Group needs to STFU.

"We want parents to have the opportunity to safeguard their children and for them to have the level of privacy and security they deserve," said Ms. Rumenap. "Our children's safety should always be the No. 1 concern when allowing a new technology to come into our neighborhoods, and putting the burden on parents to opt out of the system seems unacceptable."

1) You are an idiot.

2) Not everything in the entire world has to be about your farking kids.

vartian: 2) Not everything in the entire world has to be about your farking kids.

Welcome to modern parenting.

I think they're onto something here. Google should, in its quest to not be evil, take kids' safety one step further and remove ALL information about the city, and anything about it, from Google searches. Businesses can be used to procure supplies for pedophiles, roads can be driven on, and web searches can be used to find like-minded pedos locally. So Google should BlackHole them.

Give it about a week, and everyone else in Pittsburgh will take the responsibility for telling the group to STFU. Problem solved.

That ought to attract a whole bunch of pedophiles because if they want to go all out to hide their kids, they must be crazy cute and delicious.

But it still takes pictures of children, although it has agreed to blur their faces so they can't be recognized, according to Ms. Rumenap.

"We argue that's not enough because you can still tell it's a child," she said.

So, let me get this straight. This woman is saying a pedo can navigate through a neighborhood using Street View and find a picture of a child -- a process that seems to me like looking for a needle in a haystack to begin with -- and then he go to that spot and find the kid still standing there? Is that what she's saying?

They should just build a Gap Generator.

Secret Agent X23: So, let me get this straight. This woman is saying a pedo can navigate through a neighborhood using Street View and find a picture of a child -- a process that seems to me like looking for a needle in a haystack to begin with -- and then he go to that spot and find the kid still standing there? Is that what she's saying?

I think she's worried about the possibility of some pedo fapping to a Street View picture of her child's sweet sweet can. Yet she'd most likely cheerfully consent to have her kid's picture appear unblurred in the local paper (and therefore on their website) if he won the science fair.

Perhaps these idiots deserve to have their children taken away from them. 10 years in a dark dungeon would likely be a step up from that restrictive hell.

Secret Agent X23: But it still takes pictures of children, although it has agreed to blur their faces so they can't be recognized, according to Ms. Rumenap.

"We argue that's not enough because you can still tell it's a child," she said.

So, let me get this straight. This woman is saying a pedo can navigate through a neighborhood using Street View and find a picture of a child -- a process that seems to me like looking for a needle in a haystack to begin with -- and then he go to that spot and find the kid still standing there? Is that what she's saying?

Yes, and furthermore, if that photo was not there, the pedophiles would assume there were no children there, ever, and stay away. They will go to a city that otherwise has proof of children for them to go and molest. This is how it works.

The pedophile paranoia is a bit insane and creepy in this country. Hanson brought the laughs, but I kind of blame that show for making people think that their kids are under constant threat from random strange pedophiles.

They also don't seem to realize that most kids are molested by relatives/close family friends, statistically.

serpent_sky: They also don't seem to realize that most kids are molested by relatives/close family friends, statistically.

I really wanted to make a rape joke here but...I just couldn't make myself do it. Damnit. There go my reserved floor seats in hell.

Seriously though, who wouldn't want Pittsburgh removed from the Street View of Google's map search.

I support any group trying to get google street view banninated by any means necessary for any reason they can think of.

Its bad enough that the govt has access to Big brother technology without every body and their damned brother having it.

I amazed that parents haven't demanded that Catholic churches be torn down because priests were found to be pedophiles.

I have a better idea. Let's just remove Pittasburgh, period.

Seriously; a few nightime bombing runs & the whole damn town could be leveled & turned back into something more productive; like a landfill.

Seriously, that was the Onion, right?...right?...right?


/I have seen the enemy. (on google)

Every time some dumbass brings up the fact that their child might be molested, I reply with the truth. Keep your child away from your friends and family. Your child is much more likely to be abused by uncle Ron, or your buddy next door then some stranger by quite a large percentage. The truth is, strangers assaulting your child is very highly unlikely.

"Adults were the offender in 60% of the sexual assaults of youth under age 12. Rarely were the offenders of young victims strangers. Strangers were the offender in just 3% of sexual assaults against victims under age 6 and 5% of the sexual assault of victimizations of youth ages 6 through 11."

http://www.yellodyno.com/Statistics/statistics_child_molester.html

swarms909: It's just negligent to not provide them with strip club locations!

A pox upon your house! I clicked that hoping to find some sort of GPS-enabled strip club listing service. No. All I get is some silly story.

/was kinda funny though

This reminds me of a story about a year or so back about a biatch getting her granny panties in wad about toddlers running around naked on a local beach, anybody else remember that.

people, the person most likely to molest your kids...they already know them.

swarms909: It's just negligent to not provide them with strip club locations!

That sums it up nicely.

/Doesn't do the fiancee on the phone, that's just stupid.

