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Brett, perhaps some of us from an older generation would consider being viewed on u-tube doing something reprehensible embarrassing and stupid, but there are far too many in the current generation who consider it exhilerating and empowering.
Being sorry because you got caught, doesn't have the same level of repentence as learning and understanding why you were wrong. Our personal actions ALWAYS have consequences, often known and sometimes unanticipated, and we each have to learn of their existence.
A really unpleasant penalty, for a stupid act in Texas provides a learning opportunity for a lot of other 17 year olds in Texas, and if publicized as much as the act itself, can teach a lesson to 17 year olds in Oregon and a lot of other places.
Punishment shouldn't be, "a pound of flesh". It should be something measured that will support the argument, that can be easily recognized, that doing what was done is not worth the consequence that follows choosing to do it.
Don't know what you consider serious, but the dire consequences of a juvenile deciding to deliberately attack an unsuspecting adult, in a supervisory role, to the extent of causing serious bodily injury to satisfy personal frustration, seems like a lesson this young man absolutely needs to learn and clearly understand as soon as possible. Not only for society's benefit, but for his personal lifelong benefit as well.
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