For all of those that say this show is entrapment it really isn't.
What happens on this show is no different than when a female cop dresses like a hooker and walks the streets and they arrest the guys that solicit her. The guys pull over and talk to her and she offers them sex for money and they agree. They are then arrests.
Or what happens when an undercover cop buys drugs from a dealer. They offer the dealer money for drugs and then arrest the guy once the deal is made.
There really is no difference. The cops are presenting a situation to people and those people are reacting in an illegal manner. Many laws are enforced on on a good faith basis meaning that people know the law and understand the difference between right and wrong and know if they do the wrong thing they might get busted for it. Take speed limits for example. You may know the speed limit is 55. It doesn't mean you are going to stay under it. If you choose to speed you might get away with it, but you may also get caught. The cop hiding behind the building with a radar gun didn't entrap you into speeding. You knew what you were doing was wrong.
These guys on the show seek out kids and chat with them then get sexual and actually go to meet them. It's not as if they don't know how old these kids are. It's one thing if you have a sexual conversation with someone who lies to you and tells you they are 19 and then you find out later they are 13, it's another thing all together when you know right from the start that they are 13. I don't buy the argument that they are lonely and horny and just looking for someone. There is no shortage of adults on the Internet looking for the same. Between all the dating sites, chat rooms, craigslist and sites like Myspace anyone can meet people their age that live near them.
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