Men Kidknapped Child; Later Revealed to be HOAX

Hey, everyone. We all have something that sickens us. Some places in the Internet sicken me; including Porn websites, pop-up ads, ugly, messed-up sites, memes featuring body parts, ads featuring disgusting body parts, NetZero and prank videos that hurt people and ruin lives.
This is a reason the Internet sickens me.
Prank videos involving people hurting themselves, other people, or doing things to look as if they're pretending to hurt themselves or other people, and ruin others' lives. Something like the latter occurred last week when a video of a kidnapping hit YouTube and every female parent was outraged.

The vid took place at this park in Washington state. A guy runs up to the playground, kidnaps a young boy, and runs to his truck, where his cohort drives them and another dude away and to someplace and do God-fears-what.
Here's the twist: the 'napping was a prank, everything was videotaped, and the child was a relative. Yep, the boy is related to the idiots who made the video. They told police about what they were planning to do as clearance to make it happen, but word never got to everyone at the park. As soon as they went back to the park to take the child back to the swings and slides, angry parents were waiting and berated them for the stupid task. They said it was all fake and for awareness on child kidnapping, but they still were angry.

I didn't have the real thing, but here is an ABC News report that aired on Good Morning America:


The two knuckleheads (or lack of dirtier term), cousins Jason and Jesse Holden, taped the video. They claim that this is a "Public service" for child kidnapping, even though a disclaimer never appeared during the duration of the video. I don't buy it. I've seen many PSAs during my childhood, and, as cheesy as they are, I know what they are and what they teach me and other kids from the second they start. This looks cheap, cruddy, and not a generally-noticeable PSA.

I don't know who would find these pranks (especially this one) to be funny, but those who do are sad people indeed. I admit, I do laugh at some things I shouldn't, but this I will never laugh at. This crossed so many lines that even a real kidnapping wouldn't cross, And I think the guys responsible for it should get arrested and sent to jail. I don't care if they have a popular YouTube channel with hundreds of subscribers who expect a new video every week or month of them making other foolish videos of them hurting themselves of other people. This is stupid, and they know it, regardless.

The chief of police in Washington state says that "There's no law against stupid". Oh, if only. If there really was a crime, nearly half the nation would've gone to jail years ago.