the human capacity for suspension of disbelief runs high when heart trumps brain.
at least in her case the ending didn't make the tabloid press.
she won't say much about how things actually turned out and I've never pressed for details.
if a bit of embarrassment is all that ever came of it, so much the better.
it sure could have been a lot worse.
re: world wide web is a very large empty and vulnerable place for the lonely
you're right; the same applies to the world itself.
wherever there's hope, there's an opportunity for some unscrupulous operator to take an advantage and it's been around for a lot longer than the 'net. I know somebody who stuck up a correspondence with a prison inmate. one would expect her own legal training and experience in the criminal justice system to have equipped her with a healthy skepticism but the human capacity for suspension of disbelief runs high when heart trumps brain.
at least in her case the ending didn't make the tabloid press. she won't say much about how things actually turned out and I've never pressed for details. if a bit of embarrassment is all that ever came of it, so much the better. it sure could have been a lot worse.