Absolutely not, in fact I meant nearly the opposite with regards to Townshend. My belief of his "Vigilante" claims, is based partly upon the fact that he grew up in Europe, and as I clearly stated, "probably knows some things he is not saying". Maybe he was abused, or photographed. Maybe his good friend, or his neighbor, or a relative is involved in it. My argument is that because he is European he is much more likely than us to have personal experiences with this abomination that he , for whatever reason, is not talking about. These experiences could have pushed him to do otherwise stupid things like give credit card info to a child porn site to "aid his research".
Or maybe we are all just being suckered.
His guilt or innocence will likely not be based soley on his character (abused victim researching his abusers or vile criminal). In either case, he has admitted to paying for access to the stuff. That alone may carry enough weight.