WHILE agreeing with your correspondents that it is unfair to blame the producers of the Jackass show for young boys copying their stunts.

I feel that they have failed to comprehend the mentality of the average young male.

The fact that a warning is given probably makes the copying of a stunt more attractive.

Young boys like a sense of danger, but unfortunately lack the full knowledge and judgment to make a proper assessment.

Instead of just issuing a stark warning of the dangers perhaps the producers of such shows should show the careful calculations, planning and risk assessment that goes in to the setting up stunts before they are performed, and also the outcome of those that go wrong.

Youngsters have probably been warned many times of the dangers of certain feats, which they have then gone to perform without any mishap and thus have become immune to such warnings.

Reasoning does not always feature high in the behaviour of young boys, who are in their own eyes blessed with immortality and have immunity from danger.

There is no easy way of preventing youngsters from placing themselves in danger short of tying them up or attaching them to a long leash so that they can be under parental control at all times, even then I suspect they would find some way of getting into mischief.

It is natural to want to blame someone when a near one is injured in a 'stupid incident' but sometimes it has to be accepted that these things happen, and that a sad combination of human errors is the real culprit.

L LAWES, Bold Street, Blackburn.