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posted June 15, 2006 05:52 AM         

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posted June 15, 2006 01:52 PM         

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I'm a girlfriend, and I'm not using that...nor would I consider it. I think the second you stop trusting someone, it’s kind of a giveaway you shouldn’t be with them - or more accurately, they shouldn’t be with you. In theory anyway.

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posted June 15, 2006 03:53 PM         

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Eek! Well, actually.. I would consider giving one to someone and not letting them know...If I really needed to get to the bottom of something.
Hey, I have Mars in the 8th - I'm a natural born spy & mystery solver!

But I wouldn't insist my husband or kid(s) carry one because I need them to prove everything they say to me about their where-abouts. At least I don't THINK I would. Doesn't sound like me. Nope, wouldn't do that.

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posted June 15, 2006 04:13 PM         

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Maybe it’s because I’m SUCH a private person, I mean to the extreme. I have nothing to hide, but like to keep a part of my life to myself…so if someone goes through my things or *Lord forbid* uses a GSP it would hurt…maybe more than it should. It gives them an (unfair) upper hand, and a certain control over me. And all behind my back while being nice to my face.

But…I do take things too seriously.

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posted June 15, 2006 05:19 PM         

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Well, I sure wouldn't like it myself if someone wanted to keep tabs on me like that - but like I said, If I REALLY needed to get the bottom of something, (and I get that way sometimes), I honestly don't think I'm above doing that to someone, albiet secretly, most likely.

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posted June 16, 2006 01:16 AM           

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If I had a teenager and I thought that s/he was up to something illegal, like, y'know, addicted to drugs or hooked on underage prostitution, I'd totally do it.

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posted June 16, 2006 02:14 PM         

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Yes but if they’re hooked on drugs or prostitution, is knowing where they are gonna do anything? You go there, drag them back home…then what? They’ll get all better.
I don’t think a GSP is a solution…

I’m not trying to be all high and mighty…just pointing out what I see. Which is lack of trust…a GSP can’t fix that.

ugh I must sound so obnoxious.

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posted June 16, 2006 02:20 PM         

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I don't see the validity behind this line of thinking at all. It just feeds into the notion that you cannot trust anyone. Heck, maybe you can't. I am a fish. What do I know? I trust everyone. There are more valuable ways to keep "tabs" on someone...it's called trust, communication, and honesty. Technology really can go too far sometimes. I think it's a bunch of rubbish!

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posted June 16, 2006 02:37 PM           

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I'll trust people until they give me a reason not to

Fish w/ a Scorp Asc.

Like I said, it'd be a no-go w/ a significant other - if I can't trust him, there's no reason to be there except to torture both of us.

And I'd trust my kid, too, unless some very obviously shady stuff was going on and it was equally obvious that I was being lied to about it. I mean, if a kid was in that deep, it wouldn't be a matter of, "OK, dear, I trust you to make your own decisions," it'd be, "Your hiney's going to rehab and detox."
True, people have to come to their own decisions/reach their own conclusions...but an under-18 of mine's not going to pit-out without a fight from me.

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posted June 16, 2006 04:22 PM         

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Well,... guess I'd be the 'evil-doer' then... My kiddo's do have phones with this ability. The intentions are much different though... mine are younger and, it's the rest of the population that doesn't score high on my trusted list. I still find it rather sad that a stolen car can be tracked and found but, my babies could be picked off and end up on milk cartons, with more potential of becoming just another forgotten file .. than safely returned... It is a very fine line though, I agree... Talking to each other and being up-front with intentions.... 'I Love You's '... they are key in keeping the trust on the open line. My 2 are at an age, right now, that they love being able to call me and they know the great comfort I get from being able to hear their voice and, not have to rely on the 'messege relay' system... they feel more at ease too. As I said though, still at an age where privacy isn't at the fore of their daily agenda's... I know they are their own and, everyone keeps little bits of that tucked away but, I'm trying to build the 'safehouse' of trust, that they know they are always going to find their own again, when life throws them off... their safety in understanding and love... unjudged.... no amount of technology is going to be able to replace or, even help me do that... at least, I don't think it could...

~ geminstone

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posted June 16, 2006 06:04 PM         

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I never thought of that. Using a gps on young children - That would be extremely helpful in locating them if they ever were abducted, God forbid.

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