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No. A normal kid wouldn't throw rocks at buildings. It is just instinct. So there are natural instincts that prevent kids from throwing rocks at cars, hospitals

No. A normal kid wouldn't throw rocks at buildings. It is just instinct. So there are natural instincts that prevent kids from throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations. But. A normal kid would not feel any wrong when he/she is breaking in into some computer network. It is again just instinct. To a kid it feels like an awesome and elaborate game with no consequences (and 99.999??% of time there are no consequences and no harm done).

coldtea 14y ago
>No. A normal kid wouldn't throw rocks at buildings. It is just instinct. So there are natural instincts that prevent kids from throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations. Natural instinct? No, it's upbringing. And a lot of kids have shitty upbringing. It doesn't even have to be of the "father was an alcoholic, beat mother etc" kind. It can be "I had a perfectly good family that bend over backwards to satisfy my ego" type, or "I got most of my intra-personal skills off of TV and the internet", type.
- belorn 14y ago
  I recommend looking into (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism#Research_into_vandalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism#Research_into_vandal...). Play vandalism and Malicious vandalism looks to match most kind of website defacing and stone throwing vandals. Throwing a metal bar at a electrical substation to see sparks go off could be done either out of anger or play. Upbrining and after-school activities tend to be the best way in teaching kids not to cause damage where society is most vulnerable. Of course, improving the infrastructure so no website defacing will leak sensitive information or turns of the power to the hospital is also useful. Most Electrical substation tend to have a fence.
- ledge 14y ago
  Jeez, I'm pretty sure I threw a few rocks at buildings in my teenage years, but I don't think that means my upbringing was shitty (it was about as good as possible, IMO). You're demeaning a lot of people's families if throwing a rock at a building (or something equivalent) is your litmus test for having a shitty upbringing.
  - coldtea 14y ago
    Heh, yes, I didn't mean that. I was mostly replying to the parents part about kids "throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations", not to just a kid throwing some rocks at some building a few times in his teenage years or getting on in a fight or two etc (which is perfectly normal).

coldtea 14y ago

>No. A normal kid wouldn't throw rocks at buildings. It is just instinct. So there are natural instincts that prevent kids from throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations. Natural instinct? No, it's upbringing. And a lot of kids have shitty upbringing. It doesn't even have to be of the "father was an alcoholic, beat mother etc" kind. It can be "I had a perfectly good family that bend over backwards to satisfy my ego" type, or "I got most of my intra-personal skills off of TV and the internet", type.

belorn 14y ago
I recommend looking into (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism#Research_into_vandalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism#Research_into_vandal...). Play vandalism and Malicious vandalism looks to match most kind of website defacing and stone throwing vandals. Throwing a metal bar at a electrical substation to see sparks go off could be done either out of anger or play. Upbrining and after-school activities tend to be the best way in teaching kids not to cause damage where society is most vulnerable. Of course, improving the infrastructure so no website defacing will leak sensitive information or turns of the power to the hospital is also useful. Most Electrical substation tend to have a fence.
ledge 14y ago
Jeez, I'm pretty sure I threw a few rocks at buildings in my teenage years, but I don't think that means my upbringing was shitty (it was about as good as possible, IMO). You're demeaning a lot of people's families if throwing a rock at a building (or something equivalent) is your litmus test for having a shitty upbringing.
- coldtea 14y ago
  Heh, yes, I didn't mean that. I was mostly replying to the parents part about kids "throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations", not to just a kid throwing some rocks at some building a few times in his teenage years or getting on in a fight or two etc (which is perfectly normal).