[Oddball]

I doubt very much that if a court case went through, that it would "ruin their life". I doubt they would even go to prison. It would be a wake up call.

Lemme tell you about the time I had a knife pulled on me at school.

Now my friends and I were playing tag on the school oval. One of my friends ran around someone and I made beeline for my friend, knocking this guy straight over and his icy pole was knocked out of his hand. Now I didn't realise how pissed off this kid was until he said "I'm gonna kill you" and drew a knife. I was like ed: "how do you get so pissed off over a piece of flavoured ice?"

I was scared to come forward, I told my mum about it that afternoon and she made me go back to school and tell the deputy headmaster. There was an investigation into the matter and I was sort of "hey it's OK the guy seems sorry about it blah blah blah." Then I realised that it's NOT OK that this guy pulled a knife on me. I had a right to come to school and feel safe. Anyways so the kid WASN'T expelled amazingly partly because the principal was a lady who was really soft.

So I guess we as members of a community have the right to enjoy ourselves without being harrassed by wankers.
I understand the decision but the fact is that we won't ruin their lives, it will be a huge slap on the wrist.