I Think you are right Jinx, I'm a Lawyer here in Brazil (but I like PIC'n too ;-) ). Mostly every major city and country has it's secure and non-secure places ... In fact, Brazil with it's big territory and low investiments in security, has more of these non-secure areas. I think it's corect to say that the far you get from the "populated zone", bigger is the risk. But in some cities, in most countries it's the same. And one other thing: people are killed every day in every country, in this case it was a famous (or not so famous) stranger, and thats why it got our attencion. But the criminality is not a problem of Brazil or USA, it's a world problem. And don't think that it's directly related to the social condition of the criminals, because this is not a rule. Just an example: the serial killers that we use to see in USA (and it looks to have a plenty of then). It's real hard to heard of that kind of crime here ... Thats another crime profile, generated by social condicions that seens to be common in USA. One other example: the Shooters, that psychotic guys who enter in a building, school, or whatever, and starts shooting randomly... Again, this crime profile is not common here .... Brazil has criminality problems ? Yeah of course, and some places more than others. Most people don't know, but there are many cities and states in Brazil, that are considered 1st World level. In fact, many people still thinks that Brazil is located in Africa, and thats all Jungle, naked women (and what women, oh man), soccer (Pele), etc. That's not true, but I think that only the bad news reach most countries ... Ps.: this message is not directed for any one in this list. I respect all considerations, and now this is my own. And sorry my bad english, actually I only read english, but I think my words are clear ... Regards, Fabio Pereira Joinville - SC - Brasil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Sir Peter Blake > > Read it again and you will see that as poor as my english may be > > it is clearly talking about the country and not about the fact itself. > > I have seen > > I'm sure no offense was meant. I saw an interview with a Brazilian > reporter (who happens to have the surname Brazil, perhaps you > know of him), who said that it was probably a robbery gone wrong, > committed in a region known for its lawlessness and poverty that > is a dangerous place to be. There are areas like that in any major > city, which I doubt anyone in that city would be able to deny > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu