Comments on: Update on Raimkulov’s case http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/ neweurasia\\\'s Kyrgyzstan blog Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:18:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Asel http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29291 Asel Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:25:02 +0000 http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29291 Anna, maybe you are right, the name of the post does not really correspond to what I wanted this post be about. I just wanted to give an update to the investigation. Anna, maybe you are right, the name of the post does not really correspond to what I wanted this post be about. I just wanted to give an update to the investigation.

]]> By: Anna http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29290 Anna Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:50:22 +0000 http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29290 Asel, I'd love it if you could change the name of the post. The people who posted comments do not quite feel that they support this issue as a human rights case (it's not). I am confused by why there is so much fuss around this issue. Asel, I’d love it if you could change the name of the post. The people who posted comments do not quite feel that they support this issue as a human rights case (it’s not). I am confused by why there is so much fuss around this issue.

]]> By: Asel http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29285 Asel Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:09:24 +0000 http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29285 Andrew, thanks for your comment. Of course, if he was guilty and did indeed drove under the influence of alcohol, then let him get punished so next time he does not repeat it, and big tragedy you mentioned does not happen. Getting punished for such misbehavior is absolutely right. I wish it was like that in Kyrgyzstan, since so many innocent people die because of some crazy drunk who drive and crash and kill other people. Andrew, thanks for your comment. Of course, if he was guilty and did indeed drove under the influence of alcohol, then let him get punished so next time he does not repeat it, and big tragedy you mentioned does not happen. Getting punished for such misbehavior is absolutely right. I wish it was like that in Kyrgyzstan, since so many innocent people die because of some crazy drunk who drive and crash and kill other people.

]]> By: Andrew http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29281 Andrew Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:14:40 +0000 http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29281 OK. Let's not get too carried away here. A boxer driving under the influence of alcohol. Doesn't seem impossible. In fact, boxers do have a reputation for anti-social activities. He got caught. If he was charged, then he had to have blown a positive on the alcohol breathalizer. He skipped bail. The police caught with him. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Which is much better than other outcomes. Let's say, if he had crashed into a car with a family, killing a young girl and her mother. Or run into another car causing a traumatic injury to another. Let's not try and say this is a human right's case. It's just a young boxer who did something stupid, and now has to deal with the consequences. OK. Let’s not get too carried away here.

A boxer driving under the influence of alcohol. Doesn’t seem impossible. In fact, boxers do have a reputation for anti-social activities.

He got caught. If he was charged, then he had to have blown a positive on the alcohol breathalizer. He skipped bail. The police caught with him. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Which is much better than other outcomes. Let’s say, if he had crashed into a car with a family, killing a young girl and her mother. Or run into another car causing a traumatic injury to another.

Let’s not try and say this is a human right’s case.

It’s just a young boxer who did something stupid, and now has to deal with the consequences.

]]> By: K http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29278 K Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:30:50 +0000 http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/24/raimkulov-we-are-with-you/#comment-29278 This is not an issue of human rights, simply U.S. law. He was arrested for driving drunk twice (DUI) and never paid the fines for those previous arrests. His rights are not being violated - he lives in the US and therefore, like everyone else, is subject to US laws. This is not an issue of human rights, simply U.S. law. He was arrested for driving drunk twice (DUI) and never paid the fines for those previous arrests. His rights are not being violated - he lives in the US and therefore, like everyone else, is subject to US laws.

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