Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay

July 3, 2008 By MARIA MARQUART , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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lowbatteries - Jul 03, 2008
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Give me a break - if this joke would have been made in idle passing in a coffee shop nobody would've even noticed, but put something on the internet and all the sudden Big Brother is now policing bad taste.
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barakn - Jul 03, 2008
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Was it the joke that was stupid or was it the police that didn't recognize the joke that were stupid?
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nilbud - Jul 03, 2008
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Gaschler and his fuckwit cronies can expect to spend some time in gaol themselves for abuse of power and inappropriate actions. This isn't america, people have rights around here.
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