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Germany has accepted, atoned for and come to terms with its past and moved on to become a modern, progressive, successful and generally enviable nation.

Not prosecuting is not the same as "no crime". There can be many reasons such as unwillingness to testify against a parent. Also if the wife and kids were willing to be kept inside and obey the father's will. Clearly there's a complex family dynamic going on here and, disappointingly, according to the reviews it seems this was not fully explored in the doc

False imprisonment http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/False+Imprisonment

not in UK

There's a Football World Cup going on at the moment. But you wouldn't know it here. Professional sports women gripe about their low pay compared to the men's games but where that's the case - and football shows this disparity at its greatest - there's a reason. Lack of interest. And lack of interest includes right here: no-one on GA has been bothered to start a thread In some areas women have achieved parity because the event organisers have made it so, like Wimbledon. Interestingly this means the women players are now being paid more than the men because they only play best of 3 sets instead of the best of five (entertainment has to be measured in terms of quantity as well as quality ). But tennis - apart from doubles - is an individual sport. The real disparity is in the big team games like football and rugby. There are probably many reasons for this lack of interest including lack of advertising, promotion and sponsorship support. But none of these matter if there isn't "grass roots" support at the same level as the men's games. That means people taking part at all levels. Breadth and depth. Unless and until that happens women professional team sports players in the big games will always be the poor relation.

Oh Lordy, Lordy Thank the Lord for PVRs

Wow, how did I not know this? Seems they were legally married together with - according to wiki - 5 other gay couples. Sounds like must-see TV

Well done Boyan Slat! The kind of person we all need

"Ask Oscar Wilde what wit did for him, against the legal mechanizations of Bosie's Papa and the harsh realities of Victorian England. Two years in prison at hard labour, financial ruin and separation from his wife and children forever. Besides that, no more plays. The sweet Nightingale was silenced Forever. Like jailing Shakespeare because he compared his boy to a summer's day...Nice and dull wins more friends than witty and harsh by about a thousand to one, every day of the week and in every kind of weather. However, perceiving this truth requires a different variety of intelligence than the kind that fuels wit." Yes, wit - and much humour - is often harsh, cruel even. But so is life. It may not win friends but it can shine a light on human behaviour and its absurdity. Whatever, it is deeply embedded in European culture and is often unfathomable to Americans. Had Wilde chosen "nice and dull" he would probably have lived a long life. And a dull life. And a forgotten life. And very likely a less happy life. His personal tragedy was largely brought about by his choices to attract and be the centre of attention through his wit. For a time he was the glittering star in the firmament. And what a star. His life and works brought, and continue to bring, great pleasure to countless people and will always be remembered. I'm thankful he didn't choose nice and dull.

Lookin' good Happy birthday penguin! .

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100 days to go!

take the money and spend it on something frivolous !

One of the posted comments: No government has the right of banning parental rights in helping their own children whom they brought into this world. Its time interest groups and politicians back down. I am choosing to speak moderately!! A lot of parents hold this view. They believe that because they brought "their" children into this world it gives them "rights" of "ownership" - specifically unfettered control. This may have been true in medieval times but it is just plain wrong in a modern free society.

Phew! This material's too good to waste

you think life is fair?

wot they said

Blatter resigns! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32982449

missed opportunity - perfect excuse to make contact "Only connect" - EM Forster

blocked in the UK

You must understand how deeply rooted in the Catholic Culture Ireland is. Of all the nations in Europe, and most certainly in Western Europe, it has been the most conservative and resistant to social change. To see that Gay Marriage is now legal there after just 22 years of legal homosexuality is very encouraging and then to know that Ireland is the first nation in the world to make Gay Marriage a part of the constitution is revolutionary! Recent censuses show Ireland has the most youthful population in Europe - 40% are under 30. So it's perhaps not surprising that an educated young population should reject the bigoted dogma of an ancient and out-of-date dinosaur like the Catholic Establishment

Methinks this is the end of the World Cup as we know it. Any hope of reforming FIFA just went out the window. Uefa will most likely break away and take the cash with it, leaving Fifa as a sad pitiful brand for third world corruption.

The solution to this is simple - what would people actually say in real life?

I'm guessing we agree Simon Cowell shows are essentially camp. Well, ESC is a camp glitterfest And the main rule is... the camper the better! .

It is astonishing that it has taken an American law enforcement agency - the FBI - to arrest these criminals. The U.S. of all countries - surely the nation least interested in football - has finally moved in on this criminal racket masquerading as the world's governing body for international football. It'll be interesting to see how the main criminal, Blatter, wriggles out of this one and continues clinging onto power. What's truly shocking is how England's governing body, the Football Association, has cravenly failed to make a stand against this corrupt-to-the-core organised crime mob. I mean, we invented the game for goodness sake! *hangs head in shame*