SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS

SOUTH HERO, Vt. -- An arrangement for a man to meet (who he thought were two teenagers) for sex started with an accidental cell phone text message and ended with his estranged wife setting him up for a police sting, according to Vermont State Police.
From WPTZ News:

Apparently, this man got a call from his estranged wife on a new phone. He didn't recognize the number so she set up a sting by saying that she was a 17 year old with a 15 year old girlfriend, who would meet him for sex. (Wife was 23 to his 40) The police met him rather than the 'girls' when he sought to consummate the plan.

Had the wife not made it possible for the police to catch him, this man may have harmed other young girls, if he has not already done so. The police cannot be everywhere and see everything. We need to take care of ourselves and each other. Neighborhood watches have accomplished safety quite well. The world can no longer tolerate people looking blankly at crimes and other destructive behaviors with a sense that 'someone else' will make it right. "Let George do it" may have served as a motto in World War II but has no longer a place in our society when it comes to protecting one another. Reminded of a sign I saw on the wall in the hospital registration office years ago, "Pick up after yourself; your mother doesn't work here" we must keep our own medical histories, take more responsibility for learning to care for ourselves, offer help to those near us who may need it should it be within our province to offer it, and get rid of the selfishness or self-centeredness that has been generated in our country for the last two generations.