Baron Max said:
Yeah, that's the reasons they used in the Salem witch hunts. You'd have been right there with the rope and the fire brand, huh?
No, I am an atheist, so therefore I'd have been tied to that stake.
Yeah, I've heard of that ....how do they get around the "entrapment" laws? It ain't legal to "entice" someone to commit a crime, then arrest him for attempting to do it. Besides, that ain't nice, is it? Or does this go along with the Salem witch hunt rules?
You're really into the Salem trials at the moment aren't you? It's in just about every post you seem to make. Is that your new little 'thing'? Anywho, moving right along from the Salem trials and your obsession of them, the police get around the entrapment laws the same way they do when they have police officers dressed as prostitutes waiting to catch people out. They do not suggest the meeting, nor do they attempt to entice the sexual pervert on the internet to get him to tell them to meet them. They let the pervert take his time. They do not suggest anything to him or her, instead letting the pervert do his whole little 'spiel'.
The people who go to these chat rooms to solicit children pose as children themselves in an attempt to not scare the other kids or make them suspicious. Sadly a lot of kids fall for it. Personally I think it is a sad indication of the depravity of some people that police officers have to resort to posing as little children in an attempt to catch them out and to keep kids safe. Sadder still is the fact you seem to think that sexual deviates should be allowed to continue to try to lure children over such mediums as the internet, referring to attempts to catch them as a witch hunt. Kind of says a lot about you Baron.
Wel, the Justice Dept and the FBI have had about ten days now and they ain't come up with nothin' to arrest him for. Maybe they should just use the Salem witch hunt rules? Hell, we could hang him and burn him tomorrow, huh?
Again with the witch hunt. Last little obsession you had was with the Vietnam War and World War II. Honestly Baron, you are clutching at straws here aren't you?
How do you know they have nothing on him? It's an ongoing investigation.
As to your obsession with the witch trials, you are aware that the hysteria that led to the witch trials was due to bad wheat?
Well, yeah, I guess I am. Can you tell me how we can know what he's intending? Is it against the law to invite a "hot, young stud" to have ice cream now?
My goodness Baron. You really are intent on defending this guy aren't you? You'd even make yourself look like a naive fool in the process. He's admitted to doing something wrong and you are defending him saying he didn't really. To use your argument, one could say that the guy who smashes your window and crawls into your home without your permission is not really there to do anything bad (eg like steal), right? Are you in self denial that Foley has done something wrong because he's a Republican? Hell even Bush thinks what he's done is pretty disgusting. Yet you just dont seem to think so?.. Again, that says a lot about you Baron. Good to know you're the type of guy who would not report someone who you suspected posed a danger to children.
Not according to you and most here at scifi! Most of y'all have already convicted him and if given the chance, some of y'all would hurt him. Yet the FBI seems to be having a more difficult time with finding out what law he'd violated.
What makes you say that Baron? Because we think that sexual deviates like Foley should not be in a position of power and instead be behind bars? Weren't you the one who said in a thread that anyone who threatened another or possibly tried to harm another should be beaten to a
pulp? And you accuse us of a acting like people high on wheat in a witch hunt? Right. But I guess you hold yourself apart from everyone else. How nice it would be in your world Baron. Sexual predators could prey on kids as much as they wanted because you'd think it was bad to investigate them or try to stop them in case it turned out like a witch hunt. But it's ok to beat an old drunk man to a pulp.
I must admit, Bells, I prefer your way. If I think someone is guilty, I'm just gonna' go shoot him between the eyes with my .44 Magnum. It's so much easier than all those silly-assed laws and rules and such, don't ya' think?
You tell me Baron. You seem to think it wrong for cops to try to catch sexual predators out, just as you seem to be unsure whether an adult male sending sexually explicit message to a child is appropriate or not. You dont think he should be held accountable for his actions?