Accountability should be taught at home, it is not an academic topic. I was always more concerned with how my parents would react to my behavior than anything that could happen at school. That was not the case for everyone, and it should've been.

As for the kitten incident, you get a big BZ for that. I hope you kick butt on whoever did that to the poor kitten, assuming you ever find out who it was.

I guess the question we must ask is how accountability and responsibility became such discountable conditions in our society?

I will agree that without enforcing accountability and responsibility, the only option we are left with is regulation. Personally, I think deterrance is far more desirable than restriction.