Fallout from Olson Myspace
Frenzy that followed Clifford Olson MySpace profile troubling, expert says:
This is an article from the Canadian Press that states basically what I said a few days ago that the purported MySpace of convicted serial killer Clifford Olson is a fake.
But even before corrections officials pointed out that inmates don’t have Internet access, there were obvious signs that suggested the page was a fake, says Richard Rosenberg, a professor emeritus from the University of British Columbia.
“I think anybody with moderate sophistication would see this as being a put-on, and done from outside the prison knowing that it would arouse a lot of concerns,” says Rosenberg.
The page included a long list of Olson’s likes and dislikes, most copied verbatim from other websites, along with essays that in some cases were 20 years old.
There were, for no apparent reason, scantily clad pictures of Canadian actress Pamela Anderson, and Olson’s MySpace “friends” included infamous killers (presumably fake profiles themselves), as well as Santa, Frosty the Snowman and a koala bear named Caroline.
However Olson was such a brutal and prolific killer that the Canadian public and its representatives are outraged even over a fake MySpace.
Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh says he has no regrets about taking a strong stand against the profile, even if it turns out it was simply a hoax.
“Ultimately, if someone uses the Internet to perpetrate a cruel joke, that’s a serious problem for the victims’ families and friends,” Dosanjh says.
“I understand there is something called freedom of expression, but there is also something called good sense.”
Unfortunately good sense and good taste are a rare commodity these days.
Tags: canada, clifford olson, fake, serial killer
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