By There is plenty of warranted criticism of Korean law enforcement, but when it comes to drugs they appear to quite a good job cracking down on this activity:
A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to five years in a South Korean prison on charges he helped traffic 30 pounds of marijuana into the country and assaulted two investigators during a sting operation in Itaewon, according South Korean court officials and documents.
Army Staff Sgt. Victor C. Aruwah, 28, of the 35th Air Defense Artillery at Osan Air Base, was convicted Nov. 21 on multiple charges, including drug trafficking, assault, and interference with government official duties, according to South Korean court and U.S. Army officials.
Aruwah, with the the artillery’s headquarters and headquarters battery, remains in U.S. custody, according to 8th U.S. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Jeff Buczkowski.
Aruwah is appealing the conviction in Incheon District Court, according to his lawyer, Lee Jang-han.
“He remains innocent,” Lee said of his client in a phone interview earlier this week. “He said he happened to be at the wrong place and at the wrong time.”
Court documents, however, paint Aruwah as a member of a three-man team that arranged to bring 30.6 pounds of marijuana into South Korea, a country with an aggressive anti-drug policy.
Last year, the country handled 231 cases involving foreigners accused of drug crimes, according to the Korean National Police Agency’s Web site. An Incheon court spokesman said he couldn’t even estimate the street value of marijuana involved in this bust because of the quantity.
In the United States, a pound of marijuana has an estimated average street value of $4,000, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. [Stars & Stripes]
Doing a quick Google search on SSG Victor Aruwah shows that he is a native of Lagos, Nigeria and the 2004 US Forces European boxing champion in the 201 pound weight classification. He is also a heavyweight boxing champion in USFK as well. So he is a big guy that could easily manhandle two Korean police investigators as claimed and his Nigerian background explains how he probably became linked to the Nigerian drug smuggler in Itaewon.
Prior GI potheads sitting in Korean jail will now have some company with this conviction of Aruwah.
9:00 pm on November 26th, 2008 1
I think 35th ADA Brigade is going to make a run on the trophy for most incidents in a year like they did in 2005-2006.
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10:55 pm on November 26th, 2008 2
IMHO…do drugs = Go to jail.
Sell/Traffic in Drugs = Death Penalty…
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11:27 pm on November 26th, 2008 3
CalmSeas,
Not much for the humble notion of personal freedom are you?
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11:48 pm on November 26th, 2008 4
Drug busts are a waste of police time, taking time and resources away from the policing of real crimes. You know, the ones with actual victims.
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12:11 am on November 27th, 2008 5
We should not forget that up until 1976, pot was not criminalized here; it is also reportedly still available in the North, even in Pyongyang.
Of course, pot interferes with worker productivity, hence it is verboten in workaholic modern-day Korea.
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1:44 am on November 27th, 2008 6
I had a Korean co-worker who went to college in the US. After returning to Korea, he was (rightfully so) afraid to have anything to do with trying to buy marijuana or to grow his own. But by chance he found a patch of wild marijuana growing at the Korean Folk Village (Minsok Chon) ~ and for many years that place his favorite tourist destination.
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3:25 am on November 27th, 2008 7
WTF is it with the 35th ADA and being in the news? (and not for helping make winter kimchi for the elderly and needy, either)
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6:28 am on November 27th, 2008 8
Yes Nomad, it does seem that 35th ADA is always in the news for something this year. However in 2007 when I compiled by unit blotter stats 35th ADA was really on average with everyone else:
http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/30/statistics-by-unit-of-usfk-court-martial-results/
When I total up the by unit blotter incidents at the end of this year it will be interesting to see how many incidents 35th ADA has had.
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10:26 am on November 27th, 2008 9
I find the legalize drugs argument rather hallow and dishonest (when we aren’t talking about pot).
A couple of commentors here remind me of the 3rd season of The Wire – where a precinct chief set up a drug free zone wherein drug users and dealers were free to do as they please with whatever drug they pleased.
But, I didn’t like the fact that the only real violence and crime that show depicted were the gang wars.
I think it is very safe to say the majority of crime in my semi-rural area of North Georgia (and elsewhere) is fueled in some way by drugs – from neighbors and family members ripping you off to feed a habit to prostitution to muggings to domestic violence and so on.
Meth has been a huge problem in this area – and legalizing it isn’t going to stop most of the ill effects.
We don’t have many gang wars around here – but we’ve got the crime to go with the spread of hard drugs.
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11:14 am on November 27th, 2008 10
I was actually referring to the 2005-2006 regime….
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12:05 pm on November 27th, 2008 11
[...] one of the actors comes: A busy day on the drug front as earlier we learned that a USFK soldier was sentenced to five years in a Korean prison for helping bring 30 pounds of marijuana in. So that’s five years for marijuana, [...]
12:05 pm on November 27th, 2008 12
#3:
When you have to watch those around you have their lives destroyed by Illegal Drugs, then you might just change your ridiculous notion that “Personal Freedom” has anything to do with “Illegal Drug use.”
“Freedom” has everything to do with “Responsibility.”
Illegal Drug use is just that…Illegal.
“Jail the User…Kill the Pusher.”
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12:12 pm on November 27th, 2008 13
Mark unfortunately I was not keeping accurate USFK blotter stats from those years so I can’t draw any hard conclusions if they were committing more incidents or not compared to other units.
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5:15 pm on November 27th, 2008 14
I love it when some mental midget confuses “personal freedom” with the “right” to smuggle in 15 kilos of pot. Yeah, right, it was for personal use only. Here’s hoping that Aruwah pulls the full hard 5 years.
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8:58 pm on November 27th, 2008 15
CalmSeas & Lirelou ,
It’s none of the governments business if you, I, or “people” destroy their lives, by using drugs or by any other means.
Should it also be a crime to destroy one’s life over some other form of obsessive/cumpulsive behavior? Should alcoholics be thrown in jail, how a about sexaholics.
Addictions are a health problem, not a criminal one.
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6:51 am on November 28th, 2008 16
And notice NOSPAM avoided addressing the issue — very much tied up into the drug trade — I brought up.
Addiction is most certainly tied into criminal problems.
Even something like alcoholism is tied into criminal problems – like DUI fatalities where assholes sometimes take other people out with them or child abuse and other domestic crimes.
The question isn’t a black and white one between personal freedom vs criminal behavior.
The discussion can be about how much the drug use impacts on the society – with a big part of that impact being its ties to crime.
Is alcohol a big enough problem beyond the individual to regulate with criminal offense? Is pot? Is heroine? Is crack? Is meth?
Meth has had a huge impact on the crime rate in my semi-rule area. Heroine and cocaine have long had a big impact on the crime rate. We didn’t start locking our doors or even taking the keys out of the car in my area until crack first made its way down here.
Domestic court is filled day after day with crimes related to addiction.
