To Catch a Contradiction

[archangel__7]

I spent much of last Saturday night watching this show hosted by Chris Hansen entitled To Catch a Predator. And unless you've seen the show, chances are you won't fully understand the intensity of my sentiment in this post

Comments

[mlfoley]

I love To Catch a Predator since, well, the guys are all losers, and loling at losers is one of my hobbies. At the same time, I can see your point. Using 14 year olds to entice these men is rather ridiculous. 14 year olds are hardly "innocent" (trust me, I remember being a 14 year old boy, seeing 14 year old girls, and the logical consequences) and in an earlier age, these girls would already be married off.

These men are not pedophiles nor are they attracted to children. They are hebephiles. I get sick of people who are unable to tell the difference between the two. I think protecting children from pedofreaks is important, but I think To Catch a Predator oversteps its bounds.

[kolden]

unless they've changed their MO since i stopped watching, they don't use kids; they use "honorary officers" to pose as kids

[mlfoley]

No one poses as kids, either. They generally pose as 14 year olds.

[kolden]

sure, for a certain definition of 'kid', this is correct

i was going with a definition that isn't strictly 'child'

[natewillsheets]

I think the point was more that being attracted to a 14 year-old is somewhat different than to a four year-old.

[kolden]

i think we can all agree that either one is pretty smarmy

[natewillsheets]

Well, whatever. The point is there's a difference, and a rather large one in my opinion.

[starkruzr]

What if you're 18, in high school, and fall hopelessly in love with a freshman?

Are you still "pretty smarmy?"

[kolden]

http://www.slate.com/id/2174841

[natewillsheets]

Of course not.

[xdavinx]

i went to high school with one of the kids they used as "bait" a few times.

[staygoldpnyboy]

yeah, but a four year old can't type out a message to get your boner growing

[mlfoley]

I can't imagine how anyone gets off on the sorts of convos they feature on there. I mean, it's all full of chatspeak - I don't want to speak to anyone who says shit like "hay your kewl can i talk too u" let alone having anything to do with them sexually. This is how AIDS started, people.