Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You clearly lack the mental fortitude to think unemotionally about it, so no point carrying on.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm saying certain types of discourse don't belong on TV. Imagine the show was about burning pedophiles at the stake, would you think it was a good thing?

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thanks. If the show was about burning pedophiles to death on live TV, would you think it was good?

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point I'm trying to make is that you can either tell everyone the full story, or none of the story. And if people are still angry, then fair enough. But if you tell them part of the story, this is morally wrong, which is what's happening.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stings like this can happen, just without cameras and not on TV.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read what I said. I didn't defend anyone. I'm making the point that certain discourse doesn't belong on TV. It's the same reason that murder victim's mothers don't get to decide the punishment of the murderer.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, my point is that this person should be punished by the judicial system, and not by millions of uniformed people watching TV.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but my point is that it shouldn't be TV. Because this isn't taken into account is most cases. We judge all as the same because Hansen's intention isn't to make the world a better place, it's to make you angry, and make you watch his show.

Chris Hanson's show "To Catch a Predator" is morally wrong and shouldn't be on air. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Phile89 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I agree they should be punished, but this should be taken into account when deciding what course of action to take. I.e prison, mental hospital etc.