I wrote this for Death & Taxes during the Roman Polanski doc scandal a few months back. I abandoned Roman however, and spent the whole time talking about how fucked up “To Catch a Predator” is. Fear mongering sells ad space so they pretend internet predators are this huge problem and “prove” it by napping nabbing 30 to 40 an episode. Nobody mentions the part where there’s been less than half a dozen cases of this happening in the real world – ever. Then a gay dude blew his head off.
[Editor's Note: You can follow the link in the post to the article, or download the PDF here.]
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So, including this one there are only 5 other instances of this happening? Like, ever?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVY1hqhfrmU
09.04.08 at 1:43 pm
nice work on the article, i didn’t even know you could write. Also, well done protecting your kids. it’s pathetic how much most men these days are pushovers and afraid to trust their instincts.
09.04.08 at 1:58 pm
if you really did just straight up ask that asshole if he was Pedo, to his face, that’s the raddest thing ever. and seriously, – no other Dad’s stepped up? horrible.
09.04.08 at 2:18 pm
That YouTube thing doesn’t count because it was also a set up. It has to be ACTUAL kids ACTUALLY flirting with old men online. Doesn’t happen.
http://www.spicejar.org/asiplease/archives/000669.html
09.04.08 at 2:32 pm
Well done Gavin, the writing and what you actually did to that pedo creepo. That Death & Taxes mag seems like the kind of thing that covers interesting subjects (e.g. CSS) but isn’t necessarily well-written. This article was the best thing there.
09.04.08 at 3:19 pm
fucking great article. everything you write is spot-on, you should do it all the time.
09.04.08 at 3:59 pm
You stole this from slate.com. I mean, David Cross:
http://jimgoad.net/cgi-bin/archives/00000296.htm
09.04.08 at 5:05 pm
Monty’s video is hilarious. The fat black dude from SNL sure thinks up some weird skits when left to his own devices.
I wish someone would tell stupid people that dudes who want to fuck teenagers aren’t called “pedophiles.” I guess Gavin’s done a decent job of that, actually.
09.05.08 at 11:28 am
Gavin, you are my hero
09.05.08 at 12:26 pm
Maybe he had horribly disfigured legs from an accident. Maybe he just likes kids. Maybe he is a loner just trying to make it in this world. Maybe he really does like hobbies. You should have used your kid as bait and then pulled some “perverted justice” out the can.
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