Video goes viral as teen destroys iPad for fun

The destruction of an freshly purchased iPad for no apparent reason except "because it was there" has drawn a lot of criticism. The comments at the video, which has gone viral with nearly 1.2 million hits at the time of this writing (below) range from:

"Proof that America's youth is spoiled rotten. Think they would be beating this ipad to death if they had actually paid for it themselves ?"

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"Agree with shogunz. They are such spoiled f*cks. And that's what's messed up about our world, everyone cares about themselves. It's the fact that they would destroy $500 and not give it to a good cause. Or even keeping the money would have been better than wasting it like that."

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"Don't listen to the others. You guys are heroes."

Yep, you read that right, a few people were applauding this. To be honest, one has to ask not just "what was the point of that?" but also, where did they dispose of that toxic-chemical laden carcass after they were done with it? Hopefully, they didn't just drop it in the nearest trash can.

It's true, however, that the family is obviously rich. The person in question, 19-year-old Justin Kocott of Pittsburgh, PA said his family donated $10 - 15,000 to the Make a Wish Foundation in 2009. They also bought two other undestroyed iPads. Kocott was expecting some backlash, though not as much as he go. As he added:

I knew some people would hate it, but I didn't think that many people would hate it. A lot of people are leaving really bad comments.

His next target may be a 3DTV.