Dateline - To Catch a Predator

[dmc333]

Downloaded the latest 'To Catch a Predator'

Gun show entertainment wise, I couldn't stop laughing. Still it's a bit of a worry if what would happen if Chris Hansen didn't walk out.

They were in Bowling Green, Kentucky and it was amazing how many of these weirdo's would drive hours to get to a 13 year old girl, one drove 5 1/2hrs from Indiana. Even more amazing was a couple of them made mention of the show when they were chatting to the girl, worried it could be a setup.

Then at the house, the girl is hot as and clearly over 18 and these dopes still don't get it.

Because of course most 13 year old girls are desperate to lose their virginity to 34 year old weirdo's like this

Best of all, they all had the same story when Chris Hansen walked out "I wasn't gonna do anything, it was just talk."

 

[NSWCROW]

Always catch DATELINE NBC on ch7 before i crash in the morning.
What about that ASSHAT who got caught twice !!!

( Seen the NIGERIAN internet scam eps with the Australian girl " WENDY KENSON " ? )

 

[mulhollanddrive]

I watch the 5am Dateline but they never showed this series.

 

[Port_GW]

I think i've seen one of these shows before, is it a regular show, i presumed it was a one off type of show.

 

[FootyJunkie]

To catch a Predator, all you need is Dutch.

"Am eeeeya, kum get mee, kum awwwn, Am eeeyaa, doooweeit!"

 

[Dont be a lemon]

It wouldn't surprise me if Seven or Nine did a show/special like this at some point if their creative juices get any lower than they already are.

I'm not sure what this show achieves besides giving NBC a cheap and profitable source of programming. It just shows people who clearly have severe mental health problems and puts them under even more stress when they get put on TV, thus furthering their social isolation (who would want to associate with/employ someone on this show?) thus making it more likely they will hit rock bottom, crack, and rape and kill someone some day.

The only public service this show does is towards NBC Universal's shareholders

 

[sandeano]

It wouldn't surprise me if Seven or Nine did a show/special like this at some point if their creative juices get any lower than they already are.

I'm not sure what this show achieves besides giving NBC a cheap and profitable source of programming. It just shows people who clearly have severe mental health problems and puts them under even more stress when they get put on TV, thus furthering their social isolation (who would want to associate with/employ someone on this show?) thus making it more likely they will hit rock bottom, crack, and rape and kill someone some day.

The only public service this show does is towards NBC Universal's shareholders

I'm inclined to agree. There is something depressingly exploitative about this show. I'm always a little leery of television programs taking on the work of the police, dressing up entertainment and cheap ratings as 'public service'.

I watched it once and that was enough. I could hardly imagine breking open the popcorn and sitting down to watch it on a regular basis.

Nasty stuff.

 

[dmc333]

There's been about 10 shows, they're not regular, probably a couple of times a year.

Never said it wasn't exploitative, NBC employees have claimed the decoys have mentioned sex in the conversation before the man. There's no doubt they've snared some people who aren't all there, but they've also got a 59 year old college professor. And in the one I watched, a former child sex offender who went for the girl not long after he was in the house.

IMO if you're like many of them, mid 30's, married, actually aware the show exists, then send naked pictures of yourself to what you think is a 13 year old girl. Then prepared to drive around to her house to get lucky, you get all you deserve IMO

And it's worth noting, these stings often happen without the cameras involved.

 

[NSWCROW]

It wouldn't surprise me if Seven or Nine did a show/special like this at some point if their creative juices get any lower than they already are.

I'm not sure what this show achieves besides giving NBC a cheap and profitable source of programming. It just shows people who clearly have severe mental health problems and puts them under even more stress when they get put on TV, thus furthering their social isolation (who would want to associate with/employ someone on this show?) thus making it more likely they will hit rock bottom, crack, and rape and kill someone some day.

The only public service this show does is towards NBC Universal's shareholders

Have NO love for the networks setting folks up......like shonky 2-bit folk who rip off little old ladies BUT !!!!........( and i'll choose my words VERY carefully here ) - TELL ME YOU'RE NOT STICKING UP FOR PEDDO'S , DUDE !!!!!

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I'm sticking up for common sense

 

[wellglory]

Captain,
I signed up to bigfooty just so I could reply to your comment!

I can certainly see your point, feeling that being caught might drive these guys even lower than dirt. But, what if they had a history of being "rock slime" BEFORE they took that plunge to prey on children? What if they have preyed in the past? What if this program finally was able to nail them down once and for all?

Case in point-- Lorne Armstrong, the guy that acted "like he won the lottery"
has been scamming people for years. He isn't from Tennessee- he just moved there about 4 months ago. Right after he relieved my husband and me of $30,500.00 for construction work he never planned to finish.

Lorne is from the state of Maine. He knew we were desperate to have construction work done before winter set in last year. He asked for half "up front" and we, not realizing that isn't typical protocol -- gave him the money.
He nailed a few things together with the help of his protégées so we had "Moe, Larry & Curly" working on our home--

We realized this when he asked for an additional $10,000.00 and all they had done was put up a few framing beams. We told Lorne to tell us what he needed and we would shop for the material. THAT'S when we were sure they didn't know what they were doing. Upon calling the lumber yard to purchase what was requested, the clerk told us if we used the material we were asking for, it was going to "rain in your house!"

We confronted Lorne and asked him if he had ever done this type of construction before. He said he helped his Uncle put a roof on his barn- Captain, I found this guy in the BUSINESS YELLOW PAGES! Who would think he wouldn't be reputable?

The story is long and involved, but the bottom line is, once a snake always a snake. This man has done construction scams before, and got away with it, just like he did to us.

In the case of trying to entice a 13 year old girl to have sex-- I have no pity for him- we already know of what he is capable. He has no morals, it's time something is done with the Lorne Armstrongs of the world.

....and in closing, I'm willing to bet-- if you check background on each one of those men, this isn't their first brush with the law-- and if it is, it's just because they were lucky.

There! I said it!!! Thanks for letting me elaborate on the situation.
But, again-- I have to say, NO ONE made those guys buy protection, get into their vehicles and then travel miles to meet what they BELIEVED to be a thirteen year old girl. They need some hard time, and if they freak out- at least they'll be somewhere where they can be subdued and not hurt anyone innocent.

 

[dmc333]

I watched another one, and far from being social misfits 90% featured were college educated, middle class with wife/children. Even better, one was a minister in church, another a teacher of kids the same age he was going around to fiddle.

One guy had only been married 3 weeks

You can't tell me guys like this don't know right from wrong.

 

[wellglory]

....ahhh, but what better profession to be part of, than teacher, minister, or anything that keeps a pedophile close to children?

I am CERTAINLY NOT saying all people in professions that deal with children are pedophiles-- Most are genuinely interested in the kids' welfare... but, there are those few that infiltrate the sincere business of educating children for their own perverted pleasures. So, whether they are college educated or construction workers, they belong in the same jail cell.

Sorry, I'm still not budging on my opinion of these people. Even if I hadn't experienced meeting one of those slime buckets before, I would still have to stick to my conviction.