# FBI arrests 600+ in child prostitution ring sting! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915 "2008-10-28T10:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/21 "2008-10-28T18:43:26Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Taking ephebephilia to the point of a paraphilia is uncommon. True, but who said anything about exclusive attraction or paraphilias 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/22 "2008-10-28T18:46:55Z")
> [@Ensign\_Edison](#): > > This was an ordinary prostitution sting which happened to nab some teenagers. Most of us would probably not be able to tell a 16 year old from an 18 year old on sight. Seriously. Enough Dopers have admitted to frequenting prostitutes– I seriously doubt they were all seeing 21-year-old happy hookers. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/23 "2008-10-28T18:49:00Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > True, but who said anything about exclusive attraction or paraphilias 😕 Steve’s initial post was largely tongue-in-cheek, I think. His point was that it would be insanely unlikely if six hundred actual pedo- or ephebephiles were picked up in this bust. I just went off-track from that in my response and here we are, sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/24 "2008-10-28T18:54:27Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > They needed 518 adults, plus another 134 people at the top to manage 47 kids? “Let me tell you something else, Bob: I have eight bosses!” ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/25 "2008-10-29T00:27:28Z")
> [@Khan](#): > > “Let me tell you something else, Bob: I have eight bosses!” I’ve worked in companies like that. More generals than soldiers and each soldier getting fucked all over by several chiefs. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/26 "2008-10-29T01:35:54Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > I’ve worked in companies like that. More generals than soldiers and each soldier getting fucked all over by several chiefs. You really took that boss metaphor and worked it back into fitting with the theme of the thread again. Good job there! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/27 "2008-10-29T05:43:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > Seriously. Enough Dopers have admitted to frequenting prostitutes– I seriously doubt they were all seeing 21-year-old happy hookers. So, are those Dopers now reading this thread and muttering under their breath, “FBI’s a bunch of goddamned cockblockers.”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915/28 "2008-10-29T22:17:50Z")
This reminds of the stories I used to see in the newspaper about how the local police had seized a million dollars worth of illegal drugs. In the fine print, you find out that they arrived at that inflated figure by using a bunch of ridiculous assumptions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-arrests-600-in-child-prostitution-ring-sting/469915.md?page=1)