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- Tophillious, on 01/26/2008, -2/+98Man, this reminds me of a time when someone IM'd me saying that they were a 12 yr old girl and wanting to know what a penis looked like...I'm completely serious. I never said anything to her (if it was indeed a her). I just blocked her, and pretended it never happened.
- hexalite, on 01/26/2008, -2/+90As much as I admire what he is doing... isn't there something wrong with a 69 year old man who can fit into the mindset and language of a 13 year old girl?
I can't even understand my 18 year old sister over the computer. - neio, on 01/26/2008, -2/+76Aah, the interwebs, where men are men, women are men, little girls are FBI agents and little boys are catholic priests.
- spyd3rweb, on 01/26/2008, -6/+70Isn't anyone who he 'catches' technically not doing anything illegal because they're actually talking to a 69 yr old man?
- hmunkey, on 01/26/2008, -0/+63That's a funny job if you think about it. He goes into chat rooms and flirts with pedophiles.
- SlowOnTheUptake, on 01/26/2008, -1/+59You should have sent her a picture of Dick Cheney.
- ICanRead, on 01/26/2008, -4/+60Sure he was "Posing"...
- bbp9857, on 01/26/2008, -2/+53There's something you should know. My name is Chris Hansen and I'm with Dateline NBC. We're doing a special on internet predators. Posing as a 13 year old girl to attract other men is frowned upon these days...
- hdar3415, on 01/26/2008, -19/+66I'm all for whatever it takes to catch these people, and I give kudos to "grandpa" for being able to do it.
- BuddyStein, on 01/26/2008, -1/+46Aren't 70 percent of all 14 year old girls on the internet FBI agents?
- chase001, on 01/26/2008, -5/+47To catch a predator you become a predator. These people seem to get their own perverse thrill and sense of power from doing this. Sometimes Chris Hansen seems like he's getting off destroying people.
- rolosworld, on 01/26/2008, -1/+42would have been funny if cops arrested him for posing as a 13 years old girl searching for "friends"...
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -11/+49It pisses me off when people do this.
If you're PRETENDING to be a 13 year old girl, then it shouldn't be illegal when someone propositions you.
It's essentially thought crime at that point. But people don't care, they're too busy participating in the witch hunt. - Daverian, on 01/26/2008, -3/+40So, let's get this straight. If I meet a 19 year old at a 19 and up bar, and bring her home to have sex with her, and she turns out to be 17 with a fake ID, I'm in trouble, BIG trouble, even though I THOUGHT, or I THINK she is of age. It doesn't matter how old I THOUGHT she was, it only matters how old she REALLY is. Now, if I'm talking to a 40 year old man on the Internet, posing as a 13 year old girl, then I can get in trouble. Why? Because it doesn't matter how old the person REALLY is, it only matters how old I THINK the person is. I don't care if that's called Intent or not, or whatever reason people have for this. Sounds like the laws bend to suit whatever they want them to suit. With no consequences for the female parties involved
- Synthesize, on 01/26/2008, -0/+35If he does this long enough he'll probably develop identity crisis. Can you imagine the day he goes into a nursing home thinking he's a 12 year old little girl?
- tyywebb, on 01/26/2008, -1/+35obligatory: http://www.sifomg.net/rand/577px-Pedobear_17.jpg
- jynweythek, on 09/17/2008, -0/+29makes me wonder if my online relationship with sxygurl69 is legit
- spyd3rweb, on 01/26/2008, -7/+35intent is worthless if no crime has been committed.
- endustry, on 01/26/2008, -11/+38This is DIGG...even someone who busts pedophiles is an authority figure who must be questioned.
- Y2JCrisis, on 01/26/2008, -6/+31If it's not a crime to talk nasty to an old man, and its apparently not a crime to pose as a 13 year old girl, what crime is being committed? There is no victim.
I'm all for catching pedophiles, but I'm also all against police baiting people into committing crimes. - adml_shake, on 01/26/2008, -2/+23It's not that hard. Pick up some mags at the store and just talk about how hot whatever dude on the cover is. Thats why my little sister and her friends seem to gab about all the ***** time.
- Spanktacular, on 01/26/2008, -3/+24I hope you're wrong. If you've ever spent any time on the Perverted Justice message boards, you can read some pretty disturbing posts from people who are of the "burn them at the stake" zealot types. Pedophiles get my blood boiling, but without rationality and rule of law to guide our actions, we'd be no better than they are.
What would be next? The U.S. condoning torture? - magnetarc, on 01/26/2008, -3/+24The Internet: Where the men are men; the women are men; and the 13 year old girls looking for friends are retired police chiefs.
- MeatyDoughnut, on 01/26/2008, -0/+20Now that you mention it....SwEeTiePie1993 has been acting strange lately.....
