Feb 8 2007

To Catch A Person Trying To Catch A Predator

By Jeremy Schoemaker 35 comments

Warning this is a ShoeMoney Deep thought post… Its just something that went through my mind. Try not to take it to seriously…

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As I was watching NBC’s To Catch A Predator the other night I thought how funny would it be if you tried to catch the perverted justice people that were trying to catch the pedophiles then when you showed up and Chris Hanson came out you could be like WHATS UP I GOT YOU CHRIS HANSON I AM SHOEMONEY AND WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH PEOPLE TRYING TO CATCH A PREDATOR!

After further thought though that would mean that you were acting like you were a pedophile and probably isnt the best idea

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Farmer said on February 8th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

I think I need help…I understood that without reading through it a second time.

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Riotz said on February 8th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

You shouldn’t be drinking so early in the day, maybe

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webprofessor said on February 8th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

pardon me while I loller snort…

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monks said on February 8th, 2007 at 4:54 pm

you’re a wierdo

lol

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Tyler Banfield said on February 8th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Try explaining that to the police while they have a taser in your back

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Caleb said on February 8th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Shoe you’re not going to believe this but when I was watching it too, I was thinking, how crazy would it be to do what NO one expects you to do, and show up there acting like you’d been busted but when he gives his “There’s something I must tell you; I’m Chris Hansen and I’m with Dateline NBC“, you could unzip your jacket and to reveal a new product or brand you’re trying to push in loud obnoxious colors saying, That’s fine Mr. Hansen, I must tell you to buy (product X)“. Not that it’d ever be aired, but what if…? National exposure indeed, and as they say, even negative publicity is good publicity.

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jan said on February 8th, 2007 at 5:45 pm

you should arrange that avery prank show host of every prank show in history will appear at the same time, without knowing it before. The confusion will be so big, noone will ever watch this kind of a show again. Over and Out.

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LurksterAZ said on February 8th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

What about showing up, only to summon your own film crew for advertising on YouTube which in turn would have national exposure through the TC show. Imagine the viral marketing coverage, especially if you document chatting and explaining the stunt. Charges would have to be dropped in court, wouldn’t it?

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monks said on February 8th, 2007 at 6:16 pm

now your onto something. document the entire thing and charges would have to be dropped in court. Keep in mind:

Attorney Retainer for Sex Crime Case: $7500 min
Everytime Attorney needs to appear in court: $3-$5k

Is your $15-$30k better spent somewhere else? Maybe…but it would definately become viral!

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Samer Bazzi said on February 8th, 2007 at 6:34 pm

you crazy man, to much SEO in your head.

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.. said on February 8th, 2007 at 7:53 pm

Shoe, if turning up made you appear to be or bhave like a pedophile, what does that say about Chris Hansen.

I personally dislike a lot of these types of shows - which is why i say you should do it !

If its good for the goose..

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Andrea said on February 8th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

do it! then i’ll make you cookies and come and visit you in prison

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Eric said on February 8th, 2007 at 8:44 pm

How about you set them up and send over your kid brother - like a ten year old and say “Hey What are you doing inviting over a ten year old! - crazy sickos” Spin it around and trap the trappers. Hmmm deep - hey man pass to the left….

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Jason said on February 8th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

haha, I dont think this is one of your best ideas, sounds like there are too many flaws in it to go wrong. Unless you were a 12yo pretending to be an adult pretending to want to hook up with a 13yo…
That might just work??

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Nameless said on February 8th, 2007 at 11:25 pm

My best friend got busted on that TV Show and was featured at the end, on the photo line-up. That would be funny if someone was talking smack to Chris Hansen: “Hells yeah, I’d hit that shit…have you seen those knockers on that girl??”

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Jason said on February 9th, 2007 at 12:31 am

Sorry for the second post but I thought of something better.
What if it was a 12yo boy pretending to be an adult trying to hook up with the 13yo girl. But the girl isnt really 13 shes 21 so is she seducing the 12 yo now? Hmmm I think someone should investigate that…hahaha

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Gary R. Hess said on February 9th, 2007 at 12:50 am

mmmm… cookies. Shoe, now you have to! You can’t ever deny doing something for cookies. You think Santa actually likes giving presents? He only does it for the cookies.

