I can see where you are coming from, but in the case of the two involved in this story, it's a bit deeper.
On ones own, it is unlikely the average man will head off to a mobile phone store, force the shutter open, smash the windows and head off inside to collect some iOS booty.
Collectively, a group of men are considerably more likely to do so.
Organising a group of people on Facebook to gather and go forth and cause problems in a town is therefore a very serious issue.
(In this case, nobody did gather, but what if they did? Millions of pounds worth of damage may have been caused - as it was in other towns.)
On ones own, it is unlikely the average man will head off to a mobile phone store, force the shutter open, smash the windows and head off inside to collect some iOS booty.
Collectively, a group of men are considerably more likely to do so.
Organising a group of people on Facebook to gather and go forth and cause problems in a town is therefore a very serious issue.
(In this case, nobody did gather, but what if they did? Millions of pounds worth of damage may have been caused - as it was in other towns.)