Bad Influences

Facebook's great, dont get me wrong, but lately i have been hating it just a teeny bit.

Two main reasons really;

1) It dominates my life, its been said by everyone and although i said i would changed, surprise

 surprise, i haven't. Addicted.

2) The news recently "Facebook killer sentenced to life in prison". A man names Wayne

Forrester was sentenced to life in prison at the old Bailey on the 18th October, due to the fact that he felt devestated and humiliated when his wife changed her profile to "single" on the networking site only four days after he moved out of their marital home. Emma Forrester was stabbed to death in a violent attack with a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife in the early hours of February 18th. After the couple decided about their split, Emma left their marital home and left. Four days later she posted messages on Facebook telling everyone that she had left her husband and was looking to meet other men. Understandably, this is true, she rightly changed her relationship status, no harm in doing that...she thought.

He felt devestated about how quickly she had changed her status and was humiliated about what she had done to him.

The day before the murder took place, Forrester rang Emma's parents to complain about her Facebook entry which, he said made her "look like a fool". Later, Emma rang her parents telling them she was going to bed, and bolting the front door.

He beat her, tore out her hair, and repeatedly stabbed her in the head and neck.

Neighbours were woken up by her screams. They found him sitting outside the house covered in blood, then called the police.

Not only is this story shocking beyond belief, but extremely worrying. 

If Facebook did not exist, this poor woman would still be alive. The man who could do this must care, so much about what happens on Facebook, that he can now read into every detail. When all it was was simply an innocent relationship status change, that turned into a jealous death. I have posted previous blogs about how bad Facebook is getting, but i think this proves that Facebook is no longer a social networking site, but a vicious, and upsetting reason for distress and harm.