All you need to know about Brazilians
November 1, 2006 by William K. Wolfrum
In a story about a work slowdown by air traffic controllers in Brazil, the Associated Press found an example which shows more about Brazilians then you ever knew.
Most passengers were taking the delays in stride, some of them sleeping in airport lounges as they waited for flights to depart, while others arrived tired at their destinations.
“At least we made it. Things could be worse,” said Maria Aparecida after arriving in Rio de Janeiro from Brasilia with a three-hour delay.
-WKW
>”The Brazilian senate is considering a
>bill that will make it a crime to join a
>chat, blog, or download from the Internet
>without fully identifying oneself first.
>
>Privacy groups and Internet providers
>are very concerned, and are trying to
>lobby against the bill, but it seems
>they won’t have much success.”
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/06/1727229
From the article:
“If approved, it will be a crime, punishable with up to 4 years
of jail time, to disseminate virus or trojans,unauthorizedly
access data banks or networks and send e-mail, join chat, write
a blog or download content anonymously.”
http://realtimesociety.blogspot.com/2006/11/proposal-to-control-net-access.html
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A man sat next to a blonde who was engrossed in her newspaper.
The bold headline read “12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed.”
Then turning to the man she asked, “How many is a Brazilian?”
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[...] Bundchen is a big star in Brazil, where they love their celebrity gossip as much as anyone. News of Brady and Bundchen, pictures of them in magazines, stories about them on the radio — they’re coming. Tom Brady has punctured my safe Brazilian haven. [...]
[...] Playing a friendly game of cards with a group of Brazilians not long ago, my partner chastised me for not protecting my cards well enough and allowing my opponent to see them. The insinuation being that it was a given my opponents would try to see my cards, and it was my fault, not my opponents lack of card-playing ethics. [...]
[...] Using a blistering left jab and body attack, an unrelenting Juan Diaz dominated Acelino “Popó” Freitas, with the Brazilian unable to answer the bell for the ninth round. [...]
[...] And to top it all off, Rio is hosting the Pan-American Games, starting July 13. Throw in the fact that Brazil’s soccer season is in full swing, and the concert has gotten extremely lukewarm response from Brazilians, anyway. [...]
[...] And to top it all off, Rio is hosting the Pan-American Games, starting July 13. Throw in the fact that Brazil’s soccer season is in full swing, and the concert has gotten extremely lukewarm response from Brazilians, anyway. [...]
