Internet predators

The female officer giving the lecture was a specialist in the area, and seemed to enjoy her ability to shock and horrify the audience. She told us of how she would pose as a child online, and make plans to meet up with older men. "Yep," she said, "he showed up to the meet with a single red rose, a box of condoms, a tarp, rope, and a knife." She gave us a knowing look then, and all of the parents in the room--which was everyone except me--looked terrified.

The officer then regaled us with an anecdote about her time online, posing as a 13 year old girl. "I went into a chat room," she told us, her eyes glittering, "called 'Amy Loves Dogs.'" I figured it was a chat room about, you know, pets. The kind of chat room a kid might want to go into. But that's not what this chat room was about. When I went in there, they were talking about--" she then paused for dramatic effect.

"They were chatting about women having sex with dogs!" Everyone in the room gasped, and I started laughing hysterically. It quickly dawned on me, however, that I was apparently the only one who recognized bestiality as comedy gold. Disappointed, I regained my composure and tried to practice looking horrified.