These are the people who are not going to let such trivialities as the rights, feelings and property of others get in the way of them having a jolly good time.

It’s the “me generation” at its very worst.

Twice this week this newspaper has carried distressing tales of the damage – material and psychological – that these vandals can wreak.

Earlier this week we reported on the elderly Kelso couple who have become the targets of neighbourhood vandals who have launched an appalling assault on their Spofforth Street home.

In recent times they have had soiled nappies placed in their mailbox, had plants and trees poisoned in their front yard, expletives written in their lawn with weed killer, and had the front of the house and garage painted with obscene graffiti.

It’s the sort of living nightmare that no-one should have to endure in their own home, and no right-thinking person could begin to understand what must go through the minds of those responsible for these reprehensible actions.

Nothing, you might suspect.

Similarly, the drivers who regularly cut up the Bathurst BMX Club’s track with deep tyre marks – rendering the track dangerous and unusable – obviously think their own enjoyment should come before anyone else’s.

Why should it concern them that BMX riders of all ages should be left disappointed when their race day is abandoned? As long as they’ve had their fun, all is OK with the world.

It’s only through being made accountable for their actions that these selfish vandals will ever learn, and it’s up to all of us to ensure that happens.

If you see someone doing burnouts on the BMX track or spray-painting a neighbour’s garage, don’t turn a blind eye.

Report them to police and let’s see how they like being made to pay for their actions. Suddenly life might not seem so funny, after all.