PERVERTS!!!!!!

When the Dateline NBC "To Catch A Predator" series began, I remember how much I had enjoyed them at first.  I ran to my television set every week, to catch every single episode.  I rolled on the floor laughing at those men who fled from the tall, handsome reporter, the cameras, and the police waiting for them outside.  I cheered, "Get 'em!" when they were arrested and brought into the interrogation room and asked to verify every single filthy word, purchase, and their intent to bed a 13, 14, or 15 year old girl or boy.  I shook my head when many of these men who were caught cried like babies.  I shook my fist in anger when many of them were found to be upstanding citizens of the community (clergymen, teachers, doctors, police officers, firemen, and members of the armed forces).  I was appalled and shocked when some of them came to the door WITH children, or stripped naked as soon as they walked into the door of the house!  I thought for sure that this kind of reporting would make waves, and that the predators who daily pursue and molest children would come to a swift end.

But I was wrong.  The series is still going strong, and even more men are taking that drive to that door to meet a young girl or boy and have sex with him or her.  These men are blatant; many of them know that the TV series exists; they even tell the "girl" or "boy" that they are afraid that this might be a set-up, but THEY STILL SHOW UP.  Some drive HUNDREDS OF MILES to meet these children.  The language that they use when speaking to these kids is so graphic, that they cannot even air some of the dialogue on television.  What was once entertaining, informative, feel-good television has now become deeply disturbing.

What put the icing on the cake for me was the interview with the infamous Debra LaFavre by Matt Lauer.  I don't know if this woman was putting on an act, but she seemed to me as not too intelligent.  Nevertheless, I was floored at this woman's LACK OF REMORSE.  Her behavior in this interview was deplorable.  She NEVER indicated that she was sorry for what she had done; she even expressed frustration for being "ratted out" by the boy!  She blamed everyone but God Himself for the predicament that she is in.  I was so disgusted.  My stomach was turning; I was barely able to make it through  her interview.

In watching her, though, I began thinking that maybe these men who are caught online having an X-rated conversation with an under age teen with the intent to have sex with him or her probably have the same mindset that Debra has.  Letting her speak out, in a sense, gives the viewers an idea of how these adults think.  Her brutal honesty, in a sense, softened the blow, if you will.  Can you imagine having heard these words from one of the men who were arrested?!? I mean, she wasn't slick enough to try and hide her true feelings, but many of these men are experts at it, even going so far as to deny their intentions after being caught!  It's ironic; her crime shed light on one particular source of the problem, and the horrible situation many teens face daily.

What scares me most is, what if that tall, handsome reporter wasn't there, and a 13 to 15 y/o child WAS?  For many seeking "virgins", that sexual experience would have been a first for many of them.......with an old, and/or fat, impeded and/or unkempt, sick, warped individual.  God help us all.

Parents, PLEASE watch your kids. Be mindful of their safety!  No matter how grown they seem to be, or mature, and even if they are sexually active, they are STILL kids, and no 20, 30, 40, 50, and sometimes 60-year old man has ANY RIGHT TO TOUCH THEM!!!!   If they are on MySpace, you create your own page and MAKE SURE that you are one of your kids' friends, so that you are able to tap in to your kids' other friends' profiles at any time.  Please don't allow your child to spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer alone.  If all of a sudden they are itching to get out, or meet someone that you don't know, TAKE NOTICE, and put your foot down!  Insist on meeting this person!  Get a phone number!  Name!  Address!  Have them pick your kids up AT THE DOOR!  And please, as much as possible, DON'T LEAVE YOUR KIDS AT HOME ALONE FOR A LONG TIME.  Parents, if you must leave them alone, make frequent phonecalls to the house.  That kid should answer the phone EVERY TIME YOU CALL, if he or she is there alone and without any distractions, other than their computer/TV/i-pod/homework........whatever they should be doing.  Stay ahead of the game, parents, because perverts are!  They are ALWAYS thinking on these children, and you, the unsuspecting parent.  Please, people, I implore you, don't ever think or be made to believe that you are invading your kids' privacy.  The reality is that these perverts are invading yours, your family's, and your kids', and their intent is to violate!  Take charge of your child/children's safety TODAY!  Don't wait until it is too late!

 

Adrian

P.S. ...........Toss those "web-cams" out, too.  Track those e-mails and conversations on Messenger and Hotmail, etc.  Know where your children are and with whom.  Even have the friends pick your kids up at the door.  I know this seems like a turn back to the dark ages, but this is better than the alternative!!!!