If you want the freedom to smoke a joint, fine. Just drop this BS about drugs being a personal issue and not something criminal beyond unless possession laws.
I’d also add, it would be useful to get into a discussion in society about other areas where “personal freedom” impacts on all of us. I for one am not terribly happy with the idea of my tax dollars going in part to pay massive medical bills for life-long smokers or alcoholics. I don’t advocate making those issues criminal, but I wouldn’t mind hearing some ideas on how the federal and state governments can limit tax-money exposure to medical bills related to personal choices centering on addictions well known to cause serious health problems.
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August 10th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
USinKorea this is a valid point but just so you know, your view lost its affect of being realistic when your basis of opinion came from a TELEVISION SHOW! Though all the uh….STUFF (word chosen wisely)you have said all the way through these comments and those following the one I am replying directly to, you seem to have lost site of the issue at hand. I am sure that if you want your “Screen Play worthy” ideas of drug use trafficking. Though the writer of the show is as you called him “a long-time journalist who covered the crime beat” He is still a hollywood writer, which means he wrote the script to SELL, which was his main focus. If you have a personal issue with your family and or friends being addicted to drugs, then by all means stand for what you believe in but get a more solid foundation to hold up your argument than some television show that “SOLD WELL TO THE PUBLIC!” But if that is the only route and stand you chose to take then I offer up this notion. I’m reminded of Law and Order SVU a show that by precedence of episodes written by writers who I’m sure have as you stated “covered the CRIME BEAT” would after reviewing the case facts would definitely classify Victor Aruwah as a Special VICTIM to be covered and supported by their unit. There you go, I have managed to stay on track with the subject at hand as well as meet you on your level and use TELEVISION to back up my reasoning.
It seems that you have a very close and personal tie to the subject of the affects of wide spread drug use, verses an actual stance on the situation at hand. To that I say that I do pray that all of your friends and or loved ones receive the necessary care love and support that they need to be treated for or delivered from their addictions.
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7:23 am on November 28th, 2008 17
USinKorea
Keep in mind that a lot of drug-related crime is related to expense and availability issues rather than people enjoying a high wanting to do something illegal.
Do you believe heroin users would be out causing “crime” if it was easily available at a fair market price? No, they would be shooting up in their dirty, rat-infested den.
Prohibition is a great example of how to take a substance that caused minor crime and make it into a substance that caused major crime.
I am certainly not advocating “hard” drugs but statements like “drugs cause crime” are inaccurate and are part of the problem. This is the reason we have lost the Drug War.
I might add that drugs such as pot and Ecstasy, which even government propaganda doesn’t make a great case for banning, should probably be legalized since they are choking our legal and prison systems, taking great resources away from our investigative and enforcement agencies, and hindering efforts to stop the effects of drugs that have more serious social side effects (such as meth).
Further, they create a class of non-violent “criminals” who learn nothing in prison except how to become real criminals, which is one of the few choices they are given once released.
Before all the knee-jerk anti-druggies jump on me, be aware that I have never done any drugs as I find getting stuff done to be difficult enough without the demotivating effects of pot. But, like cigarettes and alcohol, the choice belong to others as long as they don’t affect me.
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9:23 am on November 28th, 2008 18
USinKorea,
I’ll bite your strawman. What did I avoid?
The problems of the “drug trade” are because the commodity itself is illegal.
“Do you believe heroin users would be out causing “crime” if it was easily available at a fair market price? No, they would be shooting up in their dirty, rat-infested den.”
Do you really think the threat of jail will deter someone from taking a drug they think will make them fell better?
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12:52 pm on November 28th, 2008 19
To legalize or to not legalize; that is the question.
Well, a former Mexican president jumps into the fray and offers his assessment. Consider it an example of someone once in power speaking truth rather than the usual speaking truth to power.
Money quote:
“Contrary to government claims, the use of heroin and cocaine in the U.S. has not declined significantly, the report says, and the use of methamphetamine is spreading. Falling street prices suggest that the supply of narcotics has not declined noticeably, and U.S. prevention and treatment programs are woefully underfunded, the study says.
“‘Current U.S. counter- narcotics policies are failing by most objective standards,’” the report says. “‘The only long-run solution to the problem of illegal narcotics is to reduce the demand for drugs in the major consuming countries, including the United States.’”
Read the full report here: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1124_latin_america_partnership.aspx
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12:58 pm on November 28th, 2008 20
#15: As usual, people with your line of thought bring it all down to the government having no business interferring with your lifestyle, & then try to relate Illegal Drug use as a medical problem.
A load of crap!
If people who use drugs were only doing it in the privacy of their own residence & it NEVER affected those around them, nor eventually led to crime that did affect others, then you might have a leg to stand on…but reality tells us a completely different story.
Ilegal Drug use DOES affect those around the user/addict. It DOES lead to crime on various levels that affects the entire nation as a whole…and News Flash, the Illegal Drug trade heavily supports International Terrorism, i.e. FARC Guerrillas in Colombia as just one glaring example.
As far as addiction being a medical problem…that is Bunk…it has just been labelled a medical problem by our weak society as a way to deal with it because we lack the national will to face the problem head on and stop it in it’s tracks. Drug Addiction is self-Induced…not caught like the Flu, or received as an hereditary trait.
You want to bring up the old arguement that Alcohol leads to addiction, cars kill, etc., then you are only trying to lay a smoke screen over the real topic, which is “Illegal Drugs.”
Alcohol use has been heavily regulated in relation to Drunk Driving…even have an open container anymore and you are screwed. During Prohibiton certain elements of society tried to outlaw alcohol, but the public spoke & it was defeated. The public has also spoken in reference to Illegal Drugs…and they have said that they will remail “ILLEGAL.”
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3:00 pm on November 28th, 2008 21
Fair market price — at least the discussion is now getting more interesting.
How expensive is heroine? It’s highly over priced now and that is why junkies have to rob people blind in order to feed the habit? Legalizing it is going to bring the price down so much that addicts will be able to afford it on a pittance? If that doesn’t work, and the crime associated with drugs like crack and heroine remain too high, will we ask the government to help the poor addicts who can’t afford their fix so we can lower their need for cash or trade-able goods? Wasn’t crack such a hit because it was so cheap and addictive?
These drugs are cheap but they are highly addictive. Making them cheaper just helps more people become addicts – and helps addicts increase their need for it and dependence on it. Crack was is the best example of this, perhaps. It made cocaine something Everyman could ruin his life on (and spread dispair and chaos around him.
Nospam,
Thanks for biting. You noted two oppositions to your comment but skipped mine.
And now you still skipped it completely with your attempted bite.
The “crimes” I wrote about are not possession or trafficing cases. I’m talking about the crimes associated with use of hard drugs. I was specific. JAFO addressed it. You haven’t yet.
