I wish they would make a documentary in the US detailing the horrors the drug market in the "civilized" world actually causes in other countries, and then show it in all the public schools. I think a lot, although not all, kids just getting into smoking pot or thinking about other drugs would not, if they knew that their demand for these things caused this much harm to others. I can remember the first time I because aware of it, and thought back on my early days when I was a pot head. The thing that took me back was that I had never given any thought to it. I had never connected the dots. We need to connect the dots for our children when they are young.
Bob On Oct 15, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Thanks Richmond, > > I am doing well here. I actually live in Niterói which is the city on the > other side of the bay everyone sees on the postcard. I've been living with > those kinds of raid since forever so its no as impressive for us as it is > for foreigners. I live reasonably close to two slums which surround the > prime real estate area of my city. After 32 years of this sh*t, you learn > how to manage it. > > I think this was one of the reasons I was so amazed when I went to > Edinburgh and saw people late at night with cameras and laptops walking on > the meadows. In Rio you would not dare to do that. At least it never gets > dull or boring. For those wanting to see a "faithful" representation of Rio > thru movies, I recommend "City Of God" which is an action movie set on the > slum called City Of God. It is a fantastic movie. I also recommend both > "Elite Troop" and "Elite Troop 2" which are action movies about Rio de > Janeiro Special Ops Troop. That police force is called BOPE (Special Police > Operations Battalion), all their gear is black and their symbol is a skull > crossed with knifes and this is the police. Actually I saw one of them last > week, I counted four pistols and a machine gun on a single guy. The movie > is great because its not your typical movie about crazy police force > against bad crime lords. It shows how corruption works on Rio all the way > from the mayor office to the slums and inside the police force. US and > European watchers who never saw anything about south american exciting life > style as told by ourselves will have a great and enlightening experience > with those movies. > > :-) > > :-) > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Another "quiet night in Rio" I see: >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**world-latin-america-19940440<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19940440> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. > http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
