Earls is a bad man. He raped a little girl and got a ridiculous one-year sentence. But it's still astonishing that last night two grown men openly discussed on national television whether or not it's OK to just up and kill him.

O'Reilly, cognizant of the criticism he received for his role in turning George Tiller into a national villain who was then gunned down by an abortion opponent, managed to struggle through the moral logic of Thou Shalt Not Kill. But Rivera, with a wink and a nod, basically said "Yes." The only reservation he has about someone taking his advice to go out and kill Earls is that they might get hurt themselves.

Here's the gist of the exchange:

O'Reilly: If Earls ever walks out of jail and gets killed, who are they going to blame?

Rivera: ... I can only tell you ladies and gentlemen, that I will not weep if something happens to David Earls. I do not encourage vigilantism. I think it is something that puts your own life at risk. I do not advise it, I do not counsel it. I will not, however, weep if David Earls is found sometime on a country road.

O'Reilly: We obviously don't want anyone to do anything. That would be as morally wrong as what Earls did—to take Earls' life. You can't do that.

Rivera: I don't agree quite with your moral reasoning. You're more moral than I am.

These men actually want people to die.

A member of 4chan posed as a 13-year-old girl to talk to Ron. In the ensuing dirty talk on MSN chat, the chatter convinced Ron to drink his own urine and play with a dildo, all on webcam. The chatter took screenshots and uploaded them to 4chan.

As long as the screenshots qualify as evidence, Ron could land in jail for soliciting sex from a minor, but that doesn't matter. These kids play a lot dirtier than Chris Hansen and his crew on To Catch A Predator. The chatter (actually "a male of undisclosed age," possibly still under 18) helped other 4chan users gather Ron's personal information. Someone posted links to various possible Reverend Rons, and the 4channers are scouring the pages for contact info to harass him.

So! Is their behavior noble, despicable, or some pervy mixture? DISCUSS.

UPDATE: The reverend himself apparently just entered the forum — or someone just grabbed a photo of him and is playing a joke, which seems more likely.