Applause for draconian punishment: dumbass teenager who threw a firework that resulted in a gargantuan forest fire sentenced to pay $36 million dollars in restitution
Step aside, Smokey. You ain’t done SHIT in 64 years. Kids have continued to play with fire and idiots have continued to inadvertently start fires that have resulted in god knows how much damage and carnage to nature throughout the last century.
But Hood River County Circuit Judge John A. Olson sentencing a 15-year old to pay $36 million dollars in restitution? Now THAT’S going to make some dumbasses think twice on whether or not it’s worth playing with fire and risk starting a blaze and getting caught and facing the gavel themselves.
I really love this story, because far too often, America has seen people who have done terrible things get away with merely metaphorical slaps on the wrists. Draconian punishments would undoubtedly make people think twice or three or four times on whether or not a bad choice is worth the punishment, and if only America would go a little dark side and apply more of them, then maybe this country wouldn’t be so full of shitheads.