To catch a predator....

This is by far the best special Dateline has ever done.

Watching them catch the creeps that prey on young girls is great.

Especially watching the creeps try to come up with an excuse as to why they were there, and what they were going to do.

It is the best when they catch someone in a position of trust or power, like a priest or a doctor.

GET 'EM STONE!

[cinist]

i think they need to move on, i was interested the first 10 times they did this show. time to move on, maybe do a show about what leads these kids to seeking this attention or what happens to the creeps after the fact or how their families are affected ect..

Originally Posted by cinist

i think they need to move on, i was interested the first 10 times they did this show. time to move on, maybe do a show about what leads these kids to seeking this attention or what happens to the creeps after the fact or how their families are affected ect..

Shannon, you can't say that, it isn't fair, and I think it is the best approach that someone has made to catching internet creeps.

What if they were stalking your sister?

It is kinda like watching the bait car vids on the ICBC website.

Further to that, I am glad that dateline has stepped up and is trying to stop, didn't seem that the US agencies could get a handle on it on their own.

[-evil-duerr-]

its cool theyre catching these guys, good stuff.

but why do they need to turn it into another twisted reality show?

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

its cool theyre catching these guys, good stuff.

but why do they need to turn it into another twisted reality show?

It isn't so much reality TV.

But the fact that in most of the set-ups, the men would ask if it was a dateline set up. So the program is working cause they have seen it and are petrified. It has probably deterred several men from trying it.

Not too mention, why shouldn't these men be outed. If they weren't, they would more than likely get a slap on the wrist for the first offense. Now their family, friends and strangers see them for what they truly are.

[Gusto]

but that's not really what dateline is about. i remember a time when maury was maury povich and had a somewhat respectable show. if dateline isn't careful, they're going to pigeon hole themselves with predator traps and paternity tests for eternity. i'm not saying that what they're doing isn't a good thing, but someone else could do it.

[MC Hammered]

Catching a predator using police skills is one thing.

Entrapment with a camera turned on to humiliate others for TV ratings is just sleaze.

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

Catching a predator using police skills is one thing.

Entrapment with a camera turned on to humiliate others for TV ratings is just sleaze.

Crappy policing is sleaze too....:)

[MC Hammered]

If you catch the predator just put take them away and remove that person from harming the rest of society.

I don't see any reason to further subject the innocent people that are affected by putting it onto mainstream TV.

You say 'What if they are stalking your sister'?

Well I say 'What if the predator was someone you were closely related to?'

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

If you catch the predator just put take them away and remove that person from harming the rest of society.

I don't see any reason to further subject the innocent people that are affected by putting it onto mainstream TV.

You say 'What if they are stalking your sister'?

Well I say 'What if the predator was someone you were closely related to?'

I guess we could argue the semantics of who we are pointing out, whether it be family or someone close.

My point was, is most of these people, are first time offenders, some of them are not even getting jail time. If anything, there is now a warning out there that his person preys on young victims.

How is it any different than a convicted sex offender whose photo is posted in the neighbourhood in which he lives?

[MC Hammered]

The difference is one is convicted of the crime and the other isn't proven guilty yet.

Yes the person may have been led into a situation which traps them but even then they are innocent until proven guilty.

I am in no way defending these people but if the law wishes to put them on trial then do so.

Putting these people on TV to publicly humilate them, and their families, causes more damage than good and to do so for the enjoyment of the viewing public for ratings I find disgusting.