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arrested for "not cooperating". Perhaps that's against the law there and one can be compelled to cooperate in a general way. I'm more curious about how they pa

arrested for "not cooperating". Perhaps that's against the law there and one can be compelled to cooperate in a general way. I'm more curious about how they paid rent for a decade, without contact with the outside world (e.g. a job-->salary). And how did this man pay for his five beers? There's an interesting story here, but to my American mind I don't see evidence of a crime unless some were being held against their will.

haasted 7y ago
Based on the bar-chatter, it sounds like the boy was being held against his will. There’s probably also a case of negligence to be made. Keeping children in basements for a long time is likely to impede their development.
- trentlott 7y ago
  Also schooling? Do they require that you educate your child via the state or (not so) equivalent home-schooling?
  - Scarblac 7y ago
    It is required to let your child go to school and home-schooling does not satisfy that requirement so is in principle illegal. There are a few ways some people do manage to get it allowed (you have to argue that your way of life / religion is fundamentally incompatible with all schools in the region) but expect quite a few visits from suspicious civil cervants and lots of arguing. That's the theory, anyway. How it was possible that these children were never checked on is still under investigation.
  - jandrese 7y ago
    Why bother teaching your children if the world is going to end before they are adults?
    - trentlott 7y ago
      Because it'll get them taken away before the world ends Its an annoying needle to thread
Scarblac 7y ago
More details are coming out. The 58-year old renter who was arrested did have an income (from work as a carpenter), and he bought groceries. He was not the father of the kids / young adults, the father was also inside, bedridden as he suffered a stroke a number of years ago. I'm assuming he didn't pay for his beers. In small pubs you only pay your bill when you leave. Not that he'd know.

haasted 7y ago

Based on the bar-chatter, it sounds like the boy was being held against his will. There’s probably also a case of negligence to be made. Keeping children in basements for a long time is likely to impede their development.

trentlott 7y ago
Also schooling? Do they require that you educate your child via the state or (not so) equivalent home-schooling?
- Scarblac 7y ago
  It is required to let your child go to school and home-schooling does not satisfy that requirement so is in principle illegal. There are a few ways some people do manage to get it allowed (you have to argue that your way of life / religion is fundamentally incompatible with all schools in the region) but expect quite a few visits from suspicious civil cervants and lots of arguing. That's the theory, anyway. How it was possible that these children were never checked on is still under investigation.
- jandrese 7y ago
  Why bother teaching your children if the world is going to end before they are adults?
  - trentlott 7y ago
    Because it'll get them taken away before the world ends Its an annoying needle to thread

Scarblac 7y ago

More details are coming out. The 58-year old renter who was arrested did have an income (from work as a carpenter), and he bought groceries. He was not the father of the kids / young adults, the father was also inside, bedridden as he suffered a stroke a number of years ago. I'm assuming he didn't pay for his beers. In small pubs you only pay your bill when you leave. Not that he'd know.