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>>The setup usually involves the targets’ exposure and humiliation on camera by nauseatingly smug host Chris Hansen. Then they’re arrested by local police outside.<<

This show has always appalled me, and I do think that Chris Hansen displays a sick glee in humiliating these men. The dangerous part is that so many people will think that this show is handling the problem, when in fact, it is very likely teaching would be pedophiles to hunt smarter.

Also, it’s pretty sick or petty or I don’t know...just really wrong that the cops hiding out back watch the entire exchange take place and when the sick slob is walking down the drive, they move in like gang buster SWAT teams. Nice.
Cops as actors. Everybody needs their 15 minutes of fame.

There is another thread here today about the fall of the Roman Empire. One of the top reasons was the ever growing need for the Gladiator type sports. That’s what this sick program is about, and in the Netherlands, there will be a new “reality” game show where a dying woman’s kidneys are the prize. All of it is just wrong and bad and lessens the importance of the issues.

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Since everyone hates sex offenders, it’s difficult to argue that this type of sting operation is a bad thing. I often wondered if it’s a waste of law enforcement manpower to pursue these perverts in this fashion. They do catch some weak minded sickos with this sting, but are they actually making an impact on the real crime? By seducing these guys openly on the Internet are they encouraging others to participate in this behavior?
Turning into a entertainment show lifts it to another level.