TV: Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator

[Peter666]

Sorry. By the way, have you seen my cat?

[canis582]

Am I an [censored] if I think this technique is entrapment? A better solution (that wont make as much money for our corporate media) would be to educate our sons and daughters about chatting online.

[Wires]

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Why don't they go after the dangerous child molestors who go after prebuscent children? If someone were masquerading like a 9 year old, I would be happy to see a pervert who approaches them get crushed. But I have not seen this yet.

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Agreed. It is much more difficult to go after these creeps in a TV friendly manner. With latency aged kids the abuse is usually disclosed to an adult (or a peer who reports in to an adult) or a doctor discovers something unusual during an examination - and a child of such a young age would never "invite" the abuse.

Since they are never (rarely) a willing participant, you cannot snare these abusers in a sting operation like you see on Dateline.

If you get a petite 19 year old she can pull of 12 or 13 well enough for the purpose of these operations. How do you set of a trap for someone whose target age is 7 to 9 or someone who abuses infants? This is much more difficult.

In these cases you are counting on someone in the community to report.

[321Mike]

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Is there any sane person in the world who doesn't think all these guys should be castrated upon conviction?

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A few years ago, Florida had a deal where sexual predators could get out early if they volunteered to a form of castration. As I understand it, they would cut the tube that connected the testes to the rest of the body. No testosterone = no sexual urges. Seemed like a great idea but the Supreme Court said no. They said, voluntary or not, it was cruel and unusual punishment.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Am I an [censored] if I think this technique is entrapment? A better solution (that wont make as much money for our corporate media) would be to educate our sons and daughters about chatting online.

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Entrapment is relevant if an officer encourages someone to commit a crime they normally wouldn't have committed.