Dont you people understand, we must destroy our libertys, technology, and convenience else the ter...erm...pedos will win

nevermind that most child molesters are actually their own family doing it verses strangers...thats liberal media fact stuff.

btw, did you know that Homeland security now takes on sex offense cases (not just child molesting, but all of the above under the now gigantic canopy of sex offenses),

btw, did you know that Homeland security is now involved in drug trafficking

btw, did you know that Homeland security is stronger and more integrated now than the secret police of Nazi Germany

yay for our safety...for the kids!

In BC, some Google satellite maps reverted back two years.
??Canadian Government conspiracy??

I'm glad this group is speaking up but I don't think they've gone far enough. I keep my kids in a locked trunk in my basement where pedophiles can never find them. It's the only way to know they're safe!

"We argue that's not enough because you can still tell it's a child," she said.

Yeah but this way they can't see if the kid is hot.

Ashtrey: "We argue that's not enough because you can still tell it's a child," she said.

Yeah but this way they can't see if the kid is hot.

i see what you did there

Kanabiis

after i ass rape you you can call me many things but please don't call me a stranger. i was inside you for christs sake and didn't wear a mask.

cause theres a red, under my bed
And theres a little yellow man in my head
And theres a true blue inside of me
That keeps stoppin me, touchin ya, watchin ya, lovin ya

Paranoia, the destroyer.
Paranoia, the destroyer.

Most pedophiles attack and molest and debauch children with whom they are familiar, as neighbours, or otherwise related to.

I doubt pedophiles are surfing GMSV for places that children congregate.

If they were, you'd be better off taking vacant lots off of GMSV because they're probably going to try and drag their victim off to one.

Stop all this crap. Seriously. Stop it. Put a brain in lay-a-way.

Thank you JesterGirl. I came here for PedoBear, and wasn't disappointed.

Heck, I'm just happy that Google Street View corrected the name of Ethan Allen Blvd. in Burlington, VT. For the longest time it appeared, courtesy of some smart*ss on staff I'm guessing, as "Tard Cart."

I thought that was somewhat insensitive to the developmentally disabled, so I wrote to Google asking that they fix it ASAP in the name of "don't be evil"...and they did.

No one acknowledged the error, but they fixed it, and that's all that matters.

I do still wonder how it got that way in the first place. It's not like it was a random typo... Why "tard cart" of all things?

Epsilon and Crosshair win this farkshop contest.

In the process, the tool shows pictures of children, toys and family cars that could tip a would-be predator to an area where children could be found and potentially victimized

And bank robbers could map escape routes! And Russia could designate targets for tactical nukes! And pedophiles can find the shortest route to my child's playground! And pyromaniacs could locate wooden structures! And sharks could use it to monitor population density at the beach to attack us in the summer with their fricken laser beams!

I found their site and shot them an email. I'll let you know if I hear back from them. This should be fun.

The letter: Really? Google street view? Is this your way to justify your groups cause? i'm not saying we don't need to protect our kids from predators, but your idea is blatantly stupid. What will keep a predator from driving around the neighborhood looking for parks or toys in someone's front yard? I could Google "public parks" in my hometown and get the addresses for them. I could also find addresses for child care centers, schools and churches. Are you hoping to ban the internet also? It's apparent to me that your group has not thought its cunning plan all the way through. How about you put your efforts into longer prison sentences and more restrictions on child predators instead of coming up with an outlandish story just to get your group some press time? And before you ask, I have a 9 year old son, a 13 year old son and a 15 year old daughter.

fyrewede: Heck, I'm just happy that Google Street View corrected the name of Ethan Allen Blvd. in Burlington, VT. For the longest time it appeared, courtesy of some smart*ss on staff I'm guessing, as "Tard Cart."

I thought that was somewhat insensitive to the developmentally disabled, so I wrote to Google asking that they fix it ASAP in the name of "don't be evil"...and they did.

No one acknowledged the error, but they fixed it, and that's all that matters.

I do still wonder how it got that way in the first place. It's not like it was a random typo... Why "tard cart" of all things?

Mentally challenged and "developmentally disabled" people have no place in society. Banish them to the TARD CARTS!

See Vangor, this is why we must use Google Maps Street View to locate the nearest McCain rally so we can get him elected. Because the only other option is to elect a Muslim who learned everything he knows about molesting children, destroying America, taking away your guns, teaching gay sex ed. to your pre-schooler, and raising your taxes from his two closest advisors, Osama Bin Laden (from whom he gets his last name) and Saddam Hussein (from whom he gets his middle name). (And no, I have no idea where Barack comes from, but it rhymes with Iraq and that tells me all I need to know.)

/On an unrelated note, btw, i'm so sorry to hear about your bunny :-(

Probably the same group that showed up in Wisconsin the other day.
They are SCARED!! of Obama!!

OH NOES!!!


/'mericans used to be brave, now they are mostly pussies.

So they do realize that this is all what people can see when driving and walking down the very public streets of their city, right? That pedos can drive and see the same things just by getting in the car? I really don't get how these peoples' brains work (or don't work).

