One aspect of the problem with DoS attacks and warlike responses to these attacks is that the younger generation is getting their computer science training via gaming and hacking. Many high schools in the U.S. are so financially strapped that they can't afford to teach programming, networking, etc., and if they can, the teachers are often also the shop teacher or the journalism teacher who happened to "be good with computers" but is actually rather clueless about real computer science issues and the computer industry. Tekkie high school students aren't being challenged. They are learning their computing skills without mentors. We can help with that aspect of the problem.
Get involved with your local high schools. Sponsor user groups at the high school. Offer to teach some mini courses.
The teenage crowd needs our help learning best practices and ethics.
The hacking problem is multi-faceted, of course, and this is just one facet of a partial solution, but still, do consider it. Thanks for listening. 
Priscilla Oppenheimer
