Am I a bad person because I enjoy watching To catch a Predator?

[TheMightyFavog]

Why don't you have a seat over there?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. No, it's not because of that.

:P

:hide:

[carly denise pt deux]

2. I watch it too

I am AMAZED at how stupid these folks are! They have all watched this show before, but they STILL go to an underaged girls house. sick, sick sick
Carly

[Frank Cannon]

6. I don't know why these sick dumbasses don't bring Bibles...

Books of Mormon, or copies of the Watchtower in with them. Then immediately when they realize the "12-year-old" they were supposed to meet looks more like 22, whip out that literature and start screaming to the "jailbait" (literally) the Good News of the Lord, and how horrible and sinful it is to try to meet people online. They'd probably still get busted, but it's worth a shot.

But then, none of these assholes can be very bright.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. My friends watch the show for laughs.

The More bizzare the circumstances and excuses, the funnier.

[MissMillie]

4. a bad person? no

a person w/ questionable taste, maybe. :shrug: It's not for me to say.

What I find interesting about the show is that they never seem to run out of predators. It seems to me that if the shows goal is to scare predators into thinking they're going to get caught if they show up for these sick trysts, then the show is failing miserably.

One can only hope that the show is doing a better job at showing kids (and their parents) that there are a limitless number of people out there who are more than willing to take advantage of you--and to steer clear.

[Heidi]

5. I think the show's goal is ratings, which they then parlay into advertising dollars.

Call me cynical.

[MissMillie]

7. no, I think that's a fair statement

just color me hopeful :hi:

[Heidi]

8. It's nice to see you, Millie.

I wish I were so hopeful. But I was a journalist for two decades, and seeing it from the inside made me the cynic that I am. :(

OT: I have come into possession of the absolute best carrot cake recipe in the world. Just took two out of the oven. *swoon* (I mention this because I'm always starving right about the time the East coast is having breakfast or lunch. x( )

[MissMillie]

9. I'll bring my leftover potroast if you're willing to share your cake!

:bounce:

[Heidi]

10. You're just _mean_!

:rofl: I haven't had a good post roast in ages. *starving*

[philosophie_en_rose]

12. It's an intervention in those particular cases, even if not quite a deterrent.

The problem with deterrence is that idiots like these never think they're going to get caught. So it doesn't matter that those guys were caught as predators, because obviously they couldn't be caught. :eyes:

Which makes it more likely that they are caught.

[philosophie_en_rose]

11. No.

It's a forum for stupid, stupid pedophiles to be unmasked.

They deserve it.

[militaryspouse]

13. ..

there have actuallY been a few that have gotten caught TWICE. I guess it's only a deterent to those who aren't 'addicted' pedos?! *Shrugs*