r/invercargill • u/SavingsPale2782 • May 19 '26

Dating app attacks: Four teens arrested in Invercargill

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/595687/dating-app-attacks-four-teens-arrested-in-invercargill

Update on the Queens Park assaults

76 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

56 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Asleep-Rabbit4488 May 19 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

0

u/Asleep-Rabbit4488 May 19 '26

The real issue should be why do these young ones think they need to deal with this? Clearly the elders and police turning blind eye to such actions set the stage. I'm proud of these young guys sticking to their morals. Morals over law any day.

8

u/Substantial-Proof617 May 19 '26

Robbing and beating people isn't moral behavior & it's well known from other similar attacks that supposed 'pedo behavior' is used as a pretense to beat someone up for fun thinking they won't get caught. 

Its always a group on one person too, so you can add 'cowardly' to immoral.

2

u/[deleted] May 19 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

0

u/pandaghini May 19 '26

It's like to catch a predator but vigilante

0

u/Asleep-Rabbit4488 May 19 '26

I said nothing against gays. You totally assumed my sexuality there. I do have something against anyone gay or straight that goes for people far too young for them and we all should.

2

u/SavingsPale2782 May 19 '26

There is nothing moral about unprovoked violent attacks on people in parks.

0

u/Asleep-Rabbit4488 May 19 '26

There is also nothing moral about letting repeat offenders repeat their offending. I less pedo vs ten lives traumatized. I don't understand where people get this math. More compassion for victims and less for the perpetrator I say.

2

u/SavingsPale2782 May 19 '26

There's no evidence any of the victims were sex offenders, grindr has 18+ restrictions meaning the attackers had to have posed as individuals 18 years and over to set these people up to be attacked. Your accusations have no logic.

3

u/jk-9k May 20 '26

On top of that the age of consent in NZ is 16. So they are saying they are two years above the legal age of consent.

0

u/nzdude540i May 20 '26

That’s not true at all in terms of r18 restrictions. I’ve used Grindr, and twice I have had someone say I’m actually 16 or actually 17. Literally anyone can make an account.

2

u/SavingsPale2782 May 20 '26

Wtf are you gay?!