Comments on: NBC ‘Predator’ suicide case goes ahead

By: Big Al..

Big Al.. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:07:53 +0000

Just a mother, you said the right thing…

Bottom line: Louis Conradt was in a chat room chatting with what he thoght was a minor..He also was soliciting sex from this minor in which he had no business doing so..Just like the others that got caught…

Patrick says that there is a level of hysteria..From what I read on those chat logs on the Perverted Justice Archives, those guys are some sick individuals..These people go one line, look for underaged teens like sharks in the ocean, groom them with sex chats, and try to meet with them…Lord knows what might have happened if those were actual minors..How brainedwashed is that…If it wasnt for Dateline, I would have never had a clue about how these predators use the web to lure minors….I had teenagers at that time, so I feel I need to know so I can protect my children from people like Mr. Conradt who is supposed protect the public….

I will not only defend what Dateline was doing, but I encourage them to do these stings again..I like it when these predators are exposed…Because they are some sick individuals that need to be off the websites, away from our children, and off the streets..
As a parent, I do not see anything wrong with that..

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:41:48 +0000

@ Mother:

http://www.rit.org/essays/think/independent.html

I feel like this is the message the above post is trying to convey.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:10:52 +0000

Yo, Mother, get over your hystrionics! Get a life! Get UNbrainwashed! Google the term “Sex Offender Hysteria”. LEARN about it and STOP it!

Patrick, you are so extremely correct!

Reader’s Write Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm,

Your first paragraph makes complete sense. However, this dude was an attorney. He knew what would happen to him if he didn’t get the job done when he did. He would have been put on “Suicide Watch” and then ‘you know the REST of the Story!’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:01:37 +0000

I totally agree with the above statement, and all other allegations against the network. It’s pretty fucked up that this sort of thing is constantly being televised on public display, along with “Cops”, “Accidents Caught on Tape” and the like. How can people find this kind of shit entertaining?

However, it raises an interesting question: This man was clearly not mentally stable. How screwed up does someone have to be to take their own life just to escape the embarassment and consequences of his actions? At least wait until the trial. Shooting yourself just so you don’t get arrested for a charge that contains very little evidence is pretty irrational, don’t you think?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:51:11 +0000

The fear of child predators has reached a level that can only be described as hysteria. Chris Hansen and NBC made the embarrassment orders of magnitude greater by wanting to film his arrest for a national TV show, and are culpable, or should be, for the suicide. It’s no secret that being suspected of being a child predator is enough to ruin ones life, whether ultimately found guilty or not. Some of the laws to “protect children” boarder on violations of human rights, such as a certain state forcing sex offenders to live a under a bridge because children are everywhere else, this regardless of whether they were convicted of sexual offenses against children or not. Peeing on a bush can get you sex offender status. NBC is just another fear monger.

By: Just a Mother

Just a Mother — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:59:14 +0000

I don’t see how the show should be blamed for his suicide. I am glad Dateline took this show where it did. Child predators might think twice before trying to lure a child on the internet. And maybe parents will be more vigilant in watching what their children do on the internet. This guy killed himself because he was exposed as a child predator and he was in law enforcement. He had sworn an oath to protect people from things like this. He more than likely knew jail time would be worse than death, and the humiliation he would face. He made the choice to contact a minor and try to engage in sexual acts, just because Dateline was there to record it does not make it their fault. I am not one to defend the media but in this case I as a parent amk glad they have brought awareness to the public. I don’t care if it is for ratings, it saves innocent children and in allot of ways their lives.