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I have to disagree with you. And, I don't think you even saw the show, based on your comments. Did you see it?

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Even though MSNBC is driving this, they would not have launched their effort without the clear support of the government--ie, law enforcement working in concert with them).

MSNBC explained they did two shows like this WITHOUT the police involved. So, this was their 3rd show, and for this one, the police came onboard.

Unless caught in flagrante delicto, to me these people have been treated unfairly.

No, not at all.

They're guilty of having their weaknesses/pathologies probed and tickled and tempted past the point of no return. They show up, and get arrested not for committing heinous acts, but for our presumption of their willingness to commit such acts.

They're guilty of a lot more than just "showing up." First, they had a very sexually explicit online chat with a person who said he or she was only 12 or 13 years old. The transcripts of the online chat showed that. So, there was sexually explicit communication online before any "showing up."

Second, they often sent pornographic photos of their sexual organs to these children online, during the chat. Is that illegal in your book? No one has "showed up" anywhere yet.

Third, when they did show up, it had already been discussed online the reason they were coming over in the sexually explicit chat online. They offered to show the children/decoy different sexual positions, etc.
Fourth, when they came over, they often brought alcohol and condoms. Again, does all of this paint a picture for you?

So, in short, no one was wandering over to this house, alone, out of the blue, without a clear plan, already in writing, and without already having repeatedly made their intent unmistakable.

There was no entrapment here. These were a bunch of perverts.