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Recently, I was listening to a local talk show on the radio. The rant that the host was on was based on a recent arrest of a pedophile. Unfortunately, this is no longer breaking news in our society. The real story and/or news was the fact that the police department used an actual 14 year-old girl to lure the dreg out. The girl had 3 different explicit conversations with the creep before the cops could get him to meet her (this seems to be the universal method for getting a conviction on pedophiles – a preset meeting expressly for sex with a minor that the stupid-ass shows up for). Now the police department did monitor the conversations with the approval of both the girl and her mother. Somehow this sexual predator had met the mother somewhere, somehow and had become interested in the girl. The mother and daughter turned him in and thus the sting operation was set into place. The talk show host that I was listening to was voicing his displeasure at the police department and the mother for allowing this sting to happen. He could not see the need to expose this child to these conversations that might leave a lasting impression. He believed that the police department should have some type of process in place to catch pedophiles that would not need a 14 year old. Whether it be adults pretending to be teenagers, outside agencies who specialize in this field ala Perverted Justice and/or officers hired who look and sound like teenagers. And I have to say he is right and wrong.

I believe that the police department should be ready to handle these sexual predator cases with as little public involvement as possible, especially young teens. I believe that the game is changing, ever changing. And don’t be mislead, many times to these pedophiles it is a game. The thrill of hunting is as much of a turn-on as the actual sex if not more so. I have known two sexual predators in my day and one of those was a friend.

The acquaintance was a poor slob who was 16 who had sex with his girlfriend, 15 – mom and dad freaked and turned him in (happens a lot more than most people realize). Now he is a "Sex Offender" for life – kind of sad.

The friend, I am sad to say, was a seemingly happily married man, father of two. He started to visit homosexual message boards and was hooked. Do not get me wrong, this was his fault, he was looking for what he wanted and found it. The means only aided him. He soon found a young boy who was willingly to meet him. When he went to the meeting the Feds busted him. Of course, he said this was his first and only time. I doubt it. None of his friends found out until he was released and had to register as a sexual predator/offender. One of our wives was looking at the sexual predator site and saw him – big surprise. We had all been told he and his wife were separated – she took him back after the sentence.

Having said all that - I think the game is changing. If you watched “To Catch a Predator” on Dateline you might know what I’m talking about. In the beginning they had a company, Perverted Justice, pretend to be pre-teens on the Internet with NBC and the local police department monitoring. Later they added a 19-year-old female actor to be the visual pre-teen for a webcam. Why? Because these pedophiles were becoming smarter – they wanted to see a live shot of the person they were going to meet. Soon, if not already, predators will take the next step of meeting or know victims before establishing a sexual relationship (this is discounting friends and relatives that are already doing this). I think this arrest reflects that.

This pedophile made the effort to know his prey before he ever began talking to her. Yes the police could have used an officer for the conversations and only used the girl for the webcam. In the future though they will have to use kids to lure more of these predators. How do you not if you truly want to get a great majority of them and not just the really stupid ones? Training will have to take place. Legal issues will have to be resolved but in the end I believe children will have to be part of these stings. This is what we have come to. It breaks my heart to think of these things. I see no other way. NAMBLA, I assume, other societies, websites and clubs are giving information to these sexual predators on how to not get caught. Children will have to be used.

The name of the Radio show I was listening to was the Phillips Phile. I believe they are on XM somewhere. Here is their website www.wtks.com

Also, I know there is a difference legally between a pedophile, a sexual predator and a sex offender. I know that all pedophiles are sexual predators but not all sexual predators are pedophiles. I know that all sexual predators are sex offenders but not all sex offenders are sexual predators. Having said that, I don't care. For me they are all the same.

Da' Man

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