On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:54 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
> On 11/26/10 12:49 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > > >> http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/fotos/2010/11/veja-fotos-dos-carros-incendiados-no-rio.html >> >> strong pictures, be aware. >> > > I couldn't live that way. Please stay safe, Andre. That's scary. > Jacque, it is easy, no one shoots the guy who fixes the internet... jokes aside, we've lived thru worse periods. Once there were only the bad guys. Now, for the first time, the goverment is making a stand and our troops are finally reclaiming crime territory after decades. I am 30 years old and it is the first time in my lifetime that Vila do Cruzeiro was taken. Now, if they can take Complexo do Alemão (which is funny in a non-funny way because this name means complex of the germans and german is a street slang for enemy in Rio), this slum is quite big, the size of 10 city districts and one of the strongholds of one of the criminal factions, the comando vermelho (Red Command). It was worse when I was young. I remember by the time I was 14 or 15, I was robbed almost every single week! As I left the school to take the bus home, I had to pass by a slum and kids from that place would always rob us. I used to carry three wallets, the exchange would go like this: kid with some weapon: "hey playboy, pass me your wallet!" me: "here! here!" and pass wallet #1 with no money kid with some weapon: "Do you think I am a moron, pass me the hidden one!" me: "Okay, sorry, sorry! here! here!" pass wallet #2 with less than 5 USD kid with some weapon: "Just that? What is this?" me: "I was robbed this morning..." kid with some weapon: "Damn!" me: "Can you spare me the change to take the bus" kid with some weapon: "Okay, pick 1 back" ... Now, we're not robbed like this anymore. Still we're at war like you seen but this happens mostly on the poor areas and the upper middle class never sees it. Me as just-middle-class am on the cross fire. I do not live in a slum, but I live next to some. So I am safe but I do see the violence and need to be extra careful not to be hit by it while on my comute to work Well, as they say, it is never boring to be in Rio, lots of fireworks everyday... Thanks for the kind words Jacque but you guys will still suffer my wedding pictures on the next conference. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ 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