Jesus tap-dancing Tidy Bowl Christ on the blue water, not this shiat again! Why does my hometown contain such jagoffs when it comes to parenting?

Pedophiles are not the worst thing that could happen to your stupid children. An out-of-town cousin babysitter not being able to find the nearest hospital when one of said crotchdroppings mistakes Drano for Nestle Quik is worse than a pedophile. Mommy and Daddy getting lost on the way to a peewee football game in North Allegheny and winding up carjacked and murdered in front of their snowflakes in Homestead is probably worse than a pedophile. A traffic jam resulting from bad directions from which accidents ensue and kill Daddy, Mommy and all 2.3 children despite their bloated American SUV is worse than a pedophile. After all is said and done, pedophiles are largely survivable. An attack on a city's infrastructure and the technology on which it depends, resulting in chaos, collisions and general catfarkery...not so much. Besides, you really expect to inconvenience us all because your damn condom broke? fark you and fark your kids. I'm rooting for the pedophile at this point.

Anyway, most of the sprogs in question are by no means cute enough to interest a self-respecting ped -I'm sorry, they just aren't. Maybe one out of fifty is actually worth the risk of that quarter-century of jail time, but the vast majority...they're just not that great. They whine and misbehave and are generally too obnoxious for even the peds to want because you senseless farks are too busy trying to keep the pervsausage out of their snatches and butts to -I d'know, actually parent them?

Get the fark over yourselves.

Besides, all those PTA meetings you concerned parents keep having while your kids play in the gym? Peds don't use Google to find that shiat. Everyone you handed a whiny 'protect our kids' flyer to now knows where those firm, young buttocks will be playing while you and the other Mommytards hold a meeting of the Oh Noes! Panic Society. And why the shiat are you targeting Google, the one thing that keeps pedophiles up to their eyebrows in old Sears toy catalogs over ImageSearch and away from your retarded little snowflakes? If they're beating off, they're not jacking in, if you take my meaning.

Everyone involved with this initiative needs to go eat a sackful of finest quality gourmet dicks -the expensive kind with herpetic sprinkles!

Life2Death: Epsilon and Crosshair win this farkshop contest.

Crosshair's isn't a shop, but agreed nevertheless.

Has this phenomenon ever actually appeared in a child molestation trial? Like did they seize someone's computer and determined that they were using Google Street View to find kids?

I highly doubt it.

SpiderQueenDemon: Jesus tap-dancing Tidy Bowl Christ on the blue water, not this shiat again! Why does my hometown contain such jagoffs when it comes to parenting?

Pedophiles are not the worst thing that could happen to your stupid children. An out-of-town cousin babysitter not being able to find the nearest hospital when one of said crotchdroppings mistakes Drano for Nestle Quik is worse than a pedophile. Mommy and Daddy getting lost on the way to a peewee football game in North Allegheny and winding up carjacked and murdered in front of their snowflakes in Homestead is probably worse than a pedophile. A traffic jam resulting from bad directions from which accidents ensue and kill Daddy, Mommy and all 2.3 children despite their bloated American SUV is worse than a pedophile. After all is said and done, pedophiles are largely survivable. An attack on a city's infrastructure and the technology on which it depends, resulting in chaos, collisions and general catfarkery...not so much. Besides, you really expect to inconvenience us all because your damn condom broke? fark you and fark your kids. I'm rooting for the pedophile at this point.

Anyway, most of the sprogs in question are by no means cute enough to interest a self-respecting ped -I'm sorry, they just aren't. Maybe one out of fifty is actually worth the risk of that quarter-century of jail time, but the vast majority...they're just not that great. They whine and misbehave and are generally too obnoxious for even the peds to want because you senseless farks are too busy trying to keep the pervsausage out of their snatches and butts to -I d'know, actually parent them?

Get the fark over yourselves.

Besides, all those PTA meetings you concerned parents keep having while your kids play in the gym? Peds don't use Google to find that shiat. Everyone you handed a whiny 'protect our kids' flyer to now knows where those firm, young buttocks will be playing while you and the other Mommytards hold a meeting of the Oh Noes! Panic Society. And why the shiat are you targeting Google, the one thing that keeps pedophiles up to their eyebrows in old Sears toy catalogs over ImageSearch and away from your retarded little snowflakes? If they're beating off, they're not jacking in, if you take my meaning.

Everyone involved with this initiative needs to go eat a sackful of finest quality gourmet dicks -the expensive kind with herpetic sprinkles!

Next time don't hold back how you really feel :)

On an even more basic level, some people would like an actual map of philadelphia so that maybe they can get around there?

Can't someone think of the innocents?

Anymore, it's getting hard to tell what's satire and what isn't.

I wonder who runs Stop Internet Predators and what else they are campaigning against.

Paedophiles!
Terrorists!
Liberals!
Killer Tomatoes!

They're all coming to get us! AIIIIEEEEEE! Save us, Sarah Palin!