Overheard at Table 4: 13-year-old set on fire

Seriously, just how sick are we as a society that we can produce such monstrosities as this?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/missouri-teen-charged-with-pouring-gasoline-on-13-year-old-setting-the-child-on-fire/2012/04/24/gIQAmT8heT_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend