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Didn't an entire TV show get into some serious hot water for doing this sort of thing which resulted in someone committing suicide while filming an episode? These people are potentially putting themselves in serious danger if they corner a pedo who feels like they have nowhere to run or anything left to lose.
And since these are internet vigilante kids with no oversight, they will inevitably corner some non-pedos too.
Put yourself in that situation- a couple teenagers with cameras approach you on the street and start accusing you of some of the sickest crimes imaginable. Even though the accusation is false, this has the potential to ruin your career, your relationships, your entire life.
I'm not sure how anyone would respond, or should respond, but I can definitely see how people might resort to violence when falsely accused of this horrible shit on camera.
Just happened here in Austria. Police took 20 people into custody (13 have since been formally arrested) for luring people to fake dates where they beat them up.
The suspects said they hunted pedophiles, but at least in some of the cases they targeted young adults who expected to come to a date with 16-18 year olds.
wouldnt those technically be Ephebophiles?
Imported US culture (movies, TV etc) has successfully planted the idea in a lot of people that teenagers under 18 are "essentially the same as little children". So no one cares about technicalities.
Yeah, many normal, healthy people (even Americans) started having sex long before they were 18.
Teens having sex with other teens get arrested for age of consent violations all the time, especially when they're gay and one of the parents is a homophobe
More importantly, it would not be illegal in Austria.
16 is the age of consent in most countries. Even a surprisingly large amount of US states have it there.
In mine the age of consent is "16" or within 5 years of your current age. Whichever is lower.
You'd still get a lot of weird looks, social ostracization, and mean comments but it'd be legal.
We actually had a case recently where a 16 year old had sex with a 45 year old in the latter's van and the police couldn't do anything because according to her she consented and 16 is within the age of consent here.
Raising concerns about whether the age should be raised. But no one expects anything to be done about it. I mean this state has a lot of Republicans in charge and I'm sure some of their mistresses are about to turn 16 themselves...
It isn't the medical definition at work, here. It's the legal one.