Jackass is a pretty convenient excuse ... but you pretty much have to figure these kids know how to get at online porn, too. They'll have seen it all. That's why I have a little bit of difficulty buying the argument that these boys didn't know what they were doing.
A lot of 13 year olds these days are a lot more worldly than we were at that age. I think it's a mistake to assume these boys were all that innocent in their intentions.
I do think these boys didn’t know what they were doing. They thought they were imitating what they have seen in movies and television and video games and that it was OK because that stuff is marketed to them and they have been allowed to view it.
But what these boys didn’t know and are innocent of, is the ramifications and consequences that their faux youth culture would subject them to.
They don’t know anything about the real world, or real adult relationships or how vulgarizing them will suck their souls and make happiness almost impossible.
They are clueless and innocent on that count. I seriously doubt jailing them would have helped. Simply would vulgarize their interpersonal relationships even more.
It’s a sad sick world.