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Headline of the Week Weak

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"Driver buckles beer in car — but not child"

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Driver buckles beer in car — but not child

DARWIN, Australia — An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; €460), police said Tuesday.

Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle's floor.

"The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained," Burnett told reporters Tuesday.

"I haven't ever seen something like this before," he said. "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child."

The driver was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.

Alice Springs Police Superintendent Sean Parnell expressed shock at the incident in a statement released Tuesday.

"This serves as a timely reminder to all drivers to ensure they wear seat belts and ensure as is their responsibility that all passengers in their vehicle are secured in the appropriate manner," he said.

115 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

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  1. jo shmo says – reply to this


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    wow…i've never commented i think im first

  2. Paula says – reply to this


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    Assholes

  3. weird says – reply to this


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    wackos!poor child!

  4. Joe Blow says – reply to this


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    Wow. This is an outrage but a women having the baby dismembered by a vacuum-cleaner equipped abortionist goes unnoticed. What a fucked up World.

  5. EHH says – reply to this


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    WOW. that is ridiculous

  6. Haley :) says – reply to this


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    woww.
    I have a story to tell everyone in journalism today :)

    dumbass.

  7. malloryG says – reply to this


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    lol ok. Beer is important, though… You don't want it to get too fizzy, cause then all you have is head, and thats no good.

  8. SanD says – reply to this


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    Yeeeeehawwwwwwww!!!!

  9. BEEJONAS says – reply to this


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    Dude, that's lame.

  10. leon says – reply to this


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    1st

  11. Jo says – reply to this


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    Awesome.

  12. Danielle says – reply to this


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    What freaking idiots. Who would put beer in the seat instead of a child? That guy deserves more than a damn fine!

  13. Tom says – reply to this


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    Re: rainbone – GET THE FUCK OFF THIS SITE YOU LOSER.

  14. Zoe says – reply to this


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    haha at least the beer was restrained behind the kid cause if the car had crashed or sharply stopped then it woulda slid forward into him. but still, parents are idiots. Blame britney.

  15. Kamee' says – reply to this


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    Yea cause you know we can't have that beer rolling around the floor board.

    ASS HOLE!

  16. Carly says – reply to this


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    Re: rainbone – SERIOUSLY, who cares about your sorry ass!

  17. ONLY TRAILER PARK WHITE FOLKS says – reply to this


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    YOU'LL ARE SOME OF THE MOST DUMBEST FUCKERS ON EARTH URGGGGGGGGGGG

  18. babie girl 1123 says – reply to this


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    FIRST!!

  19. nadiya says – reply to this


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    sick and wrong. what an asshole. this is revolting.

  20. pepperpot says – reply to this


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    What trash would do this to their kid? Not funny.

  21. gabby says – reply to this


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    WTF is up with the world. and that picture is just wrong!

  22. Christina says – reply to this


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    Re: malloryG
    you are a douche bag for just saying that.

  23. Coco says – reply to this


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    That is some BITCH ASSNESS!!!!! lol.. but that's something that Heidi and Spencer would do if they had a child!!! Seriously!! Coco

  24. Trent + Reznor = love says – reply to this


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    Some people should not have kids.

  25. sea says – reply to this


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    oh my gosh…………….where is that person's humanity in humans???

  26. VAN HALEN ROCKS says – reply to this


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    NEXT COMES A JOINT AND THEN A CRACK PIPE..

  27. mimi says – reply to this


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    OMG

  28. kiak says – reply to this


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    WTF!! how cruel……..stupid stupid ppl

  29. Cathy says – reply to this


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    That's Pete Doherty when he was a kid!

  30. phoebe says – reply to this


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    only in my country can some one but beer before a human life. what a twat! people need to take iq tests before having children

  31. 123456 says – reply to this


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    They should take that idiot's kid away from him.

  32. j says – reply to this


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    alice springs has the population of like 800 people no one uses seat belts really. overated!!

  33. emily says – reply to this


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    PEREZ!

