Lock The Door And Throw Away The Key

N.B.C.'s "Date Line" ran the third episode in a series about on-line sexual predators. With the exception of all being male, there were no other common denominators found in these twisted individuals. All ages, economic, ethnic and professional backrounds were represented. Personally, I have known three individuals who were victimized as children and they have carried those demons into their adult lives. We do not know what origionally triggered this type of behavior in their lives, but we do know that there is nothing that can successfully deter their behavior. Now I pride myself on being a civil libertarian, however until we are able to determine how to stop this behavior, these individuals cannot be allowed to exist in society. After just one conviction of this type of infraction, these men must be totally isolated from the population. The damage that they inflict upon their victims cannot be tolerated by a civilized society.