Dateline's Catching a Predator

[malaise]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9927253/

That was unbelievable.

[WI_DEM]

1. I watched that

those guys are pathetic.

[keta11]

2. That was hilarious. Did you see the guy

who came in nekkid and also showed up for another rendezvous at Mickey Dees the next day.

[malaise]

3. It was hilarious

because he was totally exposed literally. It would not have been funny if he had really arranged that meeting with a 13 year old boy. What is most frightening is the number of professionals who were caught.

Edit- sp.

[WI_DEM]

8. the guy who was naked was somebody I'm almost convinced

is seriously mentally ill by the way he acted and responded. Of course they all have serious problems.

[WI_DEM]

5. yeah, and the Rabbi who lunged towards the reporter when he

found out it was all being filmed.

[wookie294]

7. Yeah, and he was wearing an "Operation Iraqi Freedom" t-shirt

LMFAO! Must be a Republican pedophile.

[951-Riverside]

10. Sad thing he remained at his job for months after this and...

only resigned a week before this show aired.

[darkism]

14. HAHAHA I was going to post about that when it first aired.

...but didn't want to start a thread and didn't see any already here.

A Republican pervert? YOU DON'T SAY!

[stop the bleeding]

16. aren't all of them? n/t

[sysoprock]

15. HAH!

"In my 24 years as a reporter I have never been at a loss for words."

"WHAAAT? I was just coming to get something to eat."

[truebrit71]

4. That's unreal....

Good grief!!!

[ThingsGottaChange]

6. But, they had NEVER done anything like this before!

I wish they'd (not just NBC) do this all the time and plaster their names and faces all over the place!

[Mike Nelson]

9. MSNBC has been running this and...

...the sexy cheerleaders story heavy... I thought Dateline should pay them all for the ratings it gets. Also, I wondered WHO MEETS THESE GUYS! I think the type to meet these guys is just as sick... they need serious HELP!

[951-Riverside]

11. ...Did you watch the show?

...There is a group called 'pervertedjustice' out there hunting for these sickos roaming around various chatrooms, DATELINE just picked up on it and I disagree the only thing these "morans" need is the faces shown on national TV.

[Mike Nelson]

17. Huh?

I did not see the original airing of the show... just all the promos. MSNBC just ran what looked like the whole segment.

If you thought I said they only needed their faces shown on TV, you are mistaken. That wasn't in my post.

I was surprised at the way the network played it for ratings.

I was also surprised anyone would meet these men. I would be SCARED TO DEATH! I suppose it's possible, though... It's unbelievable, because I have to guess there ARE REAL kids meeting these guys, or they wouldn't run out to meet them... if it didn't work sometimes, they wouldn't do it!

[Catherine Vincent]

12. That was funny and sad.

Sure are a lot of men out there wanting to do that kind of stuff.:(

[drb]

13. Eeeeeewwww!

I had to quit reading that - that's sooo wrong.

[SoCalDem]

18. Teens & chat rooms .. scary stuff

I am glad that mine are all grown up, and we did not have internet access when they were young.. They used the computer for school work (typing papers etc)..but internet was not available to them until the youngest was a senior in high school and since we had AOL on MY computer only, and I was on it all the time, he was S.O.L. :evilgrin:

[jzodda]

19. amazing report

Shocking, but not really all that surprising in the age of instant information and instant gratification. That guy at the McDonalds was CREEPY...I mean how is it that a guy like that is not put in the mental ward?

[GaYellowDawg]

20. I hate this. I mean, it needs to be known, but I hate it.

My first reaction to this is that these "men" need to be either institutionalized or shot. Child abuse is the only time that I seriously consider being a death penalty advocate.

What I want to know is, why weren't there police there to take these sickos into custody immediately?

[malaise]

21. Tweety is discussing it now n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

22. It's being repeated on Hardball now.