Actually I have serious questions about the validity of the methods used by myspace. They probably committed the same sort of error that SixApart just did. SixApart, of course, was trying to avoid the kind of negative publicity that myspace was getting last year. I hope they get it in spades anyway.

I don't care WHAT the crime is that you want to accuse someone of, they are entitled to due process. That does NOT mean summary execution, in silence, without a presentation of charges, an opportunity to respond, and a proper trial with a chance of appeal.

I happen to have a very common name in real life. There are convicted drug dealers, rapists, and sex offenders with the same name. I have actually been accused of being one of them in the past. I don't think highly of this sort of "guilty until proven innocent, and we aren't going to give you any chance to prove your innocence" attitude.

Pedophilia is still one of the biggest, most hysterical taboos of our culture. People go nuts on it and just can't think rationally when they believe it is involved. A lot of wrong-headed and extremely unjust actions follow, along with a lot of false accusations. It is absolutely essential that such serious charges be treated rationally and with a cool head. SixApart has totally failed the test.