See **** below ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Natalia has sent you an article from npr.org
> Natalia wrote: > > Interesting how the Favelas in Rio are actually doing well culturally. So > > much so that their main source of income has become tourism. The CBC Radio > > One toured a few of the major world cities' illegal communities, and > > discovered a vibrant community in Rio. People there live in relative safety > > because neighbors watch out for each other. Most people abide by a code of > > behavior that, once understood, inspires a general sense of trust, and apart > > from gang violence, most people make the time for song and music, art and > > even architectural accomplishments out of low cost/no cost material. Women > > particularly have been thriving because of demand for arts and crafts. It's > > as if we have been provided assurance in this new dark age, as a result of > > their budding successes, that arts and culture once again prove to be the > > foundation of society and economy. I'm sure that Ray has been following > > closely. > > Unfortunately, the hook is the phrase "apart from gang violence"! > You can't put that apart -- it spoils everything. As the people in > Brazil have to find out the hard way now (mafia war against the state). > *****Chris, I believe you are condemning their entire existence, giving them no credit to find their own way through the dark. Tourists are not coming to get shot at. They are coming to have fun, to get a taste of the best that can come out of a dim situation. Very few are looking for drugs, and if all that they experienced was violence, then the best advertising in the world--word of mouth--wouldn't be bringing them in.**** > > > Women particularly have been thriving > > Yeah right! Someone I know in Colombia (Medellin) tells me that mothers > have to prostitute their own daughters from 11 years old on to survive. **** 'Have chosen to' is the terminology I would use. But this is Columbia, not Rio, where drugs are the primary crops. I wouldn't doubt, however, that it occurs since men are predators world-wide. But read my email to Brad and Ed regarding who does the sewing, weaving, cooking etc. in Rio's favelas. It sure isn't the men.**** > In the past they were able to earn some money by sewing, but these jobs > now go to China... > > > > It's as if we have been provided assurance in this new dark age > > Yep, like your assurance from drugs... *****Again, you are denying people what they have in their hearts and minds, which is the assurance, and you are also choosing to determine that everyone is going to become a drug addict or a victim of drug crime. The real crime here is the failing government selling out their own people, their own fellow countrymen stealing from the poor or the government, and the multinationals enslaving the poor, as usual. Mafia will always be around, no matter where you are. Just look at poor old Germany, with its 8-24 billion euros cost to healthcare annually due to a corrupt legal drugs trade. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2024911,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-ger-1023-rdf ***** Natalia ************* > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
