or is it valid? do you think the show is one sided? after all they don't mention much about how the acting young teen leads the predators on for weeks even months at a time-often agreeing and setting up the times for sex.
I DO NOT SIDE WITH THE SEX OFFENDERS SO IF YOU ATTEMPT TO PLACE ME IN THEIR GROUP I WILL HIT REPORT ON YOU.
i personally think the show is grand standing and fits what networks pass of as tv.
however there are a lot of sick-o's out there aren't there? these shows sure show us that if anything.
2007-01-30 06:51:37 · 16 answers · asked by LS 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Deanna. I believe a law was passed recently that says IF YOU SIMPLY INTEND TO but never do-a crime-you can be arrested on INTENT alone.
thank homeland security for that! so don't think out loud-you might be arrested for it.
2007-01-30 06:59:49 · update #1
Amy YOU GOT MY POINT EXAAACTLY.
2007-01-30 07:01:02 · update #2
Neptunes YOU AND AMY'S POINTS fit perfectly.
and to another poster.13 year olds going on line and asking for sex isn't common like dateline wants you to think it is. many pychologists have come out already saying this show and preverted justice is just giving these guys(who are filled with fantasys that other wise would never happen) an outlet to do so. i agree with that point of view. there aren't 13 year olds going on line trying to be humped by a 60 year old man.
thats the dreams of the networks. because if that was true-they'd have a new show.
2007-01-30 07:04:33 · update #3
fono-youre getting the 10 points so far. you pretty much hit my opinion on the head.
but some of you can still make ground!
2007-01-30 07:07:32 · update #4
Thomas your analogy made no sense.
2007-01-30 07:18:51 · update #5
I do not have any particular sympathy for sexual predators, but I think the Dateline show is pretty much entrapment. In the first place, the "predators" are being arrested for a fantasy crime. The women acting as young teens are not young teens at all. I think they are pushing the envelope on this one because the entire activity is based on a fraudulent activity.
2007-01-30 06:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by fonography 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, i dont think it is a set-up. If you go to a grocery store without enough money to buy what you want but they have the items on display and you steal it and get caught is that a set-up?? These people make a choice, and when they show up with porn, condoms, alchohol etc nobody put a gun to their head and made them do it. As for the show (grand standing), I think its about time someone has made the public aware of what can and does happen in neighborhoods across the country by people of every walk of life. Its not just the creepy guy next door anymore. Cops, lawyers, rabbis, government officials and other professionals you would expect to be able to trust your children with are just a few of the people caught in the act. Makes me sick!!
2007-01-30 15:13:32 · answer #2 · answered by THOMAS T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does set them up for sure, but unfairly...hmmm NO they are willing to have sex with a 13-14 year old girl and most of them had alcohol or drugs. Not the type of guy I want around my family..So who cares..Let them help open the eyes of some uninvolved parents and maybe a perv or two will be taken off the streets.....You know most of those guys were really DUMB no wonder they finds these girls on the net.
2007-01-30 14:58:36 · answer #3 · answered by sandra t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those guys are definitely doing wrong. But, how can they be convicted if the actual undercover agent is really an 18 or 19 yr. old? They may say they are 13, but they are really of age. So the sick pervert wasn't going to have sex with a 13 yr old rather, an 18 yr. old who was lying about her age.
2007-01-30 14:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Nep-Tunes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These sick people who want to have sex with 13 yr olds need to get help, if the arresting starts them on that track then so be it. What gets me is that some of the people they catch have seen the show and STILL go forward with their plan.
2007-01-30 14:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by cmdruser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not setting anyone up. the girls and guys say they are 13, 14, whatever, and the pervs try to make the sex happen. I think that To Catch A Predator is a great show, and I think they are doing a great thing.
2007-01-30 14:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Goodkat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think I understand what you're saying. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I do know this though. It's a pretty sick form of entertainment. I don't think of catching sex predators as a great thing to watch on tv. It just seems wierd.....
2007-01-30 14:57:09 · answer #7 · answered by Famous Amos {not the cookies} 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think iti is a set up because if it wasnt the people behind the tv show doing it it would still be done and in an uncontrolled situation at least the show brings to light what parents outta be looking out for if their kids use the internet
2007-01-30 14:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can catch legitimate potential predators, or just 19 year old guys looking to score with 17 and a half year olds.
2007-01-30 14:54:48 · answer #9 · answered by The Smuggler 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm definitely against pedophilia, but its hard to believe that the police can arrest people at the end of the show. Really seems like entrapment to me.
2007-01-30 14:54:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