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kid disco said on February 9th, 2007 at 1:56 am

What you need to to is find a porn site to sponsor you. Wear a shirt with their URL on it for a ton of money and then try to get on the show.

But then again… “that would mean that you were acting like you were a pedophile and probably isnt the best idea“

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ShoeMoney said on February 9th, 2007 at 3:20 am

ahh nice call kd!

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ShoeMoney said on February 9th, 2007 at 3:21 am

no doubt

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ShoeMoney said on February 9th, 2007 at 3:22 am

ya no shit

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ShoeMoney said on February 9th, 2007 at 3:22 am

HAHA one of my favorite thing is when the girl is like CMON IN I MADE SOME YUMMY COOKIES

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ShoeMoney said on February 9th, 2007 at 3:23 am

woah srsly your friend got busted on the show?

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jim said on February 9th, 2007 at 7:11 am

I love the pre-deep thought warning…

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Preston said on February 9th, 2007 at 7:56 am

This would work and you wouldn’t go to jail, as long as the person doing it is 17 or under. Actually would be an awesome prank.

I actually made a myspace a month back of a 14 year old and sent friend requests to all my acquaintances, so will see how far that gets maybe if i actually do it i’ll make a video and post it on http://www.StreetMagicBlog.com

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ViciousSummer said on February 10th, 2007 at 3:59 am

I think Shoemoney just hit the deep thoughts bong…;)

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Matt said on February 11th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

I’m 16 I’ll volunteer xD

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Dudibob said on February 13th, 2007 at 3:40 am

ummmm WTF!?

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themrsmom said on February 15th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

CLEARLY THE ONES THAT ARE TAKING THIS LIGHTLY AREN’T PARENTS, OR REALLY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO MAKE LIGHT OF A SITUATION LIKE THIS. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING AFFECTED OR SHALL I SAY INFECTED BY PERVERTS THAT ARE OUT THERE PREYING ON THEM. GET A LIFE, SHOE!

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ShoeMoney said on February 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

clearly you your caps lock is stuck. plz fix and retry

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Igor M. (BizMord Blog) said on February 15th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

Hahaha … Shoe … this is one of those posts where you can’t help but read what people write in response.

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ToddW said on February 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Don’t let your kids go in chat rooms and follow them around during the day… bam, safety

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EK said on August 10th, 2007 at 11:14 pm

I think shows like this are basically null and void. First off, unless they have priors AND intent can be PROVEN beyond a reasonable doubt, this is only public humiliation for its own sake. Not one of these guys will ever spend one day in jail if this is their first offense. One person caught in the web committed suicide and there’s no numbers on any others that have done the same thing. Hansen and Perverted “Justice” need to get a life and Dateline needs to go back to doing NEWS and not “reality” TV.

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Mary Doe said on September 10th, 2007 at 12:12 am

Your post shows that you know absolutely nothing about this. Actually PJ has had hundreds of convictions on their evidence and most do at least some prison time. Until this idiot in Murphy got his panties in a bunch because some of his rich bitch constituents didn’t want their property values hurt by an increase in crime rate, there had never been a problem with the tactics or evidence in any of these cases. Obviously you don’t understand that part of a having a life is community service. Maybe you should get a life instead of bloviating about which you know nothing on the web.

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Mary Doe said on September 10th, 2007 at 12:19 am

You demonstrate your ignorance on this subject. In fact virtually all of the hundreds of busts using Perverted Justice evidence do jail time AND they have to register as sex offenders. Perverted Justice works with law enforcement all over the country, with and without Dateline filming. This is the first time a DA has decided that there wasn’t enough evidence and DA’s across the state of Texas disagree with him. Guess his rich bitch constituents crying about the increase in crime rate hurting their property values influenced his prosecutorial judgement. Having a life means community service to involved citizens and PJ’s work very valuable in that it gives cops the expertise and manpower to catch these child predators stalking kids using computers.

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