Teacher Found Guilty of Endangering Kids Due to Spyware

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Teacher Found Guilty of Endangering Kids Due to Spyware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday January 12, 2007 @10:26PM from the educational-classroom dept.

nursegirl writes "Norwich, Conn seventh grade teacher, Julie Amero has been convicted of four counts of risk of injury to a minor after her classroom PC displayed pornographic pop-ups in class. While an expert for the defendant said he had discovered spyware on her PC that had been downloaded from a hairstyling site, the local police investigator claimed that the spyware had been downloaded from actively visiting porn sites. Amero testified that she had told four other teachers and the assistant principal about the popups, but received no assistance. The school's internet filtration software was not working because it's license had expired. Amero faces up to forty years in prison."

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you know.... by macadamia_harold · 2007-01-12 22:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Amero testified that she had told four other teachers and the assistant principal about the popups, but received no assistance ... Amero faces up to forty years in prison.

If only we had some... amendment... a "bill of rights" if you will... that ruled out "cruel and unusal" punishments like this.

Nah, that's crazy talk.

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1. Re:you know.... by houghi · 2007-01-12 23:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think you do understand the harm that can be done by looking at a female nipple. Ok, seeing people get shot might be pretty bad, but a female nipple is much worse. People should be SHOT if they willingly expose them or look at them.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/yfdv5j is just a disaster waiting to happen
  
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2. Re:you know.... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-12 23:27 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  The news has some mentally scaring things too. Should we just all watch Teletubbies and eat our Tubby Custard?
3. Re:you know.... by Dunbal · 2007-01-12 23:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  There's lots and lots of mentally scarring porn out there. Take the goatse man, or tubgirl, as an example.
  
  Hi, my name is Mike, and I was exposed to tubgirl 4 years ago. I have to say that since that night, my life hasn't been the same. Every time I defecate, I have to put duct tape over my mouth first, and then I have to hold my breath. I can't take a bath anymore without crapping. Damn you, tubgirl. I'm so happy about the support I have received in this group, however. You guys are wonderful.
  
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4. Re:you know.... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-13 00:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Ok... how many of you guys actually got curious and looked up "tubgirl" on google? Damn! Why Couldn't I Just... Restrain Myself????
5. Re:you know.... by Smidge204 · 2007-01-13 01:10 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Anyone who considers goatse and tubgirl to be porn are already "injured" IMHO.
  
  =Smidge=
6. Re:you know.... by BakaHoushi · 2007-01-13 01:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The problem with your reasoning is:
  A) You're using reason. That's the first sign you're an immoral heathen.
  B)Violence is natural. Sex is not. If God wanted us to have sex, we would be born with some kind of genitals which would develop over time, allowing us to perform and desire sexual acts, not the submachines guns babies come with out of the womb. ...Hey, wait a minute...
  
  When I was a young boy (probably around 10), I'd just gotten out of the pool and while walking around, I saw my 5 year-old-cousin drying off. She had her towel open in the front.
  
  That's right: I, a boy as young as 10, saw my first naked girl. So terrible was the sight I went on a killing spree for weeks to calm my troubled mind. And did you know the assassin who killed Archduke Ferdinand, which launched WWI, became an assassin after walking in on his parents having sex?
  
  Seriously, there is no logic. Sex is natural. It's about the most natural thing there is. And plenty of young children, get this, even like to play with their genitals. They may not understand why, but they think it feels good. So, why some people think it's okay to see the aftermath of a carpet bombing but not a pair of breasts I'll never understand.
7. Re:you know.... by ZeroExistenZ · 2007-01-13 01:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  what is this called again
  
  American freedom that needs to be shared with the world :)
  
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8. Re:you know.... by Phleg · 2007-01-13 05:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  As someone who ages ago found my dad's shit on his computer, you're not doing your kids any favors by leaving it around in easy-to-find places. It's like walking in on your parents having sex, only weirder.
  
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pr0n pop ups a cost cutting measure? by lupine_stalker · 2007-01-12 22:41 · Score: 5, Funny

There we go, slash the budget for Personal Health and Development classes. The kids have already gotten all their ill-advised Sex Ed from the friendly people at Backdoorsluts9.com.

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40 years prison for not installing Firefox... by aeneas · 2007-01-12 22:54 · Score: 5, Funny

40 years prison for not installing Firefox... duh!
Re:i dont see by SumoRoti · 2007-01-12 23:10 · Score: 5, Funny

It is the best news of this week. I am 13 years old and now, I know how to send my teachers in jail.

Yahoo!! Long life to the spywares!!![sardonic laugh]Revenge!

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Hmm, is this right? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-12 23:13 · Score: 1, Funny

OJ Simpson kills 2 people; gets off scott free.
Teacher, through spyware computer, exposes children to porn; up to 40 years in prison.
American justice system, still the best in the world.
Re:The case probably has merit. by Dance_Dance_Karnov · 2007-01-12 23:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Well if she was actively looking at porn that changes everything, why a 40 year sentence is too lenient I say!
Re:A clear case of US double morale? by Bastard+of+Subhumani · 2007-01-13 00:20 · Score: 2, Funny

I sincerely hope you are able to fix these issues in a fundamental way.
They're already trying. No wait, it's a fundamentalist way they're proposing. My bad.

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Re:For the benefit of the vast majority... by Dunbal · 2007-01-13 00:25 · Score: 3, Funny

I have personally give a porn linking website to a 13 year old

Gasp! How dare you! Little Johnny doesn't think about sex, and never will, until the day he gets married. Then he will have sex only in the missionary position, and only in order to have children. And he will NOT ENJOY IT.

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Re:Whoooaaaa... by deevnil · 2007-01-13 00:26 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't think death by public stoning would be particularly preferable to 40 years in prison.
Unless you're a hippy, "Whoooaaaa...."
Ridiculous... by ilzogoiby · 2007-01-13 00:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Well, I believe they should weigh her, and if she weighs the same as a duck, she's guilty...
obligatory: by Bwerf · 2007-01-13 01:08 · Score: 5, Funny

*** Topic in #doghouse is 'Our hearts are extended to the 17 victims of the recent internet fraud'
* Anubis has joined #doghouse
<Anubis> what fraud?
<Kadmium> You haven't heard about it?
<Anubis> no?
<Kadmium> You can read the full story at http://www.tubgirl.com/
<Anubis> omg wtf!
*** Kadmium changes topic to 'Our hearts are extended to the 18 victims of the recent internet fraud'

from bash.

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Children to be protected by MysteriousPreacher · 2007-01-13 02:06 · Score: 3, Funny

By 2012, children in the US will be fully protected from sex. At birth, their genitals will be removed and stored on ice. The genitals will be reattached once the children have grown up and married. This will ensure that they learn about sex when they really need to. Any parents refusing to allow this process shall be brought before the elders who shall smite them sorely with stones until they be dead.

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Re:i dont see by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-13 03:03 · Score: 1, Funny

With English like that, your teachers deserve every year they get!
It was running Windows, I assume? by Scooter's_dad · 2007-01-13 03:09 · Score: 3, Funny

There's your problem. The person going to jail for 40 years should be the one who decided to let Windows into a classroom. Won't somebody think of the children!

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Re:malware can drop child porn , not just reg. pr0 by kabz · 2007-01-13 03:41 · Score: 2, Funny

This gives me an idea for a new Mac vs PC ad...

"PC gets cuffed, led away protesting innocence ... Mac smiles smugly 'I'll visit you in jail'"

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