Why Don’t You Have A Seat Over There?
Posted in Duh, Nasty, Observations, Oddities, Porn, Religion, Stupid, Tricksy on July 28th, 2007 by Atlas Cerise
Afishionados,
I’ve seen Dateline MSNBC’s To Catch a Predator many times, and I can’t help but notice that most of the predators caught share one common theme: they’re all very religious (or at least claim to be). Church volunteers, Jesus Freaks… you name it, they’ve probably been caught. I wonder if it’s just the way that MSNBC edits the show (cut out some of the predators that aren’t religious?) or is it really this common?
(For the record, I am not saying that all religious people are inherently predators. There ARE good religious people out there. Just not on MSNBC’s To Catch a Predator :-D).
Also, why are these underage teens always presumed to be 100% innocent? I’m certainly not siding with the predators, but at even at 13, 14, 15 years of age, etc., I find it difficult to believe that these teens don’t have any concept that chatting with people online and asking them over for sex is “bad” or “wrong”. And this opens up a whole other can of worms, too. Is it bad parenting? IS the teen, in fact, that innocent just because they’re underage? I’m a believer in the notion that the Internet is NOT a babysitter, and you shouldn’t let your children online without supervision.
Anyone else have opinions or thoughts on this?
