[apoliticalone]

I agree child sex is deplorable and both Parties have had bipartisan representatives and staff that have been involved in it.

I have some mixed emotions on law enforcement using “entrapment”. It’s a gray area as to whether they are preventing crime or just ensnaring people that wouldn’t have ever been involved had they not put out bait.

I’ve seen press articles where they use it to get “johns” on prostitution charges by dressing up an attractive 20 yo female in skimpy sexy clothing and arresting them if they stop and inquire.

However I don’t believe it is “gray” when politicians are offered cash to do something illegal and they bite at it and are then caught because 99% of the time they get away with it.

[metmom]

It’s a gray area as to whether they are preventing crime or just ensnaring people that wouldn’t have ever been involved had they not put out bait.

But if those bit on the bait the of the sting, they'd bite on other bait as well.

They are getting people who are willing to act on it. That means that there are real kids getting hurt by these pervs every day.

I guess I don't have too much of a problem with this. Nobody is forcing these pervs to respond to the bait. It's not something they happen to stumble on and ooops, make a bad split second decision. Their responding to that bait is premeditated. And they'd do it again.

If they fall for it, it's their own stupid fault. They need to think with the brain in their heads, not any other part of their anatomy.