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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by ggm on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:51PM (#23786615)
No young bulgarian-australians would go home permanently, based on the experience of the one who did, tried to helm a Rom, wound up on a stabbing murder charge, and has been held against high court judgements he should be allowed to go home, all because the dead person was the son or relative of a senior Bulgarian minister. Revenge politics writ large.

If they want to reverse a demographic decline, they will need to respect fundamental rule of law.

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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by hinoki on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:29PM (#23786862)
Due the the typo (helm a Rom => help a Roma), I couldn't follow, but some Googling turned up Jock Palfreeman [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_Palfreeman

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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by ggm on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:44PM (#23787307)
The same source, if explored for Roma/Romani:

In the Romani language, Rom is a masculine noun, meaning 'man of the Roma ethnic group' or 'man, husband', with the plural Roma.

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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by nikolay on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:23PM (#23787192)
"A Roma" or "a Romani person"?
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by aparashk on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:56AM (#23788281)
Killing someone under the influence is not an act which would attract lenience from the law in any developed country. The media, especially in Australia, has not been great at reflecting the incident in all of its subtlety.
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by ggm on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:00AM (#23788302)
Bulgarian justices don't think the conviction was safe. Bulgarian politicians want him kept in jail. For example, somebody is dead, but convictions for manslaughter are different to murder. Lots of convictions for manslaughter are accepted every year worldwide and attract the lenience they deserve. This case has been politicised.
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by MaximumYComb on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:50AM (#23789166)
His blood alcohol was 0.015%. A single beer would put you higher than that. Having less than one beer isn't "under the influence".
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by hristov on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:11PM (#23787789)
That of course was complete bs. The story of him trying to help a fictional Roma was fabricated after the fact to save his ass. What he did is he got drunk and stabbed somebody. Bulgaria does have issues with the rule of law but that particular drunken hooligan is not part of it.
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by ggm on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:51AM (#23788254)
You were there? Otherwise, your of course is no more or less compelling than my newspaper sourced statements.
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Re:Bulgaria writes new chapter in long story of demographic ... by MaximumYComb on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:51AM (#23789179)
His blood alcohol was 0.015%. That's less than a single beer for an adult male.
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