Comments on: To Catch A Predator: Creating A Problem Where One Doesn’t Exist ? http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CJ Black Widow http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19831 CJ Black Widow Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:19:22 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19831 If you would like to know more about the tactics used by Dateline and Perverted-Justice, visit www.corrupted-justice.com. We are a group that has voiced opposition against Perverted-Justice for 4 years now. CJ Black Widow If you would like to know more about the tactics used by Dateline and Perverted-Justice, visit http://www.corrupted-justice.com. We are a group that has voiced opposition against Perverted-Justice for 4 years now.

CJ Black Widow

]]> By: Petrina http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19707 Petrina Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:35:16 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19707 "'If the decoy hadn’t steered the conversation toward coming to the house, how many of them actually would have done so ?' The question is, who intiates the idea of a meeting? If the pervert intiates the meeting, then the decoy did nothing wrong by providing the meeting place. As they say, caveat emptor. However, if the decoy is the one pushing the meeting, then that could be possible entrapment and the sting is bogus from the get go." The decoys do not initiate the meeting. The alleged pervert initiates the conversation, the subject of sex, and the meeting. And it's CHRIS Hansen. “‘If the decoy hadn’t steered the conversation toward coming to the house, how many of them actually would have done so ?’

The question is, who intiates the idea of a meeting? If the pervert intiates the meeting, then the decoy did nothing wrong by providing the meeting place. As they say, caveat emptor. However, if the decoy is the one pushing the meeting, then that could be possible entrapment and the sting is bogus from the get go.”

The decoys do not initiate the meeting. The alleged pervert initiates the conversation, the subject of sex, and the meeting.

And it’s CHRIS Hansen.

]]> By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » To Catch A Predator http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19612 Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » To Catch A Predator Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:17:54 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19612 [...] I’ve got a longish essay up at The Liberty Papers question whether Dateline NBC’s To Catch A Predator series really accomplishes anything. [...] [...] I’ve got a longish essay up at The Liberty Papers question whether Dateline NBC’s To Catch A Predator series really accomplishes anything. [...]

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19607 Doug Mataconis Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:15:33 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19607 The laws against soliciting minors online are pretty draconian. In some states, including Texas and Virginia, the adult doesn't even have to make physical contact, or attempt to make physical contact, with the person they believe to be underage. In these states, chatting explicitly online with someone they think is under 18 is a crime. Whether that should be the case is another question. The laws against soliciting minors online are pretty draconian. In some states, including Texas and Virginia, the adult doesn’t even have to make physical contact, or attempt to make physical contact, with the person they believe to be underage. In these states, chatting explicitly online with someone they think is under 18 is a crime.

Whether that should be the case is another question.

]]> By: Lou http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19606 Lou Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:12:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19606 Just to play devil's advocate here... What crime is being committed? There's no minors involved. What if I was role-playing with another adult in which one of us was pretending to be underage? Is this a crime? What if we then video taped this and distributed to other adults who were not aware that the underage person was really an adult. Did they commit a crime? Just to play devil’s advocate here… What crime is being committed? There’s no minors involved. What if I was role-playing with another adult in which one of us was pretending to be underage? Is this a crime? What if we then video taped this and distributed to other adults who were not aware that the underage person was really an adult. Did they commit a crime?

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19584 Kevin Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:55:38 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/20/to-catch-a-predator-creating-a-problem-where-one-doesnt-exist/#comment-19584 Doug, <blockquote><i> If the decoy hadn’t steered the conversation toward coming to the house, how many of them actually would have done so ?</i></blockquote> The question is, who intiates the idea of a meeting? If the pervert intiates the meeting, then the decoy did nothing wrong by providing the meeting place. As they say, <i>caveat emptor</i>. However, if the decoy is the one pushing the meeting, then that could be possible entrapment and the sting is bogus from the get go. Doug,

If the decoy hadn’t steered the conversation toward coming to the house, how many of them actually would have done so ?

The question is, who intiates the idea of a meeting? If the pervert intiates the meeting, then the decoy did nothing wrong by providing the meeting place. As they say, caveat emptor. However, if the decoy is the one pushing the meeting, then that could be possible entrapment and the sting is bogus from the get go.

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