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comment by Kaius

Are you saying it was wrong for charges to be brought because of the threat? It should have been disregarded because it involved a child kidnapping?

What if the police had the wrong man, is it still ok to threaten? What if it wasnt a child kidnapping but some other crime? Still ok to threaten?

Slippy slope there isnt it. As i understand from Wikipedia Germany got a human rights caution and he was awarded 3k for emotional damages.





Cumol  ·  3704 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was not wrong. I like how Germany handles such things. Very Kantian

In the US, the guy would have been threatened, or even beaten until he would have told it.

It's a nice case to discuss

Kaius  ·  3704 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yea i think so too. I dont know if he would have been beaten in the US or not. The fact that a crime was commited against him, he is treated the same regardless of the context or his previous actions.