    This photo is REALLY awful and disturbing. You shouldn't have things like that on your site!

  34. tata says – reply to this


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    where in the HELL did you find that picture??????

  35. Jen says – reply to this


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    STUPIDDD. no excuse.

  36. abc says – reply to this


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    This happened months ago Perez

  37. Emmy says – reply to this


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    That picture is appauling and disgusting. It's child abuse and the asshole with the lighter should be put in jail for a long time! PATHETIC!

  38. DUBYA'S BASE says – reply to this


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    HMMMMMMM……WHY DID YOU POST THAT PICTURE OF A TYPICAL CONSERVATIVE BLUE COLLAR REPUBLICAN GEORGE BUSH SUPPORTER?
    JUST STRANGE.
    ……..AND FOR 19% OF TRAILER-DWELLING, GUN TOTIN', CHEETO-EATING, KNUCKLE DRAGGING, BRAIN-DEAD 'BUSHWHACKED' 'CON'SERVATIVES, "FUCK YOU TOO." ROTFLMFAO

  39. Kevin Rudd says – reply to this


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    What do you expect? It's not a typical Australian, it's a Aboriginal. The doomed race, the race that relies on our tax money to pay for their alcohol habits and free housing. The only race on this planet that is lazy and have high death rate than Africa!!

  40. crazed says – reply to this


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    "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child."

    Hahahaha. No it isn't and it won't be the last.

  41. shut the fuk up...leave bitch says – reply to this


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    Re: rainbone
    No one wants to go to your stupid site…
    fuk off bitch
    move to Australia..u'd fit in real good with thoze efferz
    fuking idiot

  42. Sieg heil, baby says – reply to this


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    Looks like a good Aryan blue-eyed blonde-haired Southern republican in the making to me. What's the point?

  43. i hate republicunts says – reply to this


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    #40 - DUBYA'S BASE
    guess that 19% is the percentage who still support the son of a bitch?

  44. wtf says – reply to this


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    Well hell……he had to protect his beer…..THIS IS A DAMN DISGRACE…..AND PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT AMERICANS..THIS SHIT GOES ON ALL OVER THE WORLD……..THESE POOR CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. sarah says – reply to this


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    didn't we have a similar story a month or so ago? where the mother strapped in a case of beer but left the child unrestrained, and another woman was driving the car? she said it wsa because there was only 1 working seatbelt

  46. Bree says – reply to this


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    oh yes - gotta love us Aussies!!!!

  47. adam says – reply to this


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    why would you even put this crap on, so tasteless.

  48. raw says – reply to this


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    Re: Kevin Rudd – totally agree!

  49. Poor Baby says – reply to this


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    STOP PICKIN" ON MY DADDY.
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    I KNOW HE LOVES BEER MORE THAN ME AND MAMA
    .

  50. suze says – reply to this


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    being an ex pat aussie, I'm not surprised to hear this, especially from the outback.
    I find it suitable that the story comes from *Darwin* and involves these morons.

  51. bRAN says – reply to this


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    poor child - why does god let these kind of people be parents?

  52. Monet says – reply to this


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    I used to live in darwin which is approx. 500 KMS from where this idiot was picked up (he was picked up in Alice Springs) and trust me it's not suprising because the druken aboriginals are fucked in the head and prefer grog (alcohol) to their own children. Trust me there are MAJOR problems there with all of them I have personally seen young babies as young as three wondering around with their siblings or cousins without no parents in sight!! And, of course the parents don't give a toss and don't call me a fucking racist either because Iam half Aboriginal myself (My dad is aboriginal) and seeing that fucking crap up there in darwin made me ashamed to call myself Aboriginal and more determined to make better than these druken losers who SHOULD have their kids taken of them but when authorities try to they scream racism or threaten violence to these poor people that are trying to save the children from those parents that place their kids in horrendously dirty houses and abuse of all kinds.

  53. Marisa says – reply to this


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    What an alcoholic! That is just horrible! Poor kid, child services should find him to a better home….

