Comments by "David Aspinall" (@yt.personal.identification) on "'Don’t put handcuffs on!’: The aftermath of a 6-year-old’s arrest" video.

  1.  @jamiel8552  I live in Australia. I must wonder, how can this be the first you have ever heard of this sort of thing? Wow
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  2.  @jamiel8552  The thing you should have picked up on is that Australia gets news from all around the world. In America, you aren't even properly informed of your own country, never mind a foreign country. That isn't something you should defend.
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  3. Just no. NO NOOOOOO! The psychological damage can't tell it was pretend. No mater how 'pretend' YOU understand it is, the child doesn't. Think about it. Seriously.
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  4.  @jamiel8552  Don't be upset with me that you are not told important news, that we get in other countries. It's not my fault.
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  5.  @jamiel8552  Your news media failing to inform you of such important actions is indeed a fault. You seem intent on arguing. I would rather not, but will oblige if that is the what you want.
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  6.  @ShootEmUp2000  Thankfully.
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  7.  @piaz2023  I can imagine that this is the type of news they could choose not to tell you on local news.
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  8.  @piaz2023  I realise you are not defending it. In fact, you appear to be the only one that is clear I am blaming media...not the person. I thought I made that clear, but maybe not, judging by the responses. We knew it happened, but 130 average a year...that's 2 or 3 a week!
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  9.  @jamiel8552  It's either the media failed you...or you failed to recognise. Your claim that you can't know because America is big, falls over when you remember we heard it in Australia. We get news from this big America, as well as Europe, Asia, Africa and the whole of Australasia. In case you didn't realise, that's bigger than just the US. If little Australia can manage it, then the almighty US shouldn't struggle...should it? Children being arrested, on average 2-3 times a WEEK is important enough to jump ahead even in the big news weeks. Your argument "it's too big" doesn't hold up. I am trying hard not to hold you accountable for not knowing, but you really are making that near impossible.
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  10. American
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  11.  @codyskrobot1362  I fear Australia is following the US lead on this one. Too many of our college places are now filled by overseas students paying big money, instead of educating Aussies. ...but that is an entirely different rant. Don't get me started on that one. 😉
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  12.  @jamiel8552  If the US has a 1 hour news service, it will mostly be on US news. I get that with a smaller population Australia has fewer news stories about Australia. That is not in question. That is why they would do world news...the whole world not just US. Australia does NOT dedicate much time to US news as a percentage of the entire news broadcast ( Sky Propaganda Service being the exception ), so for the small amount of time dedicated to ALL of that US news from a huge population, you would think there are enough really big US stories to fill that fraction of a news broadcast every day. Somehow, with all that US news, and other foreign news, squeezed in to a tiny fraction of a news broadcast, we still heard about it. The story must have come from a US affiliate, that chose not to air it. When looking at statistics, let's look at the percentage of time dedicated to broadcasting US news, not just some population statistics. Doing that you will find Australia dedicate MUCH lower time to reporting on the vast amount of US news, than the US does. Australian media still found time. Therefore, I can only deduce it was a question of priorities.
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