Originally Posted by Osem

There's rather too much of this senseless and highly aggressive 'lashing out' by thugs like this young moron. All too often it's aimed at weak, elderly or otherwise vulnerable people who it must be obvious are at risk of serious injury if not death. If the courts can set an example by giving 11 years for arson with no deaths or injuries, why on earth can't they send a message to the thugs that if you behave in this way and cause serious harm, the fact that you didn't think through what might result is not a mitigating factor.