I see no need to argue his point when Google can do my arguing for me. Do a simple search. The amount of people that have been molested, raped, murdered or attempts at any of the aforementioned, due to e-dating are staggering. In the school i used to go to, heck even in the country i used to live in, this happened so often. It was on the news at least once every week or two. Yes, the same thing might happen when you date the old fashioned way, but by staying away from e-dating you make it a lot harder for yourself to fall victim to this. Its a lot easier to create a fake persona on an internet dating site than it is creating (and living) by this fake persona in real life. Now you might argue that this is more likely to happen in a 3rd world country due to the lack of knowledge or understanding (and by that i mean understanding that the internet is full of lies **), but they are still people like you and me thus making my argument somewhat valid although just (or more common) within a certain community. **You might find it funny that i mention this: "and by that i mean understanding that the internet is full of lies". But once again you would be surprised how uninformed a lot of people in Africa are about what the internet really is. It is true that it's a lot easier to make a fake persona over the Internet, which is why I don't recommend it. However, it wouldn't be accurate to assume that every case ends up the same way. Take for instance a couple in my clan. The two leaders edated and got together. Now they're married and have a happy relationship. In many other situations I can think of, the relationships really didn't work out like that, but in no way did they get involved with pedophiles or anyone who would be considered in that group. Quite similar to regular dating actually in the sense that you don't find the right person right away judging by those characteristics. Again, I do agree it is much easier for it to happen and therefore it can happen more often. However, it's not fair to generalize based on that fact alone.
