Nope, you're just being the product of an inferior generation of humanity (no personal insult intended). You're probably completely unaware that people have legitimate reasons for making their own explosives. You probably never cleared tree stumps from a field. You probably don't know that the USDA used to actually give classes on how to use ammonium nitrate and diesel to make anfo for such purposes.
What this kid did was stupid (not the bomb making, but failing to follow safety procedures); and he'll have a reminder of it for the rest of his life. But to extend his irresponsibility to suggest that "everyone" who makes homemade bombs should suffer a similar fate would curse almost every decent farmer, engineer or scientist the United States produces to being a cripple.
In an ideal world, of course, the kid would have had adult supervision. But we've created a pitiful world where the children of milquetoast parents aren't even trusted with rimfire rifles, let alone "dangerous" knowledge like basic chemistry and physics.
We still have some old brochures from USDA on how
to make explosives from diesel and ammonia nitrate..
My uncle and granddad cleared many acres of stumps
back in the 50`s and 60`s with that stuff
They said they were always kinda scared of that stuff.
Think you need to be scared to stay “safe” using explosives.
Farm kids today are still quite adventurous let me say