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[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

We were even going to kill Johnny Depp’s dogs at one point but settled for the “hostage video”.

Let me guess, it's because he was rich and famous.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I think it was more about sending a message. In a way yes because he is famous, but in the way that they wanted to leverage that as a deterrence. It wasn't about "letting him off the hook". It was about using him as a platform to say to the world "we do not fuck around when it comes to this". If you've seen the hostage video you know what I mean 🤣

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I have not seen this hostage video.

Is it easy to find?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's a short news story about it with some additional context https://youtu.be/4a7ExWd698w

Here's the original clip https://youtu.be/Q2BDtdkyxFk

If you search Johnny Depp hostage video you will find it. We don't talk about she who must not be named.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you!

I can see how this might be a win-win for both parties. Yeah, JDepp gets off cause of his fame. But the AU government also gets to use that fame to send a message to everyone else.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

They were never really going to kill the dogs. The full context was along the lines of "well you can do the right thing, or we will have no choice but to..". I'm not aware of any cases where they've actually euthanised a pet, famous or no. It's an absolute last resort as they would rather just quarantine them. But yeah, pretty funny and a win for the government.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/4a7ExWd698w

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

In Australia under a rightwing government? No, they wouldn’t have given a shit about that.

It was because he broke biosecurity laws. Something we take seriously here after witnessing how rabbits, foxes, and canetoads fucked up the environment.

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