I have no strong convictions either way on pot or Ecstasy. I would say I think, especially if those type of drugs are legalized, employers, like the factories that drive the economy here in North Georgia, should be allowed to have mandatory periodic and surprise drug tests and the right to fire users of such drugs.
I do have a strong conviction about the legalization of the harder drugs. They do feed crime and in a variety of ways. The type of crime that does much harm to a community. And crimes that have ruined the lives of millions of children decade to decade.
I think the focus only on crimes like possession and gang violence are rather bogus and dishonest. That was my major beef with a rather good series – The Wire. It is a complete avoidance of the other major issues involved with drug use that influence the communities as a whole. And it avoids discussion of the types of crimes that will certainly not vanish if drugs are legalized and regulated. In fact, legalization would most likely make the problems worse as the drugs become legitimized and draw in more users.
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4:17 pm on November 28th, 2008 22
“…legalization would most likely make the problems worse as the drugs become legitimized and draw in more users.”
True. But I think what’s also true is that this entire industry would finally be brought out into the open. That way far more rational and consensual mechanisms can be put into place by government and society at large to regulate and eventually mitigate to nearly nothing the nasty aspects associated with the drug trade.
Having the drug industry regulated by trasparent bodies accountable and beholden to society at large will largely dismantle the criminal element that has become synonomous with the drug trade. Look at what happend after liquor prohibition laws were lifted. Can you name any criminal element that has a huge and influential stake in manufacturing spirits at present?
I thought not.
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9:03 pm on November 28th, 2008 23
CalmSeas & USinKorea,
If one of my grandsons becomes an addict and starts robbing liquor stores, I hope the government locks him up. And if the liquor store owner shoots him dead during the robbery – so be it. He deserved it.
The crimes you both associate with drug addiction occur because the drug is illegal and expensive. The drug does not cause the user to commit the crime; the user chooses to do it because he thinks he has no other choice to feed his habit. The criminal elements that feed on the drug trade are only able to do so because their product is illegal – it called smuggling. Smuggling exists because governments restrict markets.
The government should not be telling us what drugs we cannot use. The “do gooders” tried it with prohibition and it did not work, and the current war on drugs is not working.
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9:18 pm on November 28th, 2008 24
#21:
The so-called “Do-Gooders,” elected by the people, are the elected-representatives who make the laws, which means that one of those laws is that certain drugs are Illegal.
Criminal elements are just that—Criminals. They get involved with endeavors that are illegal for various nefarious reasons…none of which have to do anything with restiriction of markets. If they were so noble, they would just invest in certain “Legal” markets.
Your arguement is getting weaker by the post.
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10:08 pm on November 28th, 2008 25
Smugglers do it for profit. Drug profits are so high because the supply of the product is restricted by the government. And the criminal element is willing to take the risk of getting caught to make the profit. Remove the profit potential and the drug trade goes away.
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10:37 pm on November 28th, 2008 26
CalmSeas,
“The public has also spoken in reference to Illegal Drugs…and they have said that they will remail “ILLEGAL.””
That’s odd considering, “According to an October 2002 Time/CNN poll, nearly half of Americans (47 percent) have smoked pot at least once.” I found no poll under 40 percent.
That is not exactly a mandate for keeping pot illegal.
But, in your defense, I do not advocate running red lights to be legal but I have done it, though perhaps not by choice.
In reality, many jurisdictions (counter to federal government policy) have decriminalized marijuana and turned it into a revenue source by issuing civil fines. This is becoming more common in the Western world and is probably the first step to eventual legalization, especially in the current economic state where there is no extra money for enforcement and a calming drug might actually have benefits for a society that could potentially grow increasingly angry and violent.
This might be a good place to start:
hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization_of_non-medical_marijuana_in_the_United_States
So, yes, the public appears to be speaking and the government seems to be slowly taking notice.
Allow me to add that, unlike alcohol drinkers, pot smokers cause much less crime while under the influence. Four decades of research back this up. Personal experience for anyone who has been to a party should agree.
“…and News Flash, the Illegal Drug trade heavily supports International Terrorism”
If we believe government propaganda, EVERYTHING they don’t like suddenly supports “terrorism” from counterfeit goods to pirated music. But, if you really want to argue this out, a case could be made that oil sales support vastly more terrorism than drug sales making your statement, however valid, a trivial point.
USinKorea,
I beg you to no longer reference a fictional TV show dreamed up by people who live in a different reality than the rest of society. Much like quoting the bible to argue against evolution, it weakens any legitimate point you might make.
“will we ask the government to help the poor addicts who can’t afford their fix”
Good point, but we already do, in a manner of speaking. We support a huge, non-productive underclass through “entitlement” programs that, much like drugs, create a debilitating dependency. Many of these people are already poor addicts who only afford their fix through crime. It might actually be socially cheaper to supply them with “happy” drugs to minimize their interactions with the rest of society, reduce violence and take the edge off of a hard and stressful life.
Apart from the rather unethical social engineering, I don’t see any exact flaw in this thinking. Comments?
“Making them cheaper just helps more people become addicts”
At least for pot, current variations in price and punishment don’t seem to have any affect on use. Perhaps being drawn and quartered for possession of a joint might work.
“employers…should be allowed to have mandatory periodic and surprise drug tests and the right to fire users of such drugs”
Of course. With every right comes responsibility. The Market will sort out what is acceptable. Companies that hire druggies can pay less and people can make a choice. We all know people who have made an economic decision to give up drugs to maintain a lucrative military or civilian career.
“make the problems worse as the drugs become legitimized and draw in more users.”
Maybe or maybe not. The Netherlands has a much more lenient policy than America yet a much higher percentage of Americans smoke pot.
From a personal point of view, I wouldn’t smoke pot if it were legal so this argument is not strong to me. I also don’t one-shot Robitussen or huff gold paint regardless of its legal status and availability, nor do any people I know.
In my experience, I have seen no lives truly ruined by smoking pot (other than a general apathy toward achieving a better state in life) but I have seen a number of lives ruined by a legal system gone amok with Draconian punishments for non-violent, victimless crimes.
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4:07 am on November 29th, 2008 27
I think the question should be this:
Is it just to punish a person for ‘using’ drugs?
I’m not talking about punishing a person for committing a crime in order to buy their drugs…that is a different question which I think we all know the answer to.
Justice is a concept not often considered when talking about the drug war.
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5:00 am on November 29th, 2008 28
Calmseas….you stated:
Ilegal Drug use DOES affect those around the user/addict. It DOES lead to crime on various levels that affects the entire nation as a whole…and News Flash, the Illegal Drug trade heavily supports International Terrorism, i.e. FARC Guerrillas in Colombia as just one glaring example.
Yes. Ok. LEGAL drug use affects those around the user/addict. Funny how you lump them together.
Yes. Ok. It does lead to crimes on various levels. So does LEGAL drug use.
