MySpace Glorifying Murderers?

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Well, sex offenders on probation routinely troll MySpace — but did you know that death row inmates have their own pages as well?  Its true.  According to a MediaPost blog (“Just an Online Minute”), in Houston, Texas, the friends and families of death row inmates are creating pages for individuals convicted for murder. 

Now, a city official in Houston is griping that family and friends of death row inmates have created MySpace pages on their behalf. Andy Kahan, director of the city’€™s crime victims office, has written to MySpace, arguing that pages devoted to death row inmates glorify them, according to recent news accounts.

While I don’t condone censorship, I wonder whether or not this should be one of those “exceptions” to a rule; sure you can invoke the “slippery slide” argument, but come on — Murderers?  There has to be a line there.

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Tony Hung is the editor of the BlogHerald. He is also a physician finishing his last year of residency in General Internal Medicine, and blogs at Deep Jive Interests , where he rants, occasionally, on new media topics.

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