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Someone Stop Claude

Tue, 8 Feb 2005, 07:42 pm
Walter Plinge41 posts in thread
I reckon this has gone far enough. If someone doesn't put a stop to this Claude McNamara then i will notify the authorities. It seems that every time a young girl asks for work, he's there. As a perfect example: there is a post from a young girl 13 wanting a job in acting/modeling. The only person to reply is none other than Claude and he states and i quote "I need someone your age to model a product for me.
If you are interested E-mail me with enquiries and a photo at Claude_McNamara@hotmail.com

I hope to meet you soon and make your drem come tru!

Claude"

Now this coming from the guy who was just looking for young 13-17 year old girls to act in his motion picture with the chance of being noticed by hollywood. Get help Claude and get off this site.

Re: Someone Else?

Thu, 10 Feb 2005, 06:16 pm
>Have you personally called the police and reported your concerns?
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>No?
>
>How's your conscience?

Ahhh! But I'm not an administrator of this website. :) I'd definitely take action if I was.

I completely agree with you on the redirection and education and thats why I believe this website needs an overhaul with its design.

There are forums around on the Internet where posters must register themselves first, legitimise it by activating an account through their email account (some even restrict it that you can't use hotmail accounts to activate an account) and at the same time they must read the terms and conditions on participating on the website.

Some forums also have the facility of putting 'sticky' posts at the top of each forum room where readers can access useful FAQs rather than have to search through each thread.

By the way, if you google "Auditions theatre australia" - you miss the re-direction to the info targeting young people. Also, "auditions film australia" misses the young peoples info.

I don't mean to sound self-righteous about this whole thing but child abuse hits a raw nerve with me. Just look at the front page of today's newspaper. Kids sexually abused in a hospital. Of course now all doctors and nurses will have to go through rigorous checks before they can work there.

Is that being to heavy handed? Invasion of privacy? Or is it just common sense?

Is "Sorry, we'll try harder next time." good enough for the kids who were already abused at PMH?



Crispy.

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Someone Stop ClaudeWalter Plinge8 Feb 2005
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