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How would any of you feel if you as law abiding citizens were visited at home unannounced by a BBC reporter and a battery of cameras?

If you were doing great community work that depends on your anonymity,on a voluntary basis and a BBC reporter turns up at your home out of the blue exposing your identity and address would you be happy?

Some of these hunters are dedicated, thorough and most importantly non-vindictive.   Unfortunately a significant portion can be summed up as follows:  social rejects with too much time on their hands who are wannabe law-enforcers latching onto something they believe will elevate their self-perception of low social standing, but mostly they are simply getting a kick out of denigrating others publicly, especially anyone not from their own 'tribe'.

That quote could also be applied to the make up of the Stormont Assembly

Snobbery abounds on this thread.Rest assured these groups have widespread public support,the Police and state sponsored broadcasting agencies are running scared and trying to discredit them,but are fighting a losing battle.

There was no condemnation from the audience,instead the mood was how can these groups, achieve results and the Police cannot.It's results people want not legalistic bombast or two years of investigations when there is evidence readily available that should be more than enough to convict.

I understand the guy's rant at Magee.From his perspective he is voluntarily delivering a good public service yet all of a sudden a BBC reporter turns up at his door to investigate him, and exposing where he lives etc.

Public opinion will win this war in favour of the hunters.If it helps to reform the legal system so much the better.

No condemnation from the audience to date.On the contrary praise.Shows how out of touch people on this board are

In all of the videos I've seen without exception there has been:

1.Copious and convincing verifiable evidence of guilt,gathered in advance.
2.Admissions in the majority of cases
3.A sting at a pre arranged venue at a pre arranged time with the predator thinking he was going to meet a child.
4.A complete absence of physical threat or gratuitous aggressiveness from the hunters.
5.Assurance that the group would protect the guilty person until the arrival of the Police

Sorry but I remain suspicious of the British Broadcasting Corporation's  (whose dealings with paedophiles in their employ left a lot to be desired),motives.Why pick on one group member? Is this member typical of the average group member? Why are they trying to discredit these groups?

Let's face it if these groups were comprised of articulate,polite, University graduates they would not be effective.

As long as they act within the law they will have my support.

Why is the BBC using licence payers money to harrass innocent volunteers doing excellent community work?

These groups are a lot smarter than they're given credit for.Their aim is widespread exposure,and they're highly successful.Secondly they have widespread public acclaim and approval,things the Police would kill for.Thirdly they are showing up the complex judicial system for the farce it is.Ordinary people,and I will temporarily assume ordinariness for the sake of this,simply cannot understand why nonces who go online looking for and grooming what they believe to be children,and then arranging and turning up to meet what they believe to be children for sexual purposes,are not charged,convicted and jailed when they are plainly guilty and a danger to children.

If we hear of Joe Bloggs from Strabane being arrested for child abuse it means nothing.We will never know what he looks like.With these groups we will know exactly what he looks like,no matter where he goes

John Mahoney? Did he not play for Stoke City?

One mistake? Hardly a yardstick to judge.Any videos I've seen those snared have been 100% guilty.I wouldn't want to see these groups get into Competition with each other,they should co operate.

As I said before it's about exposure not convictions,which few people expect anyway

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