background checks on dates?

[bertine]

http://salon.com/tech/wire/2005/03/28/dating/index.html

"The Senate is considering legislation that would require an Internet dating company serving Michigan residents to disclose on its Web site whether it has conducted criminal background checks on users, based solely on the names provided. "

Comments

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i agree with that if they can come up with a way to determine if that person has the propensity to be a future internet stalker. because i know i could've done without some of that shit.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

um... i somehow think that won't happen, plus, do you think that just your name that you give them would be goo enough.

i guess it would be in my case but most people have not so distinctive names. anyways, that is what google is for.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

yeah, but it's not whether they've been a creepy stalker in the past, it's whether they will up and start stalking you once they decide that they cannot possibly live without you, and you have ruined them forever.

maybe i'm just projecting my own personal experience here.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

lol, yeah i don't think that can be found out.

background checks....

[sand-in-my-soap.livejournal.com]

could be worse, you could get totally depressed when you find out the person has every trait of being a huge stalker and they end up NOT stalking you, what a blow the ego that would be.

Re: background checks....

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yeah, that would totally be jenni.

Re: background checks....

[sand-in-my-soap.livejournal.com]

she just needs to screen them to make sure they have a long background of panty stealing and peeping...

Re: background checks....

[bertine.livejournal.com]

yup, if MI passes that then i am all over it.

Re: background checks....

[sand-in-my-soap.livejournal.com]

yeah, but that would take all the fun out of the "blind date gamble" I mean how many times have you ever heard of a blind date that wasn't a complete wack-job

Re: background checks....

[bertine.livejournal.com]

good point, i am trying to think of any of mine that turned out for the best.

well... nope, that one is weird too.

lol