Kids are stupid. That's a fact. The 18 year old is pushing it, but he's hanging out w/ 16-17 year olds, and probably is at their maturity level.
IMHO the ridiculous part is the judge postponing sentencing until after football.
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: zixxer
ugh.... dumb prank.. but these stupid arse kids weren't trying to kill anyone...
Mabey not, but the prank was :"Hey! LEts go put a fake deer in the road and watch people swerve around it! We're not putting anyone in danger! "
Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: zixxer
ugh.... dumb prank.. but these stupid arse kids weren't trying to kill anyone...
Mabey not, but the prank was :"Hey! LEts go put a fake deer in the road and watch people swerve around it! We're not putting anyone in danger! "
Kids are stupid. That's a fact. The 18 year old is pushing it, but he's hanging out w/ 16-17 year olds, and probably is at their maturity level.
IMHO the ridiculous part is the judge postponing sentencing until after football.
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
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what do you think is going ot happen putting a FAKE deer in the MIDDLE OF A ROAD?
you think people would laugh as they went bye? or do you think they would try to swerve to miss it? with a good possiblity of someone wrecking?
I am sure they had a idea that someone might have a bad wreck. it seems logical that putting a large object in a road could cause a wreck wich could seriously injure someone.
Originally posted by: TravisT
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
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what do you think is going ot happen putting a FAKE deer in the MIDDLE OF A ROAD?
you think people would laugh as they went bye? or do you think they would try to swerve to miss it? with a good possiblity of someone wrecking?
I am sure they had a idea that someone might have a bad wreck. it seems logical that putting a large object in a road could cause a wreck wich could seriously injure someone.
If they are dumb enough to actually do it, they are likely dumb enough that they never think about the worst case scenario? Anyone here every drive over a 100 mph as an teenager with inexperience behind the wheel? Those of you that drink, have you ever driven yourself home after a party? What about anything you may have done that could have resulted in a bad situation? Many have catestrophic worst case scenario's whcih you were lucky enough to never encounter. Unfortunately for these kids, one of the worst case scenario's, if not the worst case scenario occurred.
It is easy to be the bystander and say "what a dumb thing to do"... particularly when many have done equally dangerous things.
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
Keep in mind, our prison's are about rehabilitation not punishment. Does this 18 year old kid need to be rehabilitated and have not only 1 persons life ruined but 2 over a prank? While I agree he deserves some form of punishment, locking him up and throwing away the key isn't the answer. The worst punishment he can ever get is knowing that he took part in ruining someone elses life.
I am certain that the majority of people here have done things that they would NEVER do now because it could result in some serious consequences.
Originally posted by: TravisT
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
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what do you think is going ot happen putting a FAKE deer in the MIDDLE OF A ROAD?
you think people would laugh as they went bye? or do you think they would try to swerve to miss it? with a good possiblity of someone wrecking?
I am sure they had a idea that someone might have a bad wreck. it seems logical that putting a large object in a road could cause a wreck wich could seriously injure someone.
If they are dumb enough to actually do it, they are likely dumb enough that they never thought of the worst case scenario. Anyone here ever driven over 100 mph as an teenager with inexperience behind the wheel? Those of you that drink, have you ever driven yourself home after a party? What about anything you may have done that could have resulted in a bad situation? Many have catestrophic worst case scenario's whcih you were lucky enough to never encounter. Unfortunately for these kids, one of the worst case scenario's, if not the worst case scenario occurred.
It is easy to be the bystander and say "what a dumb thing to do"... particularly when many have done equally dangerous things.
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
Keep in mind, our prison's are about rehabilitation not punishment. Does this 18 year old kid need to be rehabilitated and have not only 1 persons life ruined but 2 over a prank? While I agree he deserves some form of punishment, locking him up and throwing away the key isn't the answer. The worst punishment he can ever get is knowing that he took part in ruining someone elses life.
I am certain that the majority of people here have done things that they would NEVER do now because it could result in some serious consequences.
somehow im sure your attitude over this incident would change if the injuried people were your brother, sister, mom, dad, or maybe even yourself.....id love to see you laugh it off while you keep saying 'boys will be boys' as your brain damaged family member sits next to you...
im sure these kids families will be ruined financially from the civil lawsuits that im sure will be filed
Originally posted by: TravisT
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
Keep in mind, our prison's are about rehabilitation not punishment. Does this 18 year old kid need to be rehabilitated and have not only 1 persons life ruined but 2 over a prank? While I agree he deserves some form of punishment, locking him up and throwing away the key isn't the answer. The worst punishment he can ever get is knowing that he took part in ruining someone elses life.
I am certain that the majority of people here have done things that they would NEVER do now because it could result in some serious consequences.
somehow im sure your attitude over this incident would change if the injuried people were your brother, sister, mom, dad, or maybe even yourself.....id love to see you laugh it off while you keep saying 'boys will be boys' as your brain damaged family member sits next to you...
im sure these kids families will be ruined financially from the civil lawsuits that im sure will be filed
No one is laughing here, and i'm not blaming the parents or anyone else involved for prosecuting over it. You are totally putting words into my mouth. The problem i see is that most here are wanting to abuse the prison system. Prisons are meant for rehabilitation. If this kid has any concience at all, he already knows he did something seriously wrong, he is serving his punishment probably everyday. He does deserve a punishment more than a few hours of community service. But do we really need to ruin his life over an obvious dumb decision that he made? In my opinion this kid should recieve no more punishment than an adolecent behind the wheel of a car who is drunk and seriously injured someone. I'm not sure what the punishment is for such a thing, but I find it to be on the same level. I think many people here who started drinking at a young age could identify themselves with such a situation in which they were lucky enough to not have something horrible, such as this, happen.
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: TravisT
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: TravisT
All I am saying is that the prank was likely not intended to seriously injure someone. Although certainly dumb, I'm sure they weren't saying "hahah, lets go get someone killed."
Keep in mind, our prison's are about rehabilitation not punishment. Does this 18 year old kid need to be rehabilitated and have not only 1 persons life ruined but 2 over a prank? While I agree he deserves some form of punishment, locking him up and throwing away the key isn't the answer. The worst punishment he can ever get is knowing that he took part in ruining someone elses life.
I am certain that the majority of people here have done things that they would NEVER do now because it could result in some serious consequences.
somehow im sure your attitude over this incident would change if the injuried people were your brother, sister, mom, dad, or maybe even yourself.....id love to see you laugh it off while you keep saying 'boys will be boys' as your brain damaged family member sits next to you...
im sure these kids families will be ruined financially from the civil lawsuits that im sure will be filed
No one is laughing here, and i'm not blaming the parents or anyone else involved for prosecuting over it. You are totally putting words into my mouth. The problem i see is that most here are wanting to abuse the prison system. Prisons are meant for rehabilitation. If this kid has any concience at all, he already knows he did something seriously wrong, he is serving his punishment probably everyday. He does deserve a punishment more than a few hours of community service. But do we really need to ruin his life over an obvious dumb decision that he made? In my opinion this kid should recieve no more punishment than an adolecent behind the wheel of a car who is drunk and seriously injured someone. I'm not sure what the punishment is for such a thing, but I find it to be on the same level. I think many people here who started drinking at a young age could identify themselves with such a situation in which they were lucky enough to not have something horrible, such as this, happen.
on the flipside if they are spoiled rich kids, and since they recieved no severe sentence, and were able to enjoy their football season because their parents knew the judge could give them a sense of 'hey we got away with it once maybe we can get away with something again'
im sure prison would scare the crap out of them and set them straight...
this is akin to sending a kid to his room (which has a plasma, xbox, computer) vs. spanking...
Three of them ? Dailyn Campbell, 16, Jesse Howard, 17, and Joshua Lowe, 18 ? were sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention. The fourth, Taylor Rogers, 18, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 15.
Originally posted by: clickynext
That is BS, but I'm wondering, why didn't anyone who swerved successfully stop and call the police? Bystander-ish effect?