Kids? doesn't matter

I saw a movie today that almost sickened me, and I've seen a whole lot of weird and sick shit in my time. The movie(very strong pictures, but I guess you won't heed this warning...) shows a 14 yo girl being beaten and kicked and thrown to a concrete wall and down on the ground. As if that isn't sickening enough, the attacker is a 15yo school mate(also girl), and they know each other. She picked her up at a mutual friend's place and asked her to go with her and her friends to a youth club. On the way she hits her with a plank(not shown on the video) and starts to kick and hit. As if all this doesn't make your stomach convulse and vomit, a 16yo girl films the entire thing(and later puts it on youtube. Video is now pulled) and a 17yo lad is filmed as he stands 2-3 meters away, just watching and smoking his fag.

The whole situation is so bizarre and surreal that if I hadn't seen the video myself I would have difficulties believing it, but there it is. All filmed on a mobile camera. In the report on VG-Nett the prosecutor says he might consider taking them in for some sort of counselling thing, thus settling it out of court and giving them a suspended sentence. Fucking why? It's obviously carefully planned and premeditated. If an adult had done this then they would have been sentenced to real hard time and people would demanding their heads on a plate. Why should we make a differnce? Just because they're kids? They aren't kids, they are youths. The fact that they placed it out on youtube means that it wasn't something that just happened and they regret it afterwards. They knew what they had done and was actually proud enough of what they had done that they posted it on the net.

So what should happen with these kids? Well, I think it's obvious that the 17 yo lad should be sentenced for assult, aggrevated or premeditated or whatever they call it and sent to jail for a fucking long time. Minimum time of 5 years should do the trick. Same for the 16yo girl, as I don't believe she is considered a minor when it comes to court, and even if she is that shouldn't mean shit in this case. When it comes to the 15yo I wouldn't mind sending her to prison either. A suspended sentence is basically a slap on the wrist and "don't do it again or we send you to jail". That's what you get when you're fighting drunk at 4 AM with the bastard that snuck ahead of you in the taxi line. Send her to prison for a year at least, hard time. Show her that no matter what you do, it will have consequenses for you, and something as serious as that should get bigger consequenses than hearing a copper say "Do you know what you did? Do you regret it? Good, then behave well for the next 7 years or so and you won't go to prison". I think they should be made an example of. I might sound like a dictator or something, but this is a trend that needs to be killed at the very start. As kids get to experience more violence through TV and games they also need to be taught that there is a very clear line between games and reality. Do this in GTA IV and you'll get busted, need to buy your weapons again. Do this in real life and your arse will go to jail.

Am I too harsh on these kids? I don't think so. Kids these days want to act as adults and live life as adults; drinking, smoking, sex and so on. Then let them feel that adult life isn't all drinking and partying. Show them that the moment you act like an adult you will feel the same consequenses as an adult. If I ever see something like that happen, I will have no problems punching them unconcious, even if they are 16. A hard punch to the back of the head on the girl with the cam, a leg break before a a jaw break on the lad and folded hands on the chin of the girl doing the beating. Learning them that you shouldn't start something unless you can handle the consequenses, even if the other one breaks the law as well.

Throw the rules out the window, odds are you'll go the same way too.
-Max Payne