  54. Kate says – reply to this


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    This story is OLD! I remember reading it months ago.

  55. aaathreat70 says – reply to this


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    This is absolutely crazy and I can't believe all he got was a fine. Here he would have been in jail or at least I would hope.

  56. old news says – reply to this


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    I heard this story MONTHS ago….

  57. Bob Loblaw says – reply to this


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    Re: Cathy

    Oh Cathy, Pete D as a kid….you are so right! That was freakin' funny!!!!!

  58. JKATE says – reply to this


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    Re: j – AND YOU ARE ALL GOING TO FUCKING DIE WHEN YOU GET IN A CAR CRASH AND NO ONE IS GOING TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOUR STUPID ASSES :)

  59. ADeMo says – reply to this


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    Ridiculous!!! The same thing happened with some idiot lady in St. Louis over the last summer.

  60. canadian says – reply to this


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    My parents took a picture of me similar to that one when I was little. But there was no lighter involved. I was holding a beer bottle and had my dad's cigarette in my mouth. The cigarette kinda looks like it was lite though. lol

  61. giggy says – reply to this


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    What an IDIOT!

  62. amanda says – reply to this


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    Re: Joe Blow
    A mother having an abortion is nothing like this you fuck tard. In 2008 Woman finally have the chance to say IM NOT READY TO CARE FOR A CHILD! and assholes like you discriminate there decision without knowing the history behind it. Sure there are sluts who abuse the RIGHT to abort an child but if a woman decides they aren't capable of going through with it then who are you to judge? sure there's adoption but Pregnancy alone is a 9 mth commitment of something growing in your body and NOBODY should be FORCED to go through with that. So welcome to 2008 dick fuck and mind your own fucking business.

  63. jessmess says – reply to this


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    Re: shut the fuk up…leave bitch
    hey there…im from australia and i have never and will never do somethng like that so i really dont think ur in a place to judge every australian calling us fucking idiots off one person….if that were the case there r plenty of dumbass americans i could judge u off…alot more then anywhere else in this world

  64. Bubba Budweiser says – reply to this


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    Uuummmmmmmm…..so…..what's the problem…???

  65. senrabm says – reply to this


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    Ooh un uh. That is not right!

  66. Some kids are better off without parents says – reply to this


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    Re: Joe Blow – #5 Clearly someone vacuum-sucked the brains out of your hollow head. Cute baby. I wonder how many ciggies he smokes a day? Joe Blow-Is this your kid? Looks like he has intelligent parents looking after him.

  67. katie says – reply to this


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    this is rude.

  68. CAMEL JOE says – reply to this


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    Smoking is cooooool and sexy!

  69. jimmyjazz says – reply to this


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    THIS IS PROBABLY THE TYPE THAT DOESN'T THINK GAY PEOPLE SHOULD ADOPT KIDS……..DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    .
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    REDNECK PHOBE FOR SURE!!!!!!!!….BUT HE'S NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

  70. Renae says – reply to this


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    yes the idoits had beer in the seat the kid was supposed to be in but this picture is just ridiculous and should never have happened, idiots yes i mean whoever put this stupid picture up here. and the driver of the car

  71. alfonsojose says – reply to this


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    hahahahahaha .. sick and sad world

  72. Ha! says – reply to this


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    Total Britney Spears move!

  73. TO ONLY TRAILER PARK WHITE FOLKS says – reply to this


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    OH DEAR, TURNS OUT THE DUDE WAS NOT WHITE AFTER ALL! BAD LUCK FOR YOU AND YOUR RACIST COMMENTS THEN!!!!!

  74. smexiiiiii says – reply to this


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    omg this is just wrong u don't feed a baby cigs and beer!!!just wrong!!!!!

  75. Jessica Alba says – reply to this


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    this is so old, wow you sure know how to bring the new to your blog Perez, specially celebrity news, I guess in your eyes this would count as celebrity gossip…

  76. k says – reply to this


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    Why in the world would you use this pic on your website? This picture depicts child neglect at best and with all of your "for a good cause" rallying you'd think you care more.
    No heart.

