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#278782 11/01/06 02:37 PM
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An alleged serial rapist was just arrested in Philadelphia, charged with (9?) sexual assaults. He met his victims thru an on-line dating service.

In a report on the arrest, a speaker on behalf of women or victim's advocate or something (not just 'woman on the street') noted that sexual predators are just like the rest of us - they look normal, they act normal...

What I wonder about is this: the alleged perpetrator, upon meeting his victims, described himself to them variously as a former astronaut, a doctor, a CIA operative. Who in their right mind believes people they met on on-line dating boards when they introduce themselves as such?

I am not attempting to blame the victims. Gullibility creates no invitation to nor validation of rape or any other sexual conduct.

But shouldn't/wouldn't such grandiose claims raise a red flag with you?

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#278783 11/04/06 04:43 PM
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Anyone that has anything to do with the internet shouldn't believe everything someone says, even if you wish that it was all true. Most people will just say stuff [like in this case] they will just say stuff to make the other person on the website happy and make them think they have found "true love".


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