How true; much of what my brothers and I did back in the day would now be taken very seriously indeed. I still remember when I set off a pipe cannon (not bomb, only one end capped),using my homemade black powder, through the hedge one Sunday morning, not knowing that the neighbor lady was hanging clothes just on the other side. She didn’t call the cops, just my parents, which was probably worse for me.
We had some long-suffering neighbors, I can tell you. Today, you are right; I’d spend the rest of my life in government custody.
Insert commentary on traditional family being replaced by government nanny state.