Hi Paolo M, you're writing from Brazil, right? Just to add a byline to my previous post: As usual the media is presenting the sensational side of things. For a more positive view of SA see http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/ Gavin ________________________________
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Paulo Marcondes
Sent: Fri 2008/05/30 04:14 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation
2008/5/30 Lucena, Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Gavin,
My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
that situation too. I just wanted to add that thanks to economic growth and
social reforms, Brazil is now a moving target on what concern wealth
concentration index. Brazilian business, factories and agriculture are
investing now in Africa. I hope that Word Cup, tourism, conferences and other
business could bring more opportunities to South African of all ethnicity and
that will result in peace and prosperity.
Gavin and Ivan,
The last 14 years have been extremely profitable for banks and financial
investors. So, I an quite pessimist regarding wealth distribution.
Also, there are some concerns regarding the political climate here. Many seem
it as getting more and more unfriendly to private property and civil liberties.
For instance, what you call realID is a reality here since unremembered times,
and that is also a police issued document. No one seems to give a rat's ass
about that.
talk about police state... we are far more down that road than the US, or even
the UK, AFAIK.
The only thing we don't have so far is a no-fly list.
the cup is half empty,
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