Pranks, Yesterday and Today

Back yonder when I were just a young'n we was bad to play tricks on peoples in the community and on one another. It were all in fun and as far as I know nothing bad ever come from it. Like when the corn had been gathered up from the fields and the corn stalks was standing bare, we would pull them up by the roots and set them out across any nearby road. This were always done after dark. As you can see, a driver coming along would hit his brakes thinking he had done run off the pavement and into the field. I don't know if kids still do this somewheres, but I ain't seen or heard of it in years. Can't you just imagine what would happen today: SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT, ONE DEAD, ONE SEVERELY INJURED, FIVE YOUTHS ARRESTED. Today, I reckon young peoples would be in jail, parents would be sued, and there would be general upset from a simple prank. What's the difference? I reckon we have teed off our guardian angels or something.