Re: Ridiculous
@Aitor 1
"if I have a frontdoor made of cardboard (not the case) and somebody kicks it and nicks my stuff, it is the burglar who is responsible. Not the victim."
True, the police would charge the burglar. Even if the door was accidentally left open the crime is the same. (but good luck getting your insurance company to pay up)
Personally throwing the book at him would have been too harsh, but this was too little. Some community service or something a little more severe is warranted. The current young generation is far too used to getting things handed to them and not being held accountable for their actions. They have a sense of entitlement from getting things without earning them (no chores, no job) and mommy and daddy rescuing them when they misbehave. Once upon a time parents would ground take ownership of the punishment (grounding, deprive them of privileges), but unfortunately now the courts need to step it up a bit as the parents no longer want to parent.