- BillDoE, on 01/26/2008, -0/+20And he dresses like Mr. Rogers
- hittnrun, on 01/26/2008, -4/+24Yeah, his age matches your IQ.
weird??? - preban, on 01/26/2008, -4/+22Sorry, looking for trouble and finding it doesn't cut it with me. From the limited quotes available in the story it sounds like he's leading these guys on, hoping they'll make a move. And anyone who thinks 13 year olds can't be vulgar have never played a Friday night on Xbox LIVE.
- Hitchhiker90, on 01/26/2008, -2/+20I'd like to see someone do the reverse and pretend they are a pedophile then lure people like this guy and Dateline to their own house, and when they walk in standing there will be a 50 year old guy just saying "You got punk'd!"
- ChromaVita, on 01/26/2008, -1/+17You use Dragonforce to cut a diamond.
- samiel86, on 01/26/2008, -1/+16how the hell does a 69 year-old effectively pull off a 13 year-old girl persona on the internet? Did he hang around chat rooms with 13 year-olds himself to learn the IM slang and what not? I second a comment posted above: "who's watching the watchers?".
- wvstephens, on 01/26/2008, -2/+17I agree did you read this part? "Kauffman did not propose an actual meeting in any of the exchanges listed in the charging documents."
now I know this guy is scum of the earth but really what are the charges that is all I would like to know. It is scary to think that you can be arrested for just talking and or chatting. - mschellhouse, on 01/26/2008, -2/+17While this is a great thing, I don't know why it warrants that much attention at this point. We have two or three police departments in my region that have been doing this for years now.
- dig412, on 01/26/2008, -1/+15Coastguard?
- monkeyrun, on 01/26/2008, -4/+17Chris Hanson: So, what are you doing here?
Retired Cop: I was just posing as girl to catch a predator.
CH: O Rly?
RC: Yah Rly.
CH: ....... - Goobernutz, on 01/26/2008, -5/+18Somebody investigate this man NOW! Then every 3-6 months randomly raid his home and confiscate his computer. I bet after a few years, we'll be reading about this guy again. He might be doing this out of the goodness of his heart. But my money is on perv.
- gameradam, on 01/26/2008, -2/+14damn the old nab 'n' grab, works every time.
- centran, on 01/26/2008, -1/+13I am not saying this is a good idea but has anyone thought about going after the kids and not trying to catch predators?
There has to be some children that actually do/like this stuff. I wonder if there is anyone trying to find them to get them some help. Talk to their parents and if the kids are doing this because of their bad home life then get child services in there.
I am being serious and I know everyone is going to say... "That's what the predators all say when they get caught"
However, what I am saying is maybe there should be a group/service/TV show that tries to help these messed up kids. - Campog, on 01/26/2008, -0/+11He did teach middle school for like 29 years. That probably helps.
- secrity, on 01/26/2008, -14/+25Buried -- the guy is a pervert.
- drgmdp, on 01/26/2008, -0/+11maybe he's a 13 yo girl disguised as a retired cop
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -1/+11Yeah, what if you're only posing as a pedophile to catch people posing as 13 year old girls? You could say that you were yourself under 18, making them the pedophile for talking to you, right?
- BobSutan, on 01/26/2008, -3/+13Ah, so we're punishing people for thinking now. Got it.
Thought crimes, coming soon to a cerebral cortex near you! - nobeastsofierce, on 01/26/2008, -1/+11FTA: "but several hours more going over hard drives of arrested suspects looking for contacts with other potential victims."
I would assume that talkin to an old guy pretending to be 14 and female isn't enough to have them convicted, so in effect grandpagirl is just there to procure the arrest/search warrant - shodanx, on 01/26/2008, -3/+13I pose as an online predator and I talk to people pretending to be 13 year old girls so I can beat their asses for being vigilate *****
the police has a hard time doing their job without stepping over the law, I don't want some unsupervised douche doing it - SSUK, on 01/26/2008, -3/+12You use a diamond to cut a diamond...
- centran, on 01/26/2008, -2/+11I'm guess these guys are not the brightest oh people and all you pretty much have to do is say "I am a 13 year old female looking for a 40 year old man to teach me"
I doubt these people give it a second thought that kids these days don't talk like that. All they care about is someone fell into their laps. - Daverian, on 01/26/2008, -0/+9agreed. Some say things online that they would never say in real life.
If you are pissed and you say you are going to kill someone, does that really mean you will kill them? Sure, there emotion is involved, but here the Internet is involved and some people tend to roleplay a little in chatting rooms. I remember pretending I was a "19/female" just to see how many private conversation invites popped up and what people said.
Now, if people act out these things they say online....totally something different - sotopheavy, on 01/26/2008, -0/+8and "makes friends" with other 13 year old girls.
- FuLouZero, on 01/26/2008, -0/+8I always wondered what would happen if the "predator" was the same age. What would happen to the kid?
- technoredneck, on 01/26/2008, -2/+9No, it's wrong to bait them into doing something; that's called entrapment. Baiting someone and actually catching them in the act are two entirely different ballparks. Predating the predator puts you on his level.
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