"Despite the sordid and pathetic subject matter, I've seen a few of these Dateline shows and found them to be compelling TV."
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Frightening too when you realize how many predators are out there and who they are. They could be anyone -- teachers, clergymen, doctors, lawyers -- the last Dateline I saw had three military men. Could be the guy next door --that grandfather you know from church, the guy who coaches your child's Little League baseball team. What the heck is wrong with these people?
Being in the military, that part bothered me -- Dateline really seemed to relish any connection they could find with the U.S. military, no matter how weak, and they repeated it over and over.
They didn't dig into the background of any of these perps to find out if they ever worked in journalism or broadcasting.
I agree. The pervs need to be in jail and stay there until they die there. But i have serious mixed emotions with the methodology. They do not talk to minors online ,do not meet with minors. They may be talking to a 50 year old man when they think they are talking to a minor girl. Therefore, their crime is a thought crime only. Very Orwellian.
It's called the sin nature. When fed with little bits of self-indulgence here and there, it can balloon into a monster.