Protecting Children, Not Predators, Should Come First
By Online Security Authority on Jul 6, 2007 in Keeping Our Children Safe, MySpace, Online Security Authority, Predators and Pedophiles
By: Dom Giordano, The Bulletin 07/06/2007
I often watch wildlife programs on cable, and whenever these shows focus on how animals hunt their prey, the animal’s instinct is to focus on the youngest and the weakest. In our society, there is a growing species of predator that prey on our youngest and weakest: children.
These animals are called pedophiles and child sex offenders. Given the danger these animals pose to our children, you would think any law enforcement official would do everything within their power to put them in the cages of our prison system.
Except in Murphy, Texas, where Collin County District Attorney John Roach recently dropped all charges for 24 men who were caught on tape trying to meet underage children as part of “NBC Dateline’s ‘To Catch a Predator‘ ” program.
For the past several years, I have used my talk radio show to applaud NBC, reporter Chris Hansen, and the online watchdog group Perverted Justice (www.Perverted-Justice.com) for smoking out pedophiles and calling attention to the dangers these animals pose to our children and our communities. Their hidden camera investigations and the on-camera confessions they’ve secured have given the public a sobering view of the twisted desires of pedophiles. To date, over 200 cases have been prosecuted because of this program.
Murphy, Texas, however, became the first community in the nine “To Catch a Predator” stings that have declined to press charges from these stings. The mayor, Bret Baldwin, and Roach have spent more energy being outraged over the “Dateline” program than the fact that there were two dozen men caught on tape whose actions and on-air confessions to Chris Hansen clearly posed a threat to kids. Read the rest.
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By Geoffrey Scheid on Aug 11, 2007 | Reply
Here are some common misconceptions that parents and other family members have about keeping children safe.
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS / EXCUSES
“IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I WATCH MY CHILD ALL THE TIME !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I TALK TO MY CHILD !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I HAVE AN ID CARD !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I HAVE FINGERPRINTS !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I HAVE DNA !”
(The problem gets worse)
“I HAVE A VIDEO FOR MY CHILD / STRANGER DANGER AT SCHOOL !”
(The problem gets worse)
“THE AMBER ALERT !” ( Less than 1% of missing children qualify for the Amber Alert.)
(The problem gets worse)
“I HAVE A TRACKING DEVICE !”
(The problem gets worse)
NONE OF THESE HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO PREVENT OR EVEN REDUCE THE CHANCE OF A CHILD BECOMING MISSING. IN FACT, HAVING YOUR CHILD BECOME MISSING HAS SURPASSED ALL OTHER FORMS OF LOSING A CHILD. (EXAMPLE: ACCIDENT, ILLNESS, ETC.)
SINCE 1980 THE MISSING CHILD PROBLEM HAS INCREASED BY OVER 468%
“I HAVE CHILD SHIELD, U.S.A.!”
(The chance of your child becoming missing is reduced by over 3000% !)
If you don’t have Child Shield, U.S.A., you simply haven’t done everything possible to keep your child safe.
Child Shield USA is 17 years old and has 2 million members and a 100% recovery rate for missing and abducted children. No other program can say that.
IT WORKS!!