Long story short. Some kids thought it was funny and put 2 pieces of armlength 2x4 woods on the streetcar tracks and the streetcar could be seen approaching.

That could have caused major accident.

They look to be teens, 15-ish.

I kicked the woods aside and told them it's not cool and could cause accident.

Rather than quietly continue to walk off, 1 responded, "So? Hey! Leave it."

Do you blame the kids or the parents?

I blame it all on violent video games.

Both.
For an age of around 15 this is a tremendously stupid thing to do.
If it was feasible I'd also have called the cops on them. (But they would probably get away until the police come.)

What punks! You should've kicked their asses Galaki!!!

It's definately the parent's fault for not teaching those kids any manners.

Well after seeing grown men act like that in Vancouver. Idunno if its the parent's fault per say. Fact is a ton of people never grow up they think crap like this is funny and acceptable. Being 15 year olds their immature as it is, but that doesn't justify their actions. If I had been you I would have done the same.

Parent's can teach their kids very well and they will still do stupid stuff. When I was thirteen or so me and my foster brother went to Canadian Tire and bought spray paint, we went home and lit matches and sprayed. Then chased each other around with flame throwers. Looking back on it that was a very stupid immature thing to do, but I was thirteen and wasn't thinking.

So these fifteen year olds just need to grow up a bit. I'm sure they will smarten up. But as Manuel said if you could have gotten a cop involved maybe it would have helped teach them a lesson. Sounds like these kids need a good hour lecture by a police officer. Nothing makes you re-think your actions like the threat of arrest and having a police officer tear into you!

'So? Hey, Leave it!' should have been followed by explaining to them that being in jail isn't as fun as they think.

It's not the parents fault that their 15 year old kids should know better. Basic reason and logic should do that and I believe that the whole 'they are only children' thing is gone out of the window once you start committing crimes on your own. There are many instances when even a good kid does something stupid or 'naughty' mind you, even if the parents were good. (Friend mentality is one, doing things because your friend(s) are doing it).

That said, bad parenting can produce worse kids. Arrogance is one of the worst traits to see in kids passed down by adults.

Them being black and me being asian, the 2 males was already bigger than me. I don't think I can win, LOL.

There weren't really time to call the cops or anything since the streetcar was approaching. I could just "leave it" and who knows what would happen next. And they could have came back for a fight if I hadn't got on the streetcar.

There was a white male who was waiting for the streetcar and just... watched.

Moral of the story: white men are cowards!

Seriously though, this whole experience seems like one of those race movies.

O_O The bolded scares me. The underlined is an understatement (no pun intended).

Making flame throwers was fun, just really a stupid idea. A) We could have burnt each other accidently especially since we were chasing each other with them B) The cans could have exploded and taken off our hands C) We could have accidently lit something on fire D) We could have been caught and in alot of trouble.

But again we were thirteen, teenagers do stupid things they don't think about the consequences. However I think by the time I was fifteen I wouldn't have done something so stupid. Infact even at thirteen I would have never done something intentionally to hurt others. Putting those two boards on the tracks was intentional not accidental or caused by mischief they intended to derail that car.

I also used to put pennies on the tracks to see the train crush em, but that could never derail a train or injure anyone. I bet you did too Sapphi eh? It was fun crushing pennies!