Child Molester Sting

While flipping channels during an NFL playoff commercial, I turn on MSNBC and see a program where they've set up sting operations for child molesters who contacted fake 13 year olds on the internet. They've got an elaborate set up with cops, etc, and when these perverts who think they are meeting a 13 year old boy come into the house, the host of the show comes on with cameras shoved in these guys faces.

I've never felt more sympathy for child molesters. This program was one of the most awful things I've ever seen. One guy is sitting there getting peppered questions by the self-righteous host "WHAT are you DOING here?"

The molester says, "Look, I know I'm in trouble you know I'm in trouble, I don't want to get in any more."

The host says, "You're on a national television program."

The man almost collapsed. He weakly held up his hand to his face, but there were about 5 hidden cameras and he was already exposed. He stood up and started to go after the host - weakly - this was not a tough guy and was pleading, "You can't do that. You can't." He almost started to cry. It was the fact that he would be on TV. He looked like a normal guy and it turned out he was a rabbi.

Everyone is rightfully worried about child molesters, particularly parents and so forth, but it's pretty clear what the problem with these people are - they were mostly victims themselves when they were little and have severe problems. We treat them like monsters of society, but it's pretty clear of all the type of criminals, these are the ones that would be most worth rehabilitating because they are generally normal, functioning members of society otherwise.

I just can't believe they would do this on TV. Really awful.