It seems like people would move out to the countryside, under situations like what is described here. I would. I know I am missing something obvious. I really feel for you, Andre.
If only one of us could write an application that empowers citizens to bring peace to their neighborhoods :) I hope no one you are close to gets hurt. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > This morning there was a piece in the Wall St Journal on Rio's violence. > (Photos here < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572404575634823185618234.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews>.) > Wow. So sorry Andre! Stay safe, my friend! > > Phil > > > > On 11/26/10 10:20 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> Thanks for the email. Yes, things are bad in here and it appears that it >> will get worse before getting better. I live in Niteroi, neighbor city of >> Rio. Just a 20 minutes ride from here to there where I work. My parents >> are >> from São Paulo which is their own criminal nightmare in itself. Rio has a >> really odd landscape/topography with the city at sea level and the slums >> on >> the hills and small mountains, makes everything hard. >> >> Our new president is an ex-guerrilla fighter who kidnapped U.S. >> Ambassadors >> in exchange of liberty for political prisioners, she is also very hard to >> deal with according to my girlfriend who is a journalist. I don't like the >> new president, almost cried when she got ellected but hey, there were >> worse >> options... >> >> damn this country will get crazy the next four years... >> >> Not enough people know about Rio and Brazil in "Real Life", all they know >> is >> old Hollywood stereotypes. If they knew that here in Rio, the violence >> already killed more than the vietnam war then they would think twice about >> calling this a peaceful place. At least now they are seeing on TV that it >> is >> a war, finally, after 30 years someone is telling the truth. >> >> Eeek! the army just deployed 800 soldiers in Rio right now, things are >> about >> to get ugly... >> >> :-/ >> >> Well, I will be at the next conference, it will be good to have some days >> of >> this whole situation. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > -- > Phil Davis > > PDS Labs > Professional Software Development > http://pdslabs.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Do all things with love _______________________________________________ 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
