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Sandy Bergler Corrupting Young Boys

No explicit connection is offered here, but what else are we to deduce?  If kids will mimic the violence they see their characters committing in video games, surely they don't stand a chance at tuning out so vaunted and trustworthy a role model as a former National Security Advisor.

Local YouTube.com misadventures are under investigation by Brookfield police, after they received reports that three youths videotaped themselves spitting into library books and inserting the books into their trousers.

According to police, the boys made the videotapes during recent visits to Merrick Public Library, and then posted the videotapes on the popular Web site.
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Chief Ackerman said no charges had been filed yet. He said interviews with the boys and their parents are being scheduled. The department is considering charges that include a felony — malicious destruction of public property — as well as defacing library material and videotaping and broadcasting the videotape of people without consent.

In other words, these minors could be facing far harsher penalties than the stroke on the wrist Berger negotiated.

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Sandy Bergler Corrupting Young Boys

No explicit connection is offered here, but what else are we to deduce?  If kids will mimic the violence they see their characters committing in video games, surely they don't stand a chance at tuning out so vaunted and trustworthy a role model as a former National Security Advisor.

Local YouTube.com misadventures are under investigation by Brookfield police, after they received reports that three youths videotaped themselves spitting into library books and inserting the books into their trousers.

According to police, the boys made the videotapes during recent visits to Merrick Public Library, and then posted the videotapes on the popular Web site.
...
Chief Ackerman said no charges had been filed yet. He said interviews with the boys and their parents are being scheduled. The department is considering charges that include a felony — malicious destruction of public property — as well as defacing library material and videotaping and broadcasting the videotape of people without consent.

In other words, these minors could be facing far harsher penalties than the stroke on the wrist Berger negotiated.