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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:14 PM
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Chris Hansen busted...oh my (not with a child)
Edited on Thu Jun-30-11 01:19 PM by ProdigalJunkMail
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FLAprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:14 PM
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1. I don't see how cheating with a consenting adult is comparable to raping a minor.
Edited on Thu Jun-30-11 01:15 PM by FLAprogressive
It is somewhat ironic though.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:17 PM
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4. the hidden camera aspect is the irony...
i did not pretend there was any equivalency...

sP
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:17 PM
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6. I don't follow this stuff, but I don't remember his lecturing the rest of us
on the sanctity of marriage.

This is just tabloid garbage, none of our business.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:15 PM
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2. I think it's tabloid trash....
what Hansen does is get child rapers off the street.
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:21 PM
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7. Funny. I thought it was Perverted Justice and the police who got the rapists.
Talk about tabloid garbage - Hansen is the epitome of tabloid garbage.
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 02:29 PM
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9. What he does is trashy gotcha tv
which has unfortunately become popular in our media. And now it's turned around and bitten him in the ass. I don't feel sorry for him.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 02:35 PM
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10. Good
gotcha to child rapists.... and you have a problem with that?
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 02:39 PM
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11. Only in that I'm calling it what it is. Trashy TV. What's so horrible about that?
Sheesh. Tar and feather me.
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markpkessinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 06:08 PM
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14. The problem I have is ...
... with law enforcement deliberately exploiting the psychological weaknesses of certain citizens in order to entice them into doing something criminal. The argument proponents of the practice make is that these guys would have done it anyway, only with a real child. But there is really no way to know whether that would hold true in all cases. In response to persons on Hansen's show who claim, "This is the first time I have ever done anything like this," Hansen says, in effect, "That's what everybody tells me." And I have no doubt that is true. But just because that claim is frequently made even by repeat offenders does not mean that, in at least some of the cases, it isn't true.

Perverted Justice, the organization which works with Dateline on these shows, actually trains actors to effectively seduce those who contact them. Now, one can argue -- quite truthfully -- that no one twisted the arms of these men to give in to the seduction and follow through. That is certainly true. But it's a bit like putting an alcoholic alone in a room full of liquor and acting surprised when his willpower dissolves and he takes a drink.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:16 PM
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3. Is he going to have "a seat over there"?
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 01:17 PM
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5. LOL. Couldn't happen to a nicer d-bag.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 02:26 PM
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8. at least she`s nice looking...........
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 04:11 PM
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12. So let me get this straight---
I guy who catches child rapists and some in this thread are calling him a douchebag?

I guess DU has sympathy for child rapists.
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 06:29 PM
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15. He isn't the one catching child rapists
Edited on Thu Jun-30-11 06:30 PM by Pithlet
He's the one putting it on TV for ratings. And now he's the one who's fodder to be gawked at. People love their prurient entertainment. He was all to happy to provide it. Now he's on the other end. That's my take on it. I have no love for child rapists.
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LetTimmySmoke Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 09:38 PM
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16. You pretty much hit the nail on the head.
I never liked Chris Hansen. He came across as smarmy and douchey in the "shows" - while the people in the back and the police do the actual work. He acted like a carnival barker, which only served to give sympathy to the undeserving child predators. I think it's funny he got caught on camera cheating on his wife.

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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-11 04:15 PM
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13. he didn't go after people for adultery but for those looking to have sex with minors
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-01-11 07:28 AM
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17. the hidden camera is the irony
but guess you (and so many others) missed that little tidbit...FFS...

sP
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-01-11 09:13 PM
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18. i still don't see it
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