Thread:Wolf 91/@comment-24199126-20141208134838/@comment-24199126-20141227214528

I agree that Wolf probably is taking issue with the word "neglect", but I don't agree with being raised without love "could mean neglect". I think by saying Hans' family could have raised him without "physically neglecting" him is making this issue more complex than it needs to be. I can just as easily say being raised without love is emotional neglect. It's too convoluted to say there are degrees of neglect; it either is or isn't.

As an encyclopedia, we report facts. What do we know?

1) Hans was raised without love.

2) Three of his brothers pretended he was invisible for two years.

The second statement corroborates the first, so there's nothing to suggest Hans was not neglected. And while I disagree with needing to make this more complex than it is by drawing a distinction between "types of neglect", the second example is a case of physical neglect ... they flat-out ignored him for two years.

Because of how broad the first statement is, we get a pretty clear picture of Hans' upbringing; it may not be chock full of detail, but we can safely say he faced neglect. To say anything else would be speculative.

Again, I'm open to compromise, but it needs proper reasoning.