10-08-2006, 12:12 PM | #1 |
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Dateline: To catch a predator
Friday night on NBC, I caught Dateline. It was the "To Catch a Predator" segment where they have a decoy pose as a 13 year old girl in an internet chat room and they catch grown adult men having sexually explicit conversations with her. They have the girl tell these men that she is alone and when the men actually show up at the house, they get arrested. I was completely nauseous. These men were absolutely disgusting. The things they said to this 13 year old. One man was a respected cancer doctor. He asked the girl what her bra size was. The decoy said her breasts were small because they were still growing and he said "don't worry, I'll kiss them for you." He was one of the ones that showed up at the house and started crying when he got arrested. The reason I am posting this is because I want to warn any of you with children to please monitor their internet exposure. These creatures are here waiting to snag our children. It is so scary. And this does not just apply to young girls. One time I saw a segment where the decoy posed as a 16 year old boy and one disgusting animal actually showed up at the house naked under his rain coat!! So please ladies, please be careful with your children. It is so scary to think that even while your children are in your home, "safe" in their rooms, they still can be victimized.
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10-08-2006, 01:53 PM | #2 |
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Good reminder! I agree! I monitor as much as I can with my daughter. I know her passwords for e-mail and her myspace. I check them constantly. I'll even come in the room while she's on line to see what she's doing. there are WAY too many sickos out there.
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It's not a safe world anymore. Makes me sad! I watch Dateline and they've had that on for the last couple of weeks. I hope they get what's coming to them....sickos!!!!
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It's shocking to see who some of these men are that show up at the house on Dateline. They're very respectable people!! I had my daughter watch one of the shows with me on the internet just to show her how deceiving people can be on-line. I'm a firm believer that we can't teach our children to be too careful.
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Thanks for the reminder!! We can never be too careful. My son's pc is next to mine, i monitor him regularly, and i also tell him what kind of sicko's roam the internet!
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I saw a couple of those, too. One guy they caught was a rabbi... one a teacher.... one showed up with his toddler in tow.... and one took his clothes off in the garage and walked in naked!
There were a couple of them that had been caught before and had records but they keep preying on children! Just about all of them also brought along alcohol for the 13 yr old, too! |
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I have watched several of these Dateline episodes and it truly is disgusting! One of the things experts suggest is not allowing children to have computers in their rooms. The computers children use should be out in the open in the family area, such as the living room or den, so parents can keep an eye on them.
Did any of you see the 16 year old boy on Oprah that was running an Internet Porn site of of his bedroom and his mother had no idea!
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I didn't see the Oprah one, can't believe, I hardly ever miss Oprah. I am in the room when my son is on the computer. Not that I don't trust him, I don't trust the wackos!!!
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