Yes. Ok. ILLEGAL drug trade supports international terrorism blah blah FARC…Colombia etc.
So, why not take away the profit incentive from these narco terrorists and legalize it? You’ll take away a large majority of their incentive to produce, ship and sell it. The guv can tax the #hit out of it, control its quality and quantity and ensure a good product for consumers to CHOOSE IF THEY WANT TO BUY IT OR NOT.
It’s really rather simple.
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5:13 am on November 29th, 2008 29
Calmseas:
You are truly a work of art. From which school I do not know.
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1:45 pm on November 29th, 2008 30
#29:
Am I supposed to be impressed by your personal attack?
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1:53 pm on November 29th, 2008 31
#26:
“In my experience, I have seen no lives truly ruined by smoking pot (other than a general apathy toward achieving a better state in life) but I have seen a number of lives ruined by a legal system gone amok with Draconian punishments for non-violent, victimless crimes.”
I have, thus I call for very strict measures in combatting Illegal Drug use…to include “Consequences for Illegal Actions initiated by the User.”
If & when Marajuana useage is made legal, then more power to them, but it ain’t going to be today.
As for marajuana useage leading to harder drugs…I would say yes, based on what I know, but I’m sure that there are many a report out there that says otherwise.
If the surveys are as you quote, then I would ask, “Why hasn’t a law been passed legalizing pot yet?”
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August 10th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
CalmSeas?
Oh my dear blogger. You should probably change your name as I see that your immutable views/opinions seem to be formed for the sole purpose of troubling the waters. There are a number of things that you have combated which were combated by way of your opinion only, showing your lack of factual knowledge on the subject. I am not attempting to personally attack you but just to bring you as well as others back to the situation at hand with this particular feed. To provide my rarely solicited but often provided opinion, legalizing Marijuana, or pot as you called it(a slang term coined some time between 1935 & 1940 usually used by those knowing the alternate potación de guaya origin or those with a “personal tie” to the drug) would do nothing but increase the PUBLIC use there of, and pave the way for another form of sales tax. In this particular feed, the legalization at this point holds no weight. If you are wanting your views for or against the legalization of Marijuana to be heard, pick a new feed to comment on stirring the waters. Unless you would rather stay here where commenters may not have more facts than you since it is not the main focus of the feed. Oh yes and just FYI Drug addiction has been PROVEN to be a MEDICAL condition do to the changes that some drugs cause to the form and function of ones brain, thus making it a medical and or psychological issue.
Blessya Now!!!!
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3:07 pm on November 29th, 2008 32
I still stand by what I wrote about not believing the idea that legalizing hard drugs would make them cheaper and regulated and cut down the prices.
The expense of drugs like heroine and crack and meth today come from their addictive value and the need to consume larger quantities – not the price of an individual fix. I don’t see how legalization is going to change that. I do see how it would increase the number of users and thus a growth in the spiraling effects on individuals and thus the crime rate.
Recently, like over the last couple of months, I’ve even started to wonder about this idea that the gang violence would dry up if hard drugs were legalized: the profits involved in these drugs are so high, would gangs simply give up and let Walmart corner the market?
If these drugs are legalized, they would be highly regulated and taxed, right? So, wouldn’t the gangs be in a position to undercut the legitimate markets by lowering prices on a black market?
I don’t know…
Much of this is debatable.
But, I rarely hear people talk about the kind of crime I’m talking about in relation to the drug trade.
As for the fictional TV series, I don’t think that otherwise valid point applies here:
The Wire was written by a long-time journalist who covered the crime beat. It shows in the work he does – at least in the first two seasons of that show.
And that show also touched well on exactly this kind of debate that is on going in American society concerning drugs and what to do about them.
So the show does fit, though fictional.
And it also fits the big complaint I have about the contemporary debate in American society: the focus is on crimes like possession charges and very little on the important ripple effect drug use – at least hard drug use – has on communities.
And I can relate to it from my own experience living in several areas of the country.
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4:08 pm on November 29th, 2008 33
“And it also fits the big complaint I have about the contemporary debate in American society: the focus is on crimes like possession charges and very little on the important ripple effect drug use – at least hard drug use – has on communities.”
You could say that about a whole host of other things: fast food chains (obesity, type-2 diabetes, and other attendent health care costs); McMansions (zoning, land-use, energy-use), automobiles (traffic congestion, pollution, energy dependency); the right to possess firearms(I don’t think I need to enumerate for you).
Frankly, legalized drugs and the societel ripple effects you talk about are on a more manegeable level for law enforcement agencies than illegal drugs and the massive criminal enterprises that have become symbiotic with it.
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8:41 pm on November 29th, 2008 34
USinKorea,
If you want to argue over how price is established, please read up on microeconomics first. Here’s a couple links to get you started.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microeconomics
economics.about.com/od/microeconomics/a/micro_text.htm
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2:04 am on November 30th, 2008 35
CalmSeas,
“I have (seen lives ruined by marijuana use), thus I call for very strict measures in combatting Illegal Drug use…”
I guess Clinton, Bush and Obama should all be in jail.
I’m curious how smoking pot ruined somebody’s life; not including legal consequences for the “crime” of using it. I have high school friends still working at the same McJob which I credit to a good pot habit. For the most part they are content with their place in life, which I also credit to a good pot habit. As they are happier than many “accomplished” people I know, I’m not entirely sure their life is “ruined”. There might actually be something to learn there.
“As for marajuana useage leading to harder drugs…I would say yes, based on what I know, but I’m sure that there are many a report out there that says otherwise.”
There is an indication that the “gateway” effect of pot is due to having to associate with criminal dealers who are interested in selling more profitable/more addictive drugs.
“If the surveys are as you quote, then I would ask, “Why hasn’t a law been passed legalizing pot yet?””
That’s not a very sincere question, CalmSeas. You are a smart and experienced guy. Considering all the money and interagency power involved in the War on Drugs, do you think what’s right or what’s practical or what’s just has any part? Pot will be legal once the government no longer has the ability to keep the bloated agencies funded or something more important shifts their focus.
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8:08 am on November 30th, 2008 36
Here is an interesting coincidence making the news at the moment.
If the link is too convoluted to work, Google it.
hxxp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090404/Switzerland-set-approve-prescription-heroin-safe-alternative-addicts.html
The basic idea is that the voters in Switzerland will probably vote to make a prescription heroin program permanent. The people are talking and the government is listening.
In the last 14 years that it has been running, the open drug scene has disappeared, addicts are assisted in being part of society and addict-related crime has dropped 60%. The program has been a success in a number of other ways as well.
Except for the American government, many other developed counties are taking notice.
You have to love Switzerland, with one of the highest personal firearm ownership rates in the world (and most households having their very own SIG 550, gasp, fully automatic assault rife) they also have one of the lowest firearm crime rates. What does it all mean?
