to think bricks through windows is a little strange??

[DeFluffy]

I know there have been many threads today/yesterday on paedophilia, and that made me wonder about this.

I'm kind of expecting a unanimous YANBU but the reason I'm asking is because that is not the response I got in real life...

Couple of weeks back I went out with group of children and their parents from dd's school for the day. I've been friends with a couple of them for years and another couple I'd only seen to say hi to before. When children were all off playing one of the dad's (one that I didn't know well) mentioned that he'd looked up the address of a man who had recently been in the local newspaper for sexual offences against children, think they were computer images type stuff.

I asked him why he'd tried to look the address up (paper gave road but not house number). He said that he lives on same road (its a massive road, 100s and 100s of houses) and wanted to find out where this man lived to go round and put bricks through his windows. I was a bit but just changed the conversation.

Went out with one of the people there who I've been friends with for years, a few nights ago and I mentioned it and said 'couldn't believe he said that'. She said 'why not? Its on his road, wouldn't you do the same?' Errr no, I wouldn't.

So AIBU? I should actually be running around throwing bricks through windows??

It just totally threw me because she's an intelligent, rational individual...

Well I don't see why bricks thrown through a window would help any. Other than to get the father locked up that is.

But I can understand him wanting to know who it was, just in case it was the nice man in the paper shop who gives his dd extra sweets in her mix up.

I can certainly understand wanting to know who it was in that sense, but its a really big road (just asked dp he reckons 400 houses).

I just thought when I said to her 'that was a bit weird' she'd say 'why yes defluff, it was a bit weird' not, ''not weird at all lets go have us a brick party!' (paraphrasing slightly there )

No point re police, he couldn't find the house number anyway (but i do take your point)! Not too sure how you'd even look for it actually.

hi really cannot stand vigilante-ism if that is a word. it smacks of ignorance and does nothing but stirr up more bad feeling. it doesn't help the victims of abuse at all. it is just thugs breaking the law because they think they have the right to punish as they see fit. again, ignorance.

Just been chatting with DP over this a bit more.

As you say TSH - there could be mistaken identity, or the man may have a wife or children (not nice for them obviously) also its just wrong. It does nothing to help the abused children and just makes you a bit of a thick thug. (hey I paraphrased booyhoo before I'd even read her response!)

Just surprised my friend was surprised that I wouldn't be throwing bricks. Felt like I'd entered an alternate universe.

sometimes RL people really have me like . common sense was not handed out in equal measures.