  77. caroaber says – reply to this


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    This photo is very disturbing. So's the story of the restrained beer, the unrestrained child on the floor, and 2 adults in the vehicle.

    Proud to be an American and not some bloody besotted Aussie.

  78. Debbie says – reply to this


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    This is terrible. The human race is getting scarier and scarier. Now, I'm really worried. My youngest is going to Australia on an internship this summer. I hope and pray that my baby stays safe from wackos like these.

  79. hot mess says – reply to this


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    classic hillbilly humor

  80. Maria says – reply to this


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    WHAT a fucking idiot how can the judge not take the child away from that alcholic…..

  81. robin says – reply to this


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    Perez, You a real son of a bitch for posting this picture. This is disturbing and I am considering turning this into the media outlets because this is child abuse and you are an accessory to it for publishing this picture.

  82. gabi says – reply to this


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    This is brithney' sun?

  83. hotrodjimmi says – reply to this


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    Kid Rock the early years……….

  84. em says – reply to this


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    oh perez dont draw cum or whatever that is over a picture of a baby. i mean, really.
    mad story though

  85. DEBBIE GET A GRIP!!! says – reply to this


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    FOR FUCKS SAKE WOMAN. YOUR "BABY" IS NOT A BABY AND CAN PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF HIM/HERSELF. AUSTRALIA IS NOT FULL OF KIDNAPPERS WHO ARE GOING TO FORCE FEED YOUR ADULT CHILD ALCOHOL.

    GOD YOU ARE AN IDIOT WOMAN!!!!

  86. to caroaber says – reply to this


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    DON'T BE SUCH AN IGNORANT FOOL. YOUR COUNTRY IS THE HOME OF THE HILLBILLY!!!! WHAT ABOUT BRITTERS WITH HER KID AT THE WHEEL AND HER POPPING PILLS ALL THE TIME???????

    DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT BESOTTED MEANS BECAUSE IT IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO THE SENTENCE?!

    YEEEHHAAW!!!!!!

  87. fizzidle says – reply to this


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    Re: ONLY TRAILER PARK WHITE FOLKS – you'll are? idiot

  88. STFU says – reply to this


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    Re: ONLY TRAILER PARK WHITE FOLKS

    OH shut the fuck up. I'm sick of fucking people racist against whites, if you haven't noticed, this site has ALL kinds of fucking races being retarded. Those guys who smoked weed out of a corpse head sure as fuck aren't white…

    Yeah, this was SOOOO stupid, and so is that fucking picture, but seriously. How are you any better than whites being fucked up and racist. Fuck you.

  89. Jenna says – reply to this


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    Thats horrible!

  90. BamBam says – reply to this


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    Um…so all he got was a ticket? Do they not have protective services in Australia for children? Wouldn't this be cause for concern for the child's welfare in general?

  91. Nadia says – reply to this


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    what an ass….that is the most effed up thing i have ever heard. People like that do not deserve to have children!!!!

  92. Megan says – reply to this


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    What kind of people are dumb enough to do that??

  93. this is wrong says – reply to this


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    that is so wrong in so many ways. that poor little boy, he can't even think for himself yet and his parents are letting him smoke and drink

    thats not cool!

  94. carol says – reply to this


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    What difference does it make where you live? Isnt it enough just to be a decent human being? WTF is wrong with you people picking on Americans or Aussies or Canadians? Like any country is better than anyother country or its people. Knock if off and grow up!

  95. Bobbie says – reply to this


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    I'll pick beer over a kid any day!!

  96. karine says – reply to this


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    Why would anyone buckle a case of beer in the seat?!

  97. al says – reply to this


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    im against all of this but i really think that the kid look super cute doing what he did..lol

  98. Lisa says – reply to this


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    Wow!! this is what our world's came to!!!

  99. aussie says – reply to this


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    that's alice springs for you!

  100. michael says – reply to this


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    Re: j – try 30000 you douche! Maybe you should stop drinking and pay attention

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