Has our intelligence dropped to zero already?

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

That's because children that age weren't as likely to behave like that in the past.

Not true. Kids have been having tantrums since time immemorial. It's a part of growing up.

Are you saying that the cuffs didn't fit because they were designed in a time when kid's behaved better?

I contend that the behavior shown here is largely unchanged since "the past", and that instead, our standards of behavior have changed considerably. Furthermore, this case represents an enormous change in our reaction to that behavior and how it compares to our changed and changing standards.

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Straw Man.

Not true. The cops didn't use steel cuffs because they didn't fit. They didn't fit, because they're designed to fit adult wrists. The kid's wrists were smaller than what the cuff designers intended to accommodate. No straw man. Just a really short, really easy to follow set of facts.