What you just stated makes no sense at all to me. How is child abuse relevant to the exposure of pedophiles? You can paint them any way you like, but they are pedophiles. And how are these "14 year old girls" promiscuous, considering that they don't even exist??

Capo, the show is a televised sting. The pedophiles have been chatted with online with someone they think is a young teen or tween. They arrange to meet them for sex. What awaits them is Chris Hansen and a camera crew.

I have no problem with exposing these people, especially due to the high rate of recidivism. They should be exposed for what they are. And no matter that they believe that their partners are consensual, any man who agrees to have sex with a 14 year old should be punished.

As for child abusers not being tagged for life, that's not true, at least not in NY. Any one investigated for child abuse, even if found completely innocent, has an open file until their youngest child is 21 years of age. I feel that's irrelevant to the discussion, but since it was mentioned, I thought I'd clarify.

And do I think that parents need to better safeguard their children? Absolutely. But that's not always easy. You can monitor their activities at home, but can you monitor their friend's computer, or the one at the library? And what if it's completely innocent? Do the people Hansen helps to apprehend always make arrangements in sex chatrooms, or are they on MySpace and other such sites that young people frequent? Is it just one internet encounter that they have, or is it a relationship that builds trust over time?