Thursday, September 15, 2011
Brazil
So tonight I attended a movie for class at the YMCA. The movie was called "The Tenants." In summary, an average Brazilian family's life is changed when new neighbors move in. They are 3 boys that party all night, sleep all day, and have no job. No one will say anything to them, even though they are disrupting everyone. They eventually murder people and shout about it clearly saying they did it. They do what they want and they don't believe in authority. This movie puts into perspective what Brazil deals with from day to day, VIOLENCE. No one does anything about it. To Americans doing something about a problem is the right thing to do, but in developing countries if you were to do that, you are basically asking to be their next victim. No political leadership leads to this, and all it is doing is put people in constant stress of getting through the day. If something does not change fast, there ultimately will not be a way to change; if the government even wants change. The latter is probably true, and the people will continue to live thinking violence is just the way life is.
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This is ridiculous. The fact that Brazil allows something like that to happen is out of line. I am very shocked at this too because I did not know Brazil was like that. I think the UN needs to get together and start establishing laws and making change in other countries. People need to go out of their comfort zone to help countries like this.
ReplyDeleteOftentimes, I take for granted what a privilege it is to live in America, where we have such an emphasis on justice. Of course, our system has faults, but it is a relatively good system, especially when stories arise such as this one.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your assertion that change needs to happen soon. The longer this blind-eye towards violence continues, the more insidiously it will seep deeper into society and eventually not only affect Brazil, but neighboring and trading countries.
This is a clear example of what a lack of government can do to a country. If a country is trying to develop, the first step is to having a stable government. There is not much a country can do with an unstable government. This is the same case in many other countries as well and Brazil is no exception.
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