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8:40 pm on November 30th, 2008 37
it is very important that you get the fact regarding this drug issue and charges against this troop,the ROK convicted this troop with no fact at all.he was investegated by the CID and even took a polygraphy test to show that he was innocent which he also passed,i read the article and can clearly tell you that this is Deformation of character and will be overturned in the appealant level court as the District court was Baised
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11:23 pm on November 30th, 2008 38
After reading the Friday edition of the Stars and Stripes I was disgusted by the article written about Army SSG Victor Aruwah. The persons responsible for writing the article should feel ashamed that they would defame a Soldier’s good name in the United States Army as they did. Clearly, they did not attend the trial or read any of the court transcripts except for the one sided summation of the events. If they had they would have surely wrote about the following points:
1. SSG Aruwah volunteered to take a polygraph test given by the Military Police and passed.
2. The United States Army conducted an investigation and found no evidence to prosecute SSG Aruwah.
3. The entire case was based on alleged hand wave. The testimony given by the investigators involving the alleged hand wave not only conflicted with the South African’s testimony but conflicted with other investigators.
4. Kevin” The South African” showed no remorse. He laughed and smiled the entire trail. He was given a lighter sentence for testifying against the two co-defendants, which he admitted to during the trail.
5. When asked to repeat what was said during the arrest, not one of the Korean arresting officers could state one sentence in English. Even when given a SOFA card to read they could not.
6. SSG. Aruwah was beaten by the police( (9 of them and the only time he resisted was to protect himself when he was being stepped on and kicked in the face while he was on the ground.
7. The police continue to beat SSG Aruwah until one pulled his id out and realized he was an American Soldier.
8. During the trail neither SSG. Aruwah or the Nigerian denied them knowing each other. During the time of arrest when SSG. Aruwah was being beaten police asked the Nigerian if he knew SSG Aruwah and his reply was “I don’t know him like that”. Which anyone from America knows that means you don’t know a person well or do not know them in an intimate manner.
The fact is a Solider who has been a Drill Sergeant , awarded the Audie Murphy and Sergeant Morales Award stands to lose 5 years of his life in a Korean Prison due to the fact he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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August 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
thanks for revealing the truth!
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August 10th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Thank you for getting back to the subject at hand and not attempting to make this a debate about whether or not you think Marijuana is cool, like the rest of these……..IGNUT(word chosen wisely) commentators. I also want to thank you for bringing a new light to the whole situation.
Blessya Now!!!
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7:23 am on December 1st, 2008 39
Johnnie and Frank thanks for your comments. If what you both say is true Aruwah has a chance of having the conviction suspended on appeal similar to what happened with the policewoman rape case which was a dubious conviction as well:
http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/policewoman-rape-case-gis-released/
In a case like this the Korean court is not going to find a GI innocent because then the police will lose face. Thus the case can go on appeal and if what you say is true the judge will probably keep the conviction but give the soldier a suspended sentence. This allows him to get out of jail while at the same saving face for the Korean police.
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11:04 am on December 3rd, 2008 40
GI Korea.do you know how long the appeal process usaually take,this soldier is confined and is currently not recieving any pay nor allowances.i feel for his family,but i pray that justice be servered in this case
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9:02 pm on December 8th, 2008 41
Many of Amsterdam’s Brothels, Marijuana Cafes to Close
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463004,00.html
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August 10th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
why are you here? Find a Marijuana blog or something!
Blessya Now!!!
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10:34 pm on December 8th, 2008 42
Frank the appeals process from prior cases I have followed usually takes 3-6 months to be resolved with the soldiers left to sit in jail until the appeals are resolved.
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6:25 pm on December 16th, 2008 43
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1:04 pm on December 18th, 2008 44
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9:08 pm on August 3rd, 2009 45
Victor Aruwah, no one knows him personally and everyone is quick to judge. He is a loving father, educated young man and a great husband. A well dedicated soldier that crossed a wrong path. Pull through brother, you are in our prayers
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August 10th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Victor Aruwah, is a loving brother, father husband and son. You are in a our prayers everyday. God will always stand by his children, he has never let us down before and he will not start now. Keep your faith and know that you will be home soon to be with youur family. You will be a testimony. Your name is victor Chiagoziem. Means You are Victorious and God has blessed you. You have nothing to worry about In Jesus name.
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10:14 pm on August 3rd, 2009 46
Friend, do you know how drugs ruin lives and tear families apart? Do you care that he is championship boxer and he was beating police who were only doing their job keeping the peace. If you think beating people is OK would you allow Victor to beat your children the same way he beat those police? Do you care that he adds to the opinion that all africans are druggies and violent? Would you feed your children drugs? Make them into dopers? Until they sell their bodies and souls for their habbit. To keep the monkey off their back?
I hope that many many men take their turn giving him the old “in-out in-out” prison style. That is the only punishment he will understand. That would be justice: the old “in out” many times in the shower and the old “in out” in the laundry room, many times a day. He must learn his lesson and never again commit such a crime againts GOD’s children.
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August 4th, 2009 at 6:33 am
I have known Victor for a while, he never did drugs or even smoked a cigarette. Drugs ruin the life of those affected, so does alcohol, cigarette (causing cancer) etc. I am not making an excuse for his actions, but there is always two sides to a story. He has gone beyond what other soldiers would dream to do, and was the best in everything he did. Growing up, we were thought to hustle, we were not fed with a silver spoon. U make it sound as if Victor is some monster, if the police officers are not strong enough to hold him down, then they should not be officers. He is a young man trying to make a living. Only if you had a clue who he is… As for my kids, when ever Victor gets out, he would still be part of their lives. He separates his live as a soldier from home. He might have made a mistake, tell me, how u ever done something worth going to jail… but you have never been caught? If not, you have a right to judge others.
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9:39 am on August 4th, 2009 47
Do not make excuse for his action. Victor is a drug dealer and he is in jail for that crime. You are right, he was taught to hustle, and now that “hustler” is in jail. Waiting for a gang of men to take turns treating him like a woman. In jail they will hold him down and give him the “jailhouse justice” of the an_al ra_pe. The guards will remember that he tried to hurt the police, and now he will get it good.
He is a MONSTER. An evil drug dealer. Selling dope to teens so they can get a fix for the “monkey on their back”.
I have a right to judge him because I have never sold drugs to children. I have never beat men who just wanted to help society. If you think drugs is OK, then you should have your children taken away.
Will you teach your children to beat innocent people? And sell drugs? And lie?
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August 4th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Apparently, you don’t know that American service members imprisoned in Korea are isolated from the general population. The U.S. military is required to regularly check in with him to make sure his needs are provided for and he is not mistreated.
Anyway, if he was in the gen-pop, as a trained fighter of his size, do you really think he would be on the victim end of abuse from the average Korean inmate?
