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Crimes are not pranks

• ryanlol 9y ago
  Why not? Who are you to decide what isn't a prank? Seems to me that (small) property crimes are a crucial part of many pranks. http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/ http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/
• ballenf 9y ago
  Most pranks can be prosecuted as crimes. Broad disturbing the peace and harassment statutes apply to most. Here's 3 that come to mind: - toilet-papering a house/tree - ding-dong-ditch (harassment, possibly even rising to a hate crime in the right circumstances) - flaming shit on doorstep (obviously) Whether something is a crime or not is a pretty bad test for whether a child should be held accountable as an adult for the act.
• jimnotgym 9y ago
  Lots of pranks are criminal. Graffiti for instance. But if the police found your child drawing a penis on a poster of a politician do you think he deserves telling off, or jail?