dick, Well no kidding.
On Oct 3, 4:18 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > As someone who has been to Rio de Janeiro several times in the past 5 > years, I had no fear walking around Copacabana and Ipanema and the > Central District at all even at 3 AM. So long as you stay out of the > favelas, which is where most of the crime occurs, you should have no > problem in Rio. That is not the same in Chicago. The crime is spread > out more there than it is in Rio so therefore it is more dangerous. > > It is like almost anywhere else. If you go into a dangerous area, and > they are easy to pick out, and you make an ass out of yourself, then you > are likely to get into trouble. If you keep your wits about yourself, > then you should have no problem. > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > d.b. > > >www.topix.com/Forum/source/el-paso-times/YIDQARVSF22LOVTV > > > MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE WORLD > > > 1. Ciudad Juarz, Mexico > > 2. Baghdad, Iraq > > 3. Swat Valley, Pakistan > > 4. Kabul, Afghanistan > > 5. Mogadishu, Somalia > > 6. Washington, D.C. United States > > 7. RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL > > > ASK.COM was a bit different, had Rio listed in 6th place. Chicago,Il. > > didn't even place in the top 10. > > > You have no idea in the world what the hell you are talking about. > > > On Oct 3, 9:49 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Introducing the ghetto culture to Copenhagen: > > >> [Q] - “The more I watched Barack/Michelle do the ‘I grew up in the > >> neighborhood’ thing, the more I noticed the Euro-audience wincing. > >> (Not smart bragging about your childhood Chicago ‘right hook’ to an > >> audience that has just watched horrific fighting in the streets of > >> Chicago.)” --http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/change-and-hope/ > > >> Interesting, the pictures from Rio showed thousands of people > >> celebrating, including lots of black people. But I noticed a > >> difference, a big difference; the blacks in Rio are NOT African > >> Americans. Therefore, I would venture to say ALL Brazilians speak a > >> common language, unlike most African Americans - who only speak, and > >> act, ghetto. > > >> What's perplexing though is that all other black cultures tend to pick > >> up our common language within a few years of their arrival. > >> Linguistics experts say this is because they avoid African American > >> ghettos like the plague. This may also explain why many African > >> Americans who grow up outside the ghetto tend to speak proper, or > >> understandable, English. And tend to seek gainful employment, as > >> opposed to taxpayer handouts. > > >> Whatever the reasons, America's African American ghettos have become a > >> plague on the land, a festering cancer - especially since Jimmy > >> Carter signed the "Community Reinvestment Act" into law, thus forcing > >> American banks to make loans to deadbeats. Now the CRA has come full > >> circle; the country is broke, politicians have gotten rich - and the > >> ghetto is still the ghetto. Where even the attempt by an African > >> American to speak proper English will get him/her injured, or > >> dead. > > >> If you stand back far enough, say, from Copenhagen, you can see it as > >> clear as day.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
