Ensnared: Internet Creates New Group of Sexual Addicts Adding 200 sites a day, Internet pornography seduces with never-ending variety. By Marianne Szegedy-Maszak -- Special to The LA Times For many people, a peek at an "adult" site offers merely a titillating glimpse into an illicit world. For others, a peek becomes a moment of respite, a brief vacation from the demands of the real world. Then it becomes a habit. Soon, it is a compulsion that occupies hours and hours every day, shattering... Read Full Story

Know what to look for... by Jennifer Good In a medium where faith in a potential partner is being put at an all-time high, it is important to know if you're stepping blindly. If you're considering an online relationship, or are currently in one, there are a few things you should be prepared to look out for. While each situation is unique, and it is important to go by your instinct, the following list should help you spot any red flags you might encounter. RED FLAG #1: Won't show you... Read Full Story

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. It's no joke. In 2006, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess. This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called... Read Full Story

We are reposting this as it applies to many of our predators. (see list in right margin of our previous cyberpath stories) It is time for this site to post some information about the sex addicts online. Many cyberpaths are also sex addicts. Oh, they won't seem like perverts up front. (we have used the male gender. your cyberpath could be female)They will convince you they are nice guys, lonely guys, misunderstood, needy; that they "LOVE" you (even though they have NEVER met you), that they... Read Full Story

EOPC is publishing this to point on the chronic lying implicit in online dating. We believe the author minimizes the danger inherent here. EOPC NEVER recommends or approves of Online Dating to meet people. Under ANY circumstances. Join a volunteer organization but NEVER Online Dating. His online profile -- dark hair, 5'6", athletic build -- caught her attention and the e-mail exchange went well, so Carla Riemersma agreed to meet the 58-year-old Wisconsin man in person. But the... Read Full Story

A Wilmington, North Carolina man faces a charge of cyberstalking after a Gastonia man told police he e-mailed death threats. Keith Bailey, 39, told Gastonia Police that Melvin Franklin Douglas Lutz, 38, sent him threatening messages. Bailey gave Gastonia Police an e-mail message sent May 24, 2007, where Lutz writes that Bailey had messed up their business and lied about raising profits. "I sold my home out of desperation because of my legal responsibilities. You used that money to buy a... Read Full Story

Information sought on Hampton, New Hampshire sex-assault suspect Following a probable cause hearing involving sex assault suspect Thomas Currier on Wednesday, prosecutors involved in the case are urging anyone who may have had contact with the Hampton Falls resident to contact police as soon as possible. Currier, 34, of 6 Marsh Lane, is currently being held without bail at the Rockingham County House of Corrections and has been charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault. The charge... Read Full Story

By JOSEPH SLACIAN Emily Jones received a startling call from her pastor in March. The pastor, who was taking a new position out of state, was adding members of his congregation to his Facebook account to keep in touch with after the move. He found a Facebook page - an Internet socializing network - that purportedly belonged to Jones. He called her after viewing the page, Jones said, because “he was concerned I had fallen away from my Christian walk.” The site, in Jones' words, contained... Read Full Story

In the introduction to the 25th Anniversary Edition of her book, Women and Madness, Phyliss Chesler, M.D. writes: We now understand that women and men are not "crazy" or "defective"when, in response to trauma, they develop post traumatic symptoms,including insomnia, flashbacks, phobias, panic attacks, anxiety,depression, dissociation, a numbed toughness, amnesia, shame, guilt, self-loathing, self-mutilation, and social withdrawal.Oppression causes bodily changes. These changes make you think... Read Full Story

excerpts: About four percent of the population is evil - that is about one person in twenty five. The mental abilities of evil people closely echo those of the normal population; there is a bell shaped curve of intelligence in both good and evil people. Most good people are only aware of the least intelligent part of the evil distribution; those are the people who are obviously evil: criminals. The normal and intelligent ends of the evil distribution totally escape most good people's... Read Full Story