Having watched the CNN piece carefully, it seems to me that the message that they conveyed, clearly, but not vindictively, is that whatever potential these kids had, they destroyed through their own choices, and the atrocious acts that they've committed will follow and define them through life, and not their talents, their potential, or their dreams.

I think that it is greatly painful to see young lives destroyed, however it may happen, and I don't think it is irresponsible to react to it.