Oh give me a break!! Society does not equip them to be absolute tools! That is a cop-out!!
They should know the limits! Because I drive a car that is capable of doing 200Kph doesn't mean I am going to do it.
Yes, but knowing your boundaries is one of the benefits of being OLDER and having more EXPERIENCE!
You say society doesn't equip them with these tools? Can you imagine a parent turning around 30 years ago and saying "My son, Roger, can't learn anything and is disruptive in class because he suffers from a disorder."
HELL NO! He would have been called hyperactive and had the bejesus flogged out of his behind. Whereas nowadays, we say they have ADD and give them more time to learn, more ability to break the rules, more acceptance and excuses made for them not doing the things they should. The kids aren't just making this crap up themselves.
Whats that make you? Just because you were given brains doesn't mean you're going to use them, as in this case tonight! Nighty Night little one. Don't let the bed bugs bite!
Best ask mummy what "responsibility" means in the morning.
I asked her all about "responsibility" while she was tucking me in to bed and I was drinking my warm cocoa... W T F? Seriously cowboy, have you been sniffing glue?
You're getting crappy with this kid for having a party... granted. I would be angry myself if it really had anything to do with me... but it doesn't.
In "your" day (I find it funny when "grown-ups" claim that a period of time belongs specifically to them... selfish much?) it would have been nigh impossible to chisel out 300 invitations to your friends and distribute them with your horse and sulky when your parents went to see the prodigal son, Jesus, and left you at the hut all alone... this I understand.
Modern days dictate that it's possible for people to distribute information to a large (read: VERY large) group of people in an instant of a second (which is why we have overnight successes like that "Ping Pong" song... *shudders*). This explains why the party got out of hand.
I feel that he's doing what teenagers have been known to do for a sustained period of time... but the means by which he did it are far greater than what was capable "back in the day" of expansa and the like. He's still a teenager that made a mistake... and the more that people harp on about how he's immature, he should be punished, yada yada yada... the longer his infamy will last.
Accept it, have a chuckle, praise the sweet lord Jesus (or whoever your higher power is) that it wasn't your kid, or in your street and marvel at the fact that a 16 year old kid can become famous in a heartbeat for being, well, a teenager... then discuss it 6 months later at a BBQ with your mates when nobody can remember his name.