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August 10th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Victor is not a drug dealer if you dont know him then you should not judge. Did he ever sale drugs to you or your children. Where is the evidences that he sold drugs. This people dont want to look stupid tha’s why he is still there because they have no case on him, and they know he is innocent. I promise you, he will be out of this hell and you will know that we serve a leaving God.
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August 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Understand that in many cases, even here in the US, the prosecutors and judges were found to have faulted in their verdicts. Only later do we find the truth revealed. Do not be too quick to judge, as you may find yourself judged one day. Research the case, find the truth, then understand that to error is to human….they’ve made a mistake, and in their error they’ve made a mockery of a great man. He’s a distinguished man both boxing and in service, but that does not define him! He is greater because he is a believer! Find the truth and then you’ll see the error of our own ways.
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7:26 pm on August 4th, 2009 48
You sound so dumb, quick to paint an individual all because he was claimed to be involved in a drug scandal. We do not know the whole detail and therefore we have no right to judge. You would find out sooner or later that life is neither black nor white but a grey area which we all reside in. I am not going to waste my time, listening to your off-the-wall criticisms. You are quick to accuse people in prison, without taking time to find out about them. Karma is a bitch… Be careful what you ask for.
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7:51 pm on August 4th, 2009 49
Yes, Karma is a bitch. So Victor must have very bad karma. He must be evil indeed to have such bad karma. Evil drug dealers have very bad karma. Also a man who attacks people has bad karma. Liars have bad karma. His karma must be really bad. Evil drug dealers have such bad karma.
Also, he was CONVICTED so he is GUILTY. Do not dismiss this as a claim. It is a fact. FACT. He is a drug peddler. He has also been convicted of assult and lying. His karma is so bad for all his evil. Evil people deserve all the bad karma.
Remember your words.. KARMA is a BITCH. Now he will be treated like a bitch in prison.
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10:20 pm on August 5th, 2009 50
vincent has very very bad karma. karma is a bitch, but you get what you deserve. Even if what you deserve is getting a man to plug you from behind.
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August 10th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
First off, i am not sure who this Vincent character is that you speak of but I can tell that you are slightly obsessed with the notion of prison rapes, but truly a deeply hurting individual, and for that I pray that God Bless you, may he open your eyes, your heart and your mind to his TRUTH and MOST IMPORTANT HIS LOVE! Karma may be what you say it is…OH BUT PRAYER!!!! and you have just been placed on a list for PRAYER that so watch out now, the blessings GOD has in store for you are headed your way, and trust me, they TRUMP Karma any day!
BlessYa NOW!!!
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6:22 am on August 6th, 2009 51
Bad karma is a bitch. Ain’t it.
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9:06 pm on August 6th, 2009 52
As a former con, I can promise you that this guy will get a special gift in jail. Its called prizzzon zex!
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9:10 pm on August 6th, 2009 53
pooper shooter is what we called it. First you give your parnter a tossed salad, then you get the pooper shooter.
Then you clean up with the mouth. analingus.
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2:23 am on August 7th, 2009 54
Pooper shooter LOL
That is a good one. But that druggie deserves it.
POOPER SHOOTER LOL
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August 10th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
PrizzoonGansta (you for got your g) and LOL….It is obvious that the two of you have much in common with Notafriend to include your peculiar obsession as well as your writing style and over use of a period in your fragmented sentences Get a LIFE man. Whatever your beef is with the Man of God, I advise you to take it up elsewhere or let it go because The bible tells us to TOUCH NOT HIS ANOINTED AND DO HIS PROPHETS NO HARM!
BlessYa Now!!!
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5:12 pm on August 7th, 2009 55
It’s so funny how they accused victor of trafficking drugs when they did not find anything on him, they say he beat officers up, well if you get attacked by people you don’t know the first thing to do is defend yourself, however i think this is alllllll lies on victor. They never found anything on him, yet they don’t want to look stupid by letting him go, because they know they got the wrong person, and he dose not speak Korea so they can say anything and that poor boy cannot defined him self because he is in a different country
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8:19 pm on August 8th, 2009 56
Bear, they caught him red handed. They had recordings of him telling his partner that he wanted to sell drugs to kids. They found his finger prints all over the drugs. The police iditfied themselves and he attacked them trying to get away. Even at the police station he attacked them. He showed no remorse or guilt.
Maybe in backwards africa this is OK, but he needs to act civilized in more developed countriees. This is not the lawless jungle. He must follow the law.
If it were up to me, I would watch his kids, as they will be no better. Hopefully they will be sent back to africa, so they don’t becomee one more welfare family and become drug dealers like their father.
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August 10th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
LOL, let me impart some wisdom into your comment here. I have NO IDEA what facts you conjured up, but rest assure I physically hold ALL the facts in my hand from the trials…….and NO where in there are there recordings or ANY evidence that can tie him to this scandal. The only thing is that he “fit the description” of a man they were looking for and they happened to get the wrong guy and now don’t know how to back peddle to get themselves out of a bad deal they did. As for his children….they are being well raised by a highly educated woman and will are awaiting the victory of their father. They are US citizens so I don’t know how they can go back to Africa, if they’ve never been. They are highly intelligent and will one day tell the the story of how their father beat the odds when the system fails you!
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August 11th, 2009 at 5:37 am
If you have all the “PROOF” then show it. Show it or SHADDDAP.
LOORDY LOORDY, MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.
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August 11th, 2009 at 7:49 am
KNOWS, your writing skills sound as intelligent as you must be. Proof has been brought forth, whether they ignore the evidence and fail to accept a faulty mistake is another thing. So I encourage you to spend more time educating yourself instead of posting comments on a blog that make you look ignorant and foolish to many. Yes, God has shown mercy over and over….That’s just Amazing!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Oh Mr/Ms. LOL,
I pray that God have mercy on your soul, for you know not what you do!
BlessYa Now!!!
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9:02 pm on August 8th, 2009 57
Bear, you have done all you can, dont pay attention to people who care only of themselves. In due time, all would be well
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9:25 pm on August 8th, 2009 58
I love all these comments about “evil” drug dealers etc. Sure, the guy broke that law and will be punished, but evil? We are talking about weed right? If we are equating evil then the local bartender and convenience store owners are more “evil” by several degrees. Don’t get stuck on the Nancy Reagan “just say no” train. Study for yourself otherwise you sound ignorant repeating propaganda. The main reason weed is illegal in the US can be directly traced back to racism and the IRS (oh and blatant ignorance).
I do not partake myself but as a supervisor, I would much rather have employees who go home and lights up a doobie rather than a whiskey drinking hell raiser. Think about it. Geeze. Evil my ass!
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3:36 am on August 9th, 2009 59
Come on kids try it.. IT’S ONLY DOPE
Results=seven dead, including children.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/ap/nation/article_2b0f0829-da84-5f7a-8e90-764d77a8ed9e.html
Learn about what dope does to you befour you tout it as a cure all.
