No not funny, these kids are incredibly stupid and deserve to go to jail. They had no future anyway, you can almost be certain they would've been welfare recipients. Smart people think ahead and understand consequences, how they didn't consider what would happen to them after setting this guy on fire in broad daylight in the middle of an apartment complex is proof enough that some people are just too dumb to function in society. I mean if they can't even understand common sense, what hope does a teacher have of teaching them anything?
Smart kids would have beaten the guy up. Not severely or bad enough he has to go to the hospital, but a good beating that will leave the guy bruised all over without permanent damage. That's what the guy deserves and now if the guy is smart, he would not bother to report the beating because he should know that he received a fair punishment for not paying back $40 and then snitching. Though if it's the kid's father's bike, I can understand. The father is the one who's going to do the reporting because he wasn't involved in the $40 loan and wants his bike back.