Anonymous Violent Sex Ad Leads To Murder

Former ABC Newsman, George Weber cruised the Internet looking for "violent sex" what he got was murdered.

Weber placed an ad on Craigslist seeking what he described as "violent sex' and found a partner in a 16 year old from Brooklyn. The boy, now in police custody said things got "out of hand", and that during a drug induced stupor he stabbed and killed Weber at his apartment.

The press has already started characterizing this as a sadomasochistic killing. That figures! The sad truth is had Weber been open about his desires and sought a partner in the BDSM/leather community, he would probably be alive today.

Anonymous sex, as exciting as it may seem to some is dangerous business. It's risky from a legal standpoint since often anonymous partners are lying about their age. It's risky because anonymous partners often lie about their health status. It's risky because the very fact that they are anonymous means they are hiding something!

How often do we have to read about these kind of encounters before people realize that finding a partner online is often risky and sometimes deadly! What ever happened to meeting someone in person and getting to know them? What happened to checking their reputation before submitting to a potentially life-threatening scene?

I am not trying to blame the victim entirely for this crime, but sometimes people really are "asking for it" when they play these dangerous games. You can have rough sex and still be safe. That's what I have spent most of my life trying to teach people. Just because it's rough, doesn't mean it's dangerous. Having rough sex with a complete stranger...now that's dangerous!