Hey kindegardeners, go smoke pot. Its really not bad for you says Leon the doper.
http://news.globaltv.com/health/story.html?id=1863288
(actually it is as bad)
They call it dope for a reason. Don’t be a dope.
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August 9th, 2009 at 4:33 am
So the 0.19 blood alcohol level had nothing to do with it? People on marijuana are much less destructive than people on alcohol.
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9:33 am on August 9th, 2009 60
Joe, if its so cool to get doped up. Why not get your kids bus driver all “high”.
Thougt so…. doper logic never holds…
Also, Joe, dope aint sold legally in bars, 7-11, grocery stores…. or thousands of other places. So you really dont know do you….. Doper logic…
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10:52 am on August 10th, 2009 61
If only half of you knew the REAL Victor Aruwah, you’d know he isn’t capable of such allegations being brought against him. I’ve stood by in ALL the trials and what you read is far from the truth and the truth will eventually be brought to the surface. They are trying to cover up a HUGE mistake they made and therefore in turn are discrediting an honorable man….a godly man!!! As many will judge, there is ONE final Judge above all and He alone will make a truth known to all….and GOD alone will get the glory when many men counted him out. I’ve seen photos and documents that prove he never once laid hands on these Koreans and the false testimonies these people are trying to cover up. THIS IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE!!!! Beware to all of wolves in sheep’s clothing! Keep posted because Victor will be victorious in the end!
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August 10th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
To Financial Giant… May God always bless you and protect you from eveil eyes. Please when you see or speak to Vic tell him that his family loves and are praying for him.. We know Victor more than anyone thinks they do. He is my younger brother, the same mother the same father he is the youngest of 4 kids. Victor has always made his family proud and that will never change. Tell him that we love him and are praying for him. He is a gifted man of God and he is blesses.
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August 10th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
The story will be a BEST SELLER sis! That I promise! As for those that’s eyes take the time to read, it will impregnate a gift of hope…that no matter your circumstance…..with God all things are possible. WATCH AND SEE
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12:28 pm on August 10th, 2009 62
I know Victor personnaly, he has never done drugs in his live, nor sold drug to anyone. this is a case of wrong place at the wrong time. As for his kids, they will never be on welfare as long as i am alive.
Victor Aruwah, you know how the people of this wold are they are quick to judge see what happend to the Almight. You will over come in jesus name.
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2:03 pm on August 10th, 2009 63
Its about time, everyone came through… Vicooo, Rude boi… Denzel, Vic and I…brothers 4 life. People who really know him would tell you, he is the best.. and nothing can change that. Big bro we all know ur innocent. BE strong.
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3:52 pm on August 10th, 2009 64
I have known Victor for more than twenty years and I know for sure that he is innocent. How can you state that because he is a boxing champion that he most likely man handled the Korean investigators and that his Nigerian background linked him to the Nigerian drug smuggling? very ignorant statements! I believe that my dear friend was at the wrong place at the wrong time. HE IS INNOCENT! Victor, our heavenly Father will see you through this. May God continue to protect you and guide you. Do not give up! Continue to pray! Your loved ones are praying for you. I love you and God bless you.
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August 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
All I’m pointing out is that since he is a champion boxer he is skilled enough to beat up Korean police. Seems pretty common sense conclusion to me. Also it is well known by expats in Korea that Nigerians in Itaewon are known for drug dealing and obviously someone in the group he was hanging out with was dealing drugs.
It appears Aruwah was possibly hanging out with the wrong crowd and got wrapped up into a police drug bust even though he had nothing to do with drug dealing. If this is what happened don’t expect the police to admit their mistake. It doesn’t work that way in Korea.
However, Aruwah has a chance of having the conviction suspended on appeal similar to what happened with the policewoman rape case:
http://rokdrop.com/2008/01/16/policewoman-rape-case-gis-released/
In a case like this the Korean court is not going to find a GI innocent because then the police will lose face. Thus the case can go on appeal and the judge may keep the conviction but give the soldier a suspended sentence. This allows him to get out of jail while at the same saving face for the Korean police.
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August 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
That would be a ignorant perception and answer to the comment left. I’m skilled at creating anthrax, does that then state because I know what to do I am more apt to be a terrorist? Being skilled at something and knowing when to use your skill are two different ball parks. As for interaction with personnel…military interact with all walks of people, regardless of race, origin, and whatnot….that doesn’t mean because we meet acquaintances here and there that we are foolish for meeting and greeting. You can not stereotype people because of what one group of people do…regardless if they look like or are brought up from the same background. And it’s the duty of a judicial system to make correct what is wronged…even if that means their own kind were in the wrong! Whether it would happen and integrity in justice is exhibited, yes that is another story….but don’t correlate something with another without knowing the underlying facts or truth.
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5:01 pm on August 10th, 2009 65
The bottom line – He has been convicted here in the real world.
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August 10th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Bottom line Lemmy? Real world yes…….right world, a different answer. We see it time without number of honest people getting dealt a bad card. There is NEVER a bottom line when you know the facts and the truth is not being brought to the forefront. It’s only the conquerors that battle until the war is won….the rest well they just sit back and take what’s handed to them without a fight. Victor is FAR from that because he is more than a conqueror! So there is no bottom line here until the smoke fades and the one standing is seen to take the victory.
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11:32 pm on August 10th, 2009 66
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY DOMINION AND POWER!!!!!! The number of people this Testimony will bring to Christ is going to be CARRRRRRRAZY!!! I can’t Wait to stand next to my brother on that platform one day as he tells his story. MY MY MY!!!!!!
BlessYa Now!
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12:11 am on August 11th, 2009 67
ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA WHY NIGERIANS INSIST IN WRITING IN ALL CAPS?
I keep waiting for the plea to send a thousand dollars to his legal defense fund so he can get out and access his bank account with 27,000,000 USD that he will split 40/40 with 20% reserved for expenses.
I can’t say that the guy is guilty, except for the INCREDIBLY poor judgment of hanging out with Nigerians in Korea who, to my knowledge and in my experience, have ALL been up to absolutely no good.
Anyone lucky enough to escape from the hole that is Nigeria is almost deserving of any bad luck which befalls them by seeking out that which they should be actively distancing themselves from.
The Korean legal system might be untrustable in this case but if he is truly deemed innocent by USFK and they feel he is getting a bum deal, I would hope they would quietly do everything in their power to insure his appeal was granted. If they are not, it means they are incompetent or secretly convinced of his guilt. I haven’t followed this case at all so others here may voice their observations.
My sympathy has gone down a notch since the God’s Glory, Domination and Power talk started. In the legal system, there is an establish correlation with this kind of talk and irrefutable guilt.
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3:26 am on August 11th, 2009 68
You’re painting ALL of the Nigerians with a rather broad brush aren’t you?
