No one who sees the video can mistake it for a "parody", because the victim is really afraid, and cries out in pain and terror repeatedly. The person who wrote the note above is quick to excuse the boys, and prefers to dwell on the "the real problem", which is the rest of the world.

As long as the family excuses the behavior, no matter what the legal punishments are, the boys will believe that they were not really wrong, and they'll continue with to play their "games". Next time, the victim may be a younger child, or an older person who is incapacitated, or someone isolated by their race or sexual orientation. These things don't just go away.