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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[you have got to be freaking kidding me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lnoel666]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[seems safer contacting friends and not a dangerous gang]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pwist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[There should be a 911.Gov site where you could post.  I have seen several cases now where e-mail works but there IS no phone.  There should be a universal emergency web site in the 911 system.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DawnsWatch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are you going to pay for it?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stormy21856]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 4:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[THIS is a fantastic idea, let's hope someone with the power to get the ball rolling and make it happen notices!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sunfaccra51]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA["Oh, well, hey, I just got ran over by a car, and I'm bleeding in the middle of the road...I better post this on my Facebook or Twitter, just in case someone happens to be on..."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raaawr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is a lot different than being in a storm drain in no immediate danger.  Dumb thing they did, but no harm no foul.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jmw1431]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[this cracks me up! and sadly there are plenty of morons who would do this!! lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[princesssac81]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 9th 2009 10:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh dear. I'm stuck down a drain with my phone that does everything. I KNOW WHO CAN HELP, my facebook friends who are halfway across the world. Ya know I can really see this NOT working. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dskid807]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[If your facebook friends are halfway around the world, you're obviously violating the terms and conditions of facebook which explicitly state that you're only supposed to add people you know in real life.  Dummy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirty Logic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 4:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dirtylogic:  Just because people live halfway around the world doesn't mean you don't always know them in real life xD People move away. Or go to schools overseas. Or have family in other countries. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wolf68723]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 6:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[What would've happened if the wrong people reading that status update would've gotten ahold of them instead of the authorities though? Lord only knows and I'm just glad that nothing happened to them or the outcome might not have been so positive as this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NaniKai56]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Also, if one of my friends posted "I'm trapped in a sewer", I would take it to be a metaphor for something, and either just look over it or ask what's wrong. These girls are very lucky that someone took it to be literal instead of just passing over.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raaawr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 2:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[They were probably having an adventure and didn't think it was an emergency, like the article suggested. And they probably know you're not supposed to call 911 unless it's an emergency. On another note, it's possible that service can be too low for phone calls but you can send texts through (that happens on the subways often), though the contents of the messages weren't provided so we don't know if it sounded like the girls were actually scared or in danger. I read recently that some areas are, finally, setting up to receive 911 texts when, for example, you're kidnapped but have a cell phone, but the abductor would hear you if you tried to talk. I think these girls should be given the benefit of the doubt though that 1) they didn't think it was an emergency, or 2) they didn't have enough service to call, although we have no reason to think from the article that they were posting scared or desperate messages. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauryn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did their friends charge them the hundreds of dollars fire department rescue service charge?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should call 911. Thats a service that is mandated to be online 24-hours a day and has redundent back up systems. I'm sure that some social web sites probably do that, however they've been know to go down from time to time to due maintenance and hackers. Why oh why would you wait for help using the internet. Come on people and parents, need you teach your children better then this. There lives are worth it, so make it happen. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[djzoeyphat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, if they called 911, they'd really have been stuffed.  They're in Australia, where the emergency number is 000.<br><br>/Americacentricity - what fun!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RealMcCoy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 7:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why hasn't the emergency departments (911, Fire, Poison Control, etc.) just made a site or some phone numbers that people can text? It could be faster, saves battery, and it's quieter. If something bad is happening, you don't want some retard operator yelling "MA'AM! IS THERE AN EMERGENCY!!!!" Technology is now the way everyone communicates, so you'd think that the police department or somebody would figure out a way to use that to our advantage instead of just bashing it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[angieanodyne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is exactly why Kids are called Kids  We treat our young like adults when this is an example of not making adult decisions They need to mature for that process]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori walker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 3:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/08/endangered-pre-teens-update-facebook-status-instead-of-dialing-9/</guid><description><![CDATA[I REALLY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A 911 FOR TEXTING.<br>IF SOMEONE BROKE IN YOUR HOUSE & YOU RAN TO HIDE, YOU COULD TEXT FOR HELP SO THE INTRUDERS COULD NOT HEAR YOU & FIND YOU...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SCOTTYZGIRL1426]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 8th 2009 4:20PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
