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Shi Huangdi
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Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 1999
time: 00:32
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www.perverted-justice.com
Found this site linked on www.collegehumor.com Apparently, what they do is go on chat rooms pretending to be a pre-teen/teen child. They then wait for older guys(pedophiles) to message them, and they lead the guy on. If the guy tried to set up a real life meeting for sex, they proceed. They get the guy's phone number as well as whatever information the guy gives up. They then have one of the females who works on the site that sounds young call the phone number to verify that is the same person and that the person is interested in sex. If they are, they proceed with the sting. They take the information they have, and use methods to trace down more(usually tracing the phone number i think), and post the pedophile's photo, name, adress, and contact info(Phone number). The pedo is informed he is put on the site, and once he is up there the site's readers usually harass the person with multiple phone calls. They then use their detective skills to try to find out as many of the pedo's contacts as possible, employers, friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc. They then send them the chat log of the pedo trying to pick up the fake teen/pre-teen. It has been very effective in many cases, causing people to lose jobs, cause peoples wives to leave them, caused one person living with his parents to be kicked out of his house, etc.
People in favor of the website defend it, as only people who have tried to meet a minor for sex get posted and it is only fair to alert the pedo's community that he is there, and that it acts as a detterant against trolling for underage sex. Others claim this site just drives pedo's underground, that it does not respect due process, and that it ruins people's lives.
What do you guys think?
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DanielXY
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Germany
Dec 2002
time: 05:32
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If its right or wrong Really depends on their "Victims". No Problem if its the stereotypical 40y old guy wants to **** 12y old girl.
But since children is defined as anything below 18, there are cases where it would seem rediculous. Think 19 year old guy want to hook up with some 17 year old girl...
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Shi Huangdi
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Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 1999
time: 00:32
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"I think it's a great idea, still it's entrapment."
Actually it isn't, because first off only police officer can committ entrapment- vigilantes don't have to hold themselves to the same standards cops do. Also, it's not entrapment because they always let the guy IM first.
"This one, and a few like it bother me, in that the site "staffer" pretends to be an older-man loving girl. "
Well the idea is in to stop these people, since if they did run into an older-man loving girlthey would take advantage of her. Also I think most of the cases the pedo brings up the subject of sex first.
"Why wouldn't they just proceed to hand over the information to the police?"
Because, simply chatting someone up online is not a crime.
"What if they decided to post a malicious entry about you?"
They could, but it would be dangerous for the website to do so. For one, they publicly post the contact information and screenname. If anyone else on the site knew about the grudge, they might suspect something right there. Next, the phone numbers are usually verifired by someone different- one of the females on the site usually calls the number and verifies the number is real and the guy wants to do it, so I suppose one of the verifiers would have to be in on it.
Finally, if it were false, it would be extremely likely you would see a defamation lawsuit, which would mean the potential loss of alot of $, and could destroy the website's credibility. As far as I can tell, all of the site's staff not only respect their work but are highly fanatical about it, and wouldn't want to compromise it's integrity by something like that...
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Whaleboy
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Please make all cheques payable to Whaleboy
Jan 2003
time: 05:32
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I think its a great idea!! 
Its perfectly within their rights, both legally and morally, and since one is not beating the paedophile physically, it cannot be vigilantism either. Call it prudent citizenship. Since the paedophile has done nothing strictly illegal (to my knowledge, though I know this varies, but morally of course having a conversation is fine), getting the police involved, but ruining his life by legitimate means is ok by me!
When one engages in a conversation on the internet, you are taking a risk that the person you are talking to isn't who they say they are. Part of that risk entails consequences such as these. If you want to **** little girls, then you should expect such consequences.
I dont think its driving them underground as such. Its closing an avenue they use, and will also close the route to "evening" paedo's, young men who do it for a laugh. For such people, who are disturbingly common, such an approach should encourage a drink-drive social acceptability thing, where advertising and conseqences convince people that this is wrong.
to the people that came up with this idea!
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