you and pezus obviously see  the military differently,trust me military discipline is just what they need to sort them out,not every soldier is pissing on arabs as they go you know and taking a holiday snap of it,the miltary is a massive machine where these to be truthful complete wastes of space that offer and will offer nothing to society need to go,

i apologise for sounding liek your dads

that is fair enough,we come from different eras i guess,i think maybe one of that group would become a soldier,i am talking about giving their youth a structure and discipline,i don't know what the streets of iceland are like but here in england and i'm guessing the us it is pretty ugly and in my opinion these undisciplined kids who i bet have no father figure in their lives best chance would be some good old fashioned military camp,i don't care if one of them is a psycho its the other 6 i'm trying to help

Let's put it into perspective. Here in Sweden where I live there are WAY less severe punishments for crimes, yet they happen less often. To stop an issues you always have to take out the source first which, in this case, is the parents who raise their kids wrongy and who don't set boundaries. The parents are the ones deserving a punishment for making such mistakes. The kids on the other hand deserves treatment for lack of sympathy or whatever their aftermaths may be. They can't be punished for having useless parents; it's not their fault. I would rather see the criminals saying sorry to the victum and his relatives than seeing the criminals beaten up for faulty upbringing.

It feels kind of weird that I actually have to tell people this. About any grown up person I know would consider this to be obvious reasoning, but then again, not everyone lives here where even putting kids in jail wouldn't be a consideration, by law.

What's your problem with tuna?! Ease up on them man, they're just trying to swim around. It's attitudes like this why tuna go to different schools......hehe

Sweden is not nearly as diverse as the US, I believe.

And the fact that they are "kids" does not change the fact that they should know better. Regardless of how moronic their parents may or may not be, they should know better by the simple fact that they exist in this world and are clearly capable of basic human functions. Whether from school, or news stories, or whatever, there is no reason for them to ever think that such an action is ever okay. And they should be punished for their actions. That will not only teach them a lesson, but also reinforce the fact that this is wrong and completely unacceptable in society. Also, automatically blaming the parents for this is not the right way to go. The parents could be trying to do a great job, and could indeed with other children. Maybe these teens are just assholes in general, or are just stupid, or rebelling against their parents. The fact remains that these people chose to attack that guy, and they need to live with the consequences of their actions.

Kids of a certain age, maybe. But these are hardly what I would call kids. Under 18? Sure. But kids? They're in their teens. That's old enough to know right from wrong. Punish them severely, and they'll learn their lesson. I see no problem in sending teens to jail for doing crap like this.

sweden,denmmark etc are beautiful and very switched on countries but they are small compared to britain let alone the USA,if your populations were the size of ours with the massive mash up of cultures and seperation of communities,i promise you  your polticians and policies that we hear so much about wouldn't make the blindest bit of diiference,its dog eat dog over here

Of course you should not automatically blame the parents, an investigation needs to take place to determine the previously mentioned "source" (or even sources). It doesn't matter how badly the parents try; if they fail, they should not be allowed to raise their kids (unless you want random chinese kids to be beaten up on the streets on a regular basis).

I think it would be better, since I don't want any random person being beaten on the streets on any basis whatsoever, to punish the people who were actually responsible in a very severe manner. This will serve two purposes, as I have stated before. One, I guarantee that they will think twice before they ever do something like that again. Two, other people thinking about doing it will hear about the awful punishment that they'll get if caught, and think twice before doing it.

The justice system should serve not only as a punishment to those who commit crimes, but as a deterrant so that others do not also commit those crimes. If the punishment is actual punishment, then it will get the message across. Punishing the parents won't stop the kids from doing this again, and I don't think that "rehabilitating" them or whatever will either. They'll go through the program, smile and nod, and then go right back to doing that they were doing. I think that punishment is a far better motivation to not do something like that again.

Thank you :D

Anyways: "With great power comes great responsibility".

America, UK and such big countries should try harder. The rich guys controls the poor guys opinions way too much. I mean 2 mayor parties to vote for?, come on. This country is tiny, yet we have more than 11 with influence.

Well, they will get their own ass kicking eventually.