There are lots of respectable, had working, and law abiding Nigerians in Seoul. However, you won’t find them hanging around the back alleyways of Itaewon.
You’ll need to expand your horizons a bit to ever see them.
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8:43 am on August 11th, 2009 69
I HV KNOWN VICTOR SINCE HE WAS TEEN..I MENTORED HIM THRU OUT HIS JUNIOR & SENIOR HI. HE IS A GOOD MAN, HONEXT, DISCIPLINED, WELL BEHAVED & HAS A HEART 4 GOD. HE IS ALSO A BROTHER, FRIEND AND ALSO A LOVING FATHER. I HEARD LAST FROM HIM LAST YR DECEMBER OR SO AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS HAVING CHALLENGES & THAT I SHUD PRAY 4HIM. LISTEN SON, BCOS CHRIST HAS REDEEMED U, U R MORE THAN CONQUEROR. I AM SOLIDLY BEHIND U IN PRAYZ. AND I KNOW THE GOD THAT I SERVE, HE WILL NOT FORSAKE U IN UR PERIL. UR ACCUZERS WILL SURELY BE PUT 2 SHAME. GOD IS SET 2 VINDICATE U. HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS 2 SHUT THE MOUTH OF THE LIONS. ONLY BE STRONG, COURAGEOUS, AND HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
SON, U’LL SOON WALK FREE…..
THOZ WHO R LAUGHING @ U NOW WILL, WILL SOON JOIN U IN PRAISING GOD.
I TRUST GOD, HE’LL NEVER LEAVE U NOR FORSAKE U..
LET THE PEACE OF GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING SETTLE IN U IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
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8:52 am on August 11th, 2009 70
I know he is guilty. He admitted such to me.
He also told me that he looks forward to getting a new boyfriend in jail.
by the way, WHY DO (almost) ALL NIGEERIANS WRITE WITH CAPS AND WRITE GIBBERISH.
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August 11th, 2009 at 9:04 am
KNOWS, I wouldn’t know about Nigerians writing technique but I must comment on their behalf because majority of them are highly educated and compassionate people. Gibberish, as you may call it is what is known as FAITH. It’s a belief that surpasses any human understanding. If you care to know of this, I would love to share with you so you too can understand. As for admitting such to you…..that is highly impossible. I am the closest thing to Victors heart, life, and know him inside and out. He shares everything with me, and no, admitting to such nonsense is far from the truth. You need lots of prayer my dear for entertaining the thought of what people endure behind bars, regardless of whatever they have done, is not for any man to judge. Instead put your thoughts on something that is greater and higher and better yourself.
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9:08 am on August 11th, 2009 71
GUY, I PITY U…IF ONLY U KNOW THE PERSONALITY U R TALKING ABT. U R 4GIVEN….
BUT U MUST REPENT OF UR LIBEL.
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9:28 am on August 11th, 2009 72
I get the feeling that the Nigerian gang he was running with is all posting on this blog.
I don’t forgive him. He has JUDGED to be GUILTY.
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August 11th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I bet you are the guy that set him up, and God will punish you and your family for what you guys have put Victor through. Anyone that comes on this blog to judged Victor, will be Judged in JESUS NAME .The Nigerian gang he is running with on this blog are his mother father bothers sisters, children wife, friends, childhood friends, people that know him all his life, half his life, you name it. But you don’t forgive him, please tell me who you are to say you don’t forgive him… You Judged him and you will be Judged. Hopefully you are getting the attention you want by this response.
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10:31 am on August 11th, 2009 73
For all of you that can comprehend the context of this message….read the message in between the lines and stand in agreement.
“He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.” ~B.C. Forbes
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10:57 am on August 11th, 2009 74
YOU PEOPLE DON’T DO ANY THING WITHOUT NOTHING I URGE YOU TO BACK OFF OR … YOU DEY CRASE FOR HEAD IF YOU NO NO. NA YOU DEY BITE YOUR SELF NO BI 419 DEY BITE YOU I DON LND OOOOOOOO O O O O O O O UMU GUYS OO O O O
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GUYMAN KEN-IGBO
IGBOLAND, IM NIGERIA
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3:02 pm on August 11th, 2009 75
Hey mugu, abeg yarn… wetin dey worry “KNOWS”, him want make i swear for am? Victor na my pali 4 lyfe. Guaranteed, I know say the guy dey innocent. As for you “KNOWS”, ur mama.
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August 11th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
i beg tell them jo, this bastard no no anything. God go punish them one by one if tehm no let vic go, them no no say na almight god we dey server. As for you KNOWS make you no let God vex for you.
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August 11th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Abeg no vex, everytin go beta. No dey waste energy dey reply to those rug-rats.
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3:18 pm on August 11th, 2009 76
You da only real mugu here. and dey knows It is true da guy is sinner and sinned. Dey gonna be wetin for him in da slamma. Dey knows, dey knows everyting. You go. KEEP OFF.
DEY IS ALL MINE – 419 hehe!
Trut! my little man
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY DOMINION AND POWER – an a gallows pole!!!!!!
GUYMAN
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4:58 am on August 12th, 2009 77
JUDGEMENT BELONG TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE JUDGE OF ALL…THE ONE WHO PRESIDES OVER HISTORY, OVER THE AFFAIRS OF MANKIND. HIM ALONE RULES & REIGNS IN MAJESTY. SURELY, HE WILL SHUT THE MOUTH OF THE LION, SCORPIONS AND DEADLY SERPENTS THAT HAS GANGED UP AGAINST HIS FAITHFUL SERVANT (VIC ARUWAH). LETS NOT GIVE SATAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND AGAINST OUR VICTORY, BY CURSING AND SAYING THINGS THAT R INCONSISTENT WITH GOD’S WORD. FOR GOD SAYS THAT JUDGEMENT IS MINE. SO LETS JUST TURN DEAF EARS TO THOZ WHO KNOW NOTHING ABT VICTOR AND LEARN 2 TRUST IN OUR SAVIOUR JESUS & THE HOLY SPIRIT 4 HIS VINDICATION. SURELY, THE ENERMY HAS LOST THE BATTLE ALREADY. HE IS DEFEATED AND IS UNDER VICTOR’S FOOT 4EVER. FOR IT IS WRITTEN, IF THE SON OF SETS US FREE, WE R FREE INDEED.
FOR SURE, WE SHALL OVERCOME. WE WILL HAVE COURSE TO SMILE AGAIN IF WE DO NOT FAINT.
OUR HOPE IS ANCHORED ON JESUS.
VICTOR ARUWAH HAS ALREADY OVERCOMED! HALLULUYAH…..PRAISED THE LORD.
I HAVE FAITH IN GOD. SO LETS SPEAK IN FAITH….AMEN. WE R FREE…
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5:13 pm on September 13th, 2009 78
LOOK AT GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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