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Dateline on NBC
23 September 2006 22:02Last night I caught part of the Dateline episode called "to catch a preditor". The more I rolled around it in my mind, the more it bothered me.
The premise was they set up someone (who I am assuming was 13 years old, a female) who went on-line and talked to adult men (sometimes married) about sex, and had the men come over to the house for a hook-up. The entire on-line conversation was monitored by Dateline, and then the men came over. Once over at the house, the girl made a quick hello and dashed to finish laundry, whereas the host came out and confronted the men on the conversation they had with this 13 year old girl.
After the interogation (which was all filmed), the guy was left to leave. On leaving the house, the police were there, hand-cuffed him, and booked him on sagitory rape, or something. All seen on live television. In a moment, most of these guys lives changed. A simple hook-up turned into this big old mess, televised for the entire world to see.
The problem I have is two-fold:
A) They televised this, with excerpts of the explict chat conversation? What the hell. Where is privacy? Where is the persons right not to have it air. It seemd like just a huge publicity stunt.
B) What the hell is a 13 year old doing on the internet in the afternoon, at home alone. When I was 13, there was alot more on my mind, than having sex. In fact, I barely even though about sex till I was much older. Secondly, most importantly, where are the PARENTS in this entire mess? Where is parental control?
One must be a pretty sick fucker, to be A) married, and B) on the internet talking to a 13 year old to begin with. yet to broadcast this to homes around the nation, and have police outside.. to me it was nothing more than a huge set up.
Anyone see this or am I just totally off mark.
The premise was they set up someone (who I am assuming was 13 years old, a female) who went on-line and talked to adult men (sometimes married) about sex, and had the men come over to the house for a hook-up. The entire on-line conversation was monitored by Dateline, and then the men came over. Once over at the house, the girl made a quick hello and dashed to finish laundry, whereas the host came out and confronted the men on the conversation they had with this 13 year old girl.
After the interogation (which was all filmed), the guy was left to leave. On leaving the house, the police were there, hand-cuffed him, and booked him on sagitory rape, or something. All seen on live television. In a moment, most of these guys lives changed. A simple hook-up turned into this big old mess, televised for the entire world to see.
The problem I have is two-fold:
A) They televised this, with excerpts of the explict chat conversation? What the hell. Where is privacy? Where is the persons right not to have it air. It seemd like just a huge publicity stunt.
B) What the hell is a 13 year old doing on the internet in the afternoon, at home alone. When I was 13, there was alot more on my mind, than having sex. In fact, I barely even though about sex till I was much older. Secondly, most importantly, where are the PARENTS in this entire mess? Where is parental control?
One must be a pretty sick fucker, to be A) married, and B) on the internet talking to a 13 year old to begin with. yet to broadcast this to homes around the nation, and have police outside.. to me it was nothing more than a huge set up.
Anyone see this or am I just totally off mark.