Reply #12: If it's highly unlikely to unfold in real life

[Whoa_Nelly]

then why, in real life, did so many connect with and act on their sick needs and show up at the sting house?

Shame on those who want to discount the fact that, due to the Internet, there are even more who are willing to expand their search for finding a kid to abuse. This is not the "old" days of even ten years ago when the majority of pedophiles were known to the kids either through family or neighborhood. And while those types of connections still occur, there is a fast rising number of sickos who willingly, for whatever sense of warped reasoning skills they possess, seek and pursue vulnerable kids online. If anything, BECAUSE they don't have a direct connection to the kids re: family/neighbor, it probably makes it all the more appealing when there is less chance of being caught due to anonymity.