Protest the Closing of MSN Rooms

MSN's chat rooms are used regularly, sometimes daily, by people from all over the world. Real friendships have been made, support networks fostered and a true sense of community has grown. For some people MSN chat rooms are invaluable conduit for social contact, laughter, fun and a sharing forum.

Should MSN choose to close its chat rooms, hundreds or people - literally that- shall suddenly become dispossessed and disenfranchised from their online friendship family, their social umbilical cord severed at a stroke, friends lost.

That MSN ran these rooms for free, for so long was creditable, a rare act of altruism by one of the largest companies in the world. However, I think MSN are being disingenuous when they say they are closing down these rooms to stop Paedophile activity. That's just to make them sound noble. They are closing chat because it generates no profit. Its profit, not integrity that motivates them

We the undersigned vehemently protest the closing of the rooms and ask MSN to reconsider. To punish an innocent majority for the alleged atrocities of a few, is an atrocity itself. To close the rooms because paedophiles might use them, at the expense everyone else, is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. Shall we close down our streets too, because paedophiles use them?

Please leave these invaluable forums intact and we, in turn, shall endeavour to police them.