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Also, shouldn't most children under the age of consent not be playing GTA IV in the first place?
I find it a little disturbing that you refer to child molestation as grooming. I am not sure what to make of that. :D
If that were the case mxy cops wouldn't need to do this stuff. My boss' kid is 12 years old and plays GTA4. But its good that police are using this to catch pedophiles, any medium they can use to catch them is allright with me.
Uh... yeah.... what Mxy said. Parents just aren't doing their jobs. I need to make a bumper sticker for that or something, my mouth hurts from repeating it.
I agrees with Mxy.. Also, "Either way, the cops and Destructoid have something in common -- we can play videogames all day and call it work." too funny and true. ;)
Shouldn't kids not be playing GTA
dtomek: I'm not referring to molestation when I say grooming. Grooming is quite commonly used to refer to the process of luring kids online.
Cousin.... why don't you have a seat over there. Just... go ahead and take a seat.
Shouldn't the people playing GTA be of legal age?
Hey Chief, I'll be in the back playing Grand Theft A...I mean catching pedophiles.
Man I guess this will be the next Dateline epsidoe To catch a pedophile with a GTA4 game.
So they're trying to catch the guys looking for small American teetees?
MechaMonkey went there.
I would have to guess by the people using headsets on GTAIV MP, at least 10% of any given match are very obviously underage.
What is this shit? We don't play GTA.
Oh, fuck.
If you're a parent and you're letting your kid play GTA, you deserve to have them kidnapped.
What then, though? Do they subpoena XBL/PSN for the IP address of the username, then request the address information from the ISP for that region? Seems like the closed nature of console connectivity would make that a royal pain in the ass. Perhaps they just arrange some meeting so Chris Hansen can be there.
@Rockefellow: +10
Also -
@slick - bravo, you obviously aren't a parent. Did you know that underage kids will have friends who have houses that have consoles that have GTA IV because their friend's parents are irresponsible? Then your unsupervised underage kid starts playing GTA IV online with his/her friend and is lured by an online predator. So by your logic, and me being a parent, I shouldn't let my kids have friends? Or should I take it one step further and start interviewing the potential friend's parents to see if they allow their underage kids to play GTA IV?
Yay. More police intrusion.
I've had some hardcore cybers in online Chess matches.
The queen is hot. 'Nuff said.
@BattyAdroit
Yeah, they should just let the pedophiles be.
I bet the cops are over joyed that they can play gta4 and call it working. I want to know just how many pedophiles they have actually captured with this new method.
I want to know two things:
1.) Is this effective at all?
2.) How much of my state taxes are going to pay for this crap?
Tell the cops to browse 4chan or WoW servers if they wanna catch pedos instead of playing GTA4 on taxpayers money.
@Misanthrope
that would probably be more effective than patrolling GTA servers thats for sure.
your caption is hilarious. well played, jim.
I just want to see it on TV. To Catch a Predator is the best show on television...except I think it's on indefinite hiatus :(
The only way to catch a predator is to BECOME one. Everybody knows that.
@Gregor: Queen's knight to A3
"Child predators are migrating from traditional methods to alternate media," stated Detective Lt. Thomas Kish of the Michigan State Police. "They are going to places where children are."
Those predators are getting craftier everyday...
I love that they're using games that children shouldn't be playing anyway. Stupid parents...
GTA4 party van!
That's just an excuse for cops to play GTA while on the clock.
By the way, in America it is 17+ for GTA, not 18+
Anyways, I want that job. I could pretend to be the rapee! I'm 16, it could work.
So does that mean that cops can also fill their WoW addictions while working now? aka, "I think one of the Guys in my Kara run is a pedophile, im gonna keep tabs on him"
Wow.. That's... Clever?
I want to be a Cop now.
Who the hell are paying these cops to play GTA IV?!?! These kids should not even be playing GTA IV, if they were mature enough they would not go out and meet some stranger they played online with.
You guys know there is such a thing as parenting, right?
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