CNN cancels new Scott Ritter show

Registered ^ | 01.27.03 | Reg

[habs4ever]

If in doubt, and the urges and sexual desires get too strong, there's always the law to fall back upon.No matter how provocative and alluring a 13 yr old girl maybe, it is still the act of a sexual predator to solicit sex from a minor.It is called rape.It is the law.

Adults have no excuse when they knowingly attempt to break the law, no matter how horny.Ritter broke the law twice, the second within 3 months of his first arrest.He was given a chance to seek counselling.He chose to seek more "friends" online.

Ritter is no innocent.

[auboy]

Most people know the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. Our legal system seems to relish blurring that line. Attempting to transfer Scott Ritter's downfall at his own hands to others reminds me of that blur. If one wishes to playact, may I suggest Disney?

[bvw]

Rape? Look, if it is an actual 13 year old, exhibitionary display is a crime, but not rape. And in a number of states, girls (with parental consent) can MARRY at 14. So actual full "sex" is legal with a 14 year old girl, even if the man is 44, 93, whatever.

In any case there was NO actual minor involved in the Ritter "affair" as reported so far. It was a sting, a team of adult cops playacted the part of a girl.

[sweetliberty]

ROTFL!!!!

[M. Peach]

Ha Ha! Mecca mecca hi mecca hymie ho

[habs4ever]

You are a pettifogger extraordinaire.His first encounter was with a 14 yr old, in April 2001.His second, in June 2001, was with the 16 yr old, who was a cop.He is a seeker of sexual thrills with teenage girls.He could like to do even more things, but alas, got caught.And a good thing too.

He sought to engage in these things knowing it was against the law.It matters not a whit if it was a sting.There was no entrapement, he sought out the chat rooms, he organized the rendezvous, he was loaded for bear.Do you hate cops so much that you wish to blame them for doing their job and keeping a predator from indulging his darkest fantasies?

Yaknow, a guy that gets stung was dipping into forbidden nectar.It is both illegal and WRONG.Do try to spin that, cookie.

[M. Peach]

"What do you think he was planning… to be a father-figure?"

He was planning on "ministering," just like Clinton did with Monica.

[xm177e2]

To be fair, the charges against Paul Reubens are very weak. What Ritter did was seek out children to abuse, Pee Wee just bought porn in bulk, which was 99.9% legitimate (and he had almost no way of knowing about the other 1%). Pee Wee was busted because his buddy Jeffery Jones was having sex with a teenage kid; Jones and Ritter are in the same category, Pee Wee is basically innocent.

At least, that is if the article in the Village Voice is correct.

[M. Peach]

Would you let Ritter baby-sit your teen aged daughter?

[dennisw]

What do Pee Wee Herman and JFK have in common?

[dennisw]

Scrub that. What do JFK and guy sitting in front of PeeWee Herman have in common?

[auboy]

**A marrriage, that sacred contract between a man and a woman, is the better thing we should protect -- and that Ritter risked, and any man's or woman's risking puts all marriages at risk for lessening the singular regard marriages must be held in.**

Disclaimer: We hereby exonerate, and hold harmless, William Scott Ritter, and/or any man or woman, from any and all responsibility for putting our particular marriage under risk and distress by any adulterous, scandalous, or illegal activity he or she may have entered into, unbeknownst to, and not directly effecting, Mr and Mrs. auboy.

Witnessed this 27th day of January, 2003 AD

[auboy]

"ministering"… that's it… "ministering" Thank you, Jesse;-)

[LibKill]

Even if I had your artistic talent, I could never match your imagination.

APPLAUSE FOR REGISTERED!!!

[bvw]

What in all get out gave you to think I hate cops? You are projecting -- that is not the case. My dislike and distrust is here for a method -- playacting, entrapment -- where the victim and thus the guilt must be assumed. We are normally fond of "presumption of innocence"!

I also have increasing reservations generally about our current faddish zealous prosecution of simple posession of child-porn, while disregarding actual adultery. Adultery is an actual crime, and real individuals are directly harmed. Thus I view this fad, in perspective, as a subtle, yet very strong attack on marriage -- fathers, in particular. Notice that it is fathers who are being vilified, case after case.

Yet an adulterous father (van Damm), or a famous homosexual (Elton John, with the cub scouts) is celebrated!

[sweetliberty]

"a grown man, sadly, may be the more innocent in the game of seduction."

That is one of the most asanine statements I have seen on FR. I guess you're one of those people who, when a young girl gets raped, says "she was asking for it" too.

[jackbill]

All of your blather notwithstanding, any "adult" that wants to jack off in front of a teenager is sick. And so is anyone who defends it.

[habs4ever]

He was NOT entraped.He was online in teen chat rooms, looking for encounters.It's the kind of thing predators DO.He played with fire and got caught, tough! A guy with a thing for jailbait could have a thing for much more, and what's to say his dates would not have that lil innocent whack off show(no one got hurt!) and perhaps a drive down by the river and a rape- murder?? The mere act of meeting and soliciting to have a sexual encounter with a minor is ILLEGAL.End of story.Only you are presuming Ritter is innocent in this, and why is that, unless you think the cops are at fault, or maybe the law is an ass?

Why bring Elton john and Van Damn into this? Its irrelevant, expect to whatever point you are feebly trying to make.

[auboy]

Thanks, jackbill… I was searching for the words;-)

[bvw]

No. I'm not defending Ritter's extraordinary stupidity either. And I think it is somewhat likely he has actually crossed the line in these regards in cases yet unknown -- corrupting a minor. Yet he wasn't caught with a genuine victim, and entrapment cases are not that simple, as the popluar whack-a-molestor mindset has them to be.