Well that wasn't that exciting. Just a jolt and he walks away...

~Zoo

That was unwarranted

Whip's comment +1.

If this was my kid, he could expect more than a little zap from the electrical line.  If I saw my kid intentionally vandalizing someone's property there would be some swats along with the lesson.

Possibly, and I'm sure every democrat trial lawyer is lined up. The kid is lucky, he should have trespassed from the property, and his father should have been arrested for having this kid do this.  The little punk got what was coming to him, maybe he will now think twice before committing another crime, maybe it will prevent one in the future.

Not really.  I'm sure if you talked to him he would repeated "change, change, change".

Maybe.  It shows one person won't be a continual victim, and another might just be happy with it.

OH GOOD LORD you people make me sick to my stomach.

The fact that you could condone, nay, defend it is disgusting.

I'm curious, why do you find it disgusting? Because it was a child who got shocked or because he set out to shock anyone who touched the sign? I ask only because I have to wonder if you also find disgusting if you have a dog to protect your yard and a child happens to get in the yard and gets hurt by the dog. Again, I am not condoning the idea of hurting the child, but I think some reactions are too exagerated. This wasn't the smartest thing for this man to do but apart from probably being frustrated because he probably complained and it fell on deaf ears, I doubt he would have done this knowing it was a child who would get shocked, though I won't ignore he could have known. Had this been an adult, most people would probably be laughing and saying "he deserves it".

Sorry, but I have raised my kids to know right from wrong, so your point is not valid with me. 

The person was an electrical engineer, and the dog fence supply wouldn't do anything but give a slight jolt, just enough to get attention. 

He didn't break a law.  Someone tresassed onto his property to commit a crime, he really hold no liability.  Depending on where you live, the owner could have taken matters into his own hands with more serious consequences. 

You're right.  Let's lop his limbs right off.

Your right it was a terrible thing to do. The man should have shot him in the ass with rock salt. If you research a bit, you'll find criminals often get an early start in life. This guy probably taught this kid a lesson, at least maybe he'll think twice about stealing again. I don't want to see kids hurt, but having been shocked accidentally myself this way (working in close proximity to farm grade electrical fences) he was never in any danger. People are making it out like it was the fence in Jurassic Park.

It doesn't say how the guy electrified the wire (which didn't appear to be connected to the sign itself). But he probably used a 6 volt battery system like those used on farms. They will get your attention, but they are hardly lethal. The wire was visible in the video. Teach your kids to respect others property and it never will be an issue. I'm sick of people that think they can do whatever they want, wherever they want to. Sure it's a stupid sign now, what happens when he crawls into someones house to take something and gets a bullet in his brain. Better to learn now with nothing more than a love tap, than the later.

Hmm . . . according to that link, the sign wasn't on his own property, but on some community property owned by an HOA.

And the parents didn't plan it.

But that makes it all okay, doesn't it?

Better re-read that SC...it is indeed his yard...but it is maintained (landscaped if its like our subdivision) by the HOA because its the first thing people see when entering the community.

"The corner of the Turschak's yard where the signs are posted is a prominent point in the Oak Crest subdivision just south of Chapel Hill, so the homeowners association maintains it.

It's far enough from the Turschaks' home that it's not obviously part of their yard, and the boy's mother, Johanna Gisladottir, said she and many neighbors thought it was community property. They were troubled, she said, that someone had apparently claimed the corner on behalf of the Republican Party."

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Sorry, but the parent's sound EXACTLY like the sort of people who got the kid to do it, if even indirectly.

First, they came pounding on the owner's door because their kid was shocked vandalizing a neighbor's property?  I'd be knocking on the door offering an apology if it were my kid, not indignation.  That alone speaks more truth than what came out of their mouths.  Of course they are going to deny putting him up to it.

Second, they have a problem with someone taking over what they considered (wrongly) community property, but they don't have an issue doing the exact same thing....but when they do it...they call it "mixing it up."

Whatever.

Whether or not the parents were involved, and whether or not the child new whether ir was wrong or not...the guy should NEVER have done what he did. Frankly, it was stupid of him. There's no justifying it, a responsible adult wouldn't do it.

Eh, first off, I didn't see anything that showed that they put him up to it. Yes, it does show that he's in need of some talking to, to put it mildly. Secondly, the parents are justified in being outraged. Like I said above, an adult shouldn't do those things. There's laws and police for a reason.