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Originally Posted by Camilo
Kids do stupid things and then don't ever do them again, especially if they're called out on it. I'm for a face to face interaction intended more to embarass than intimidate. I know it would have worked extremely well on me when I was that age, and although I didn't do anything like that, I did plenty of stupid things, thinking later, wtf was I thinking.
They do stupid things at the level of cheating on a test or putting firecrackers in a mailbox. Intentionally driving a multi-ton vehicle at a vulnerable road user is far beyond a "stupid thing" - it's an extraordinarily dangerous criminal act that shows a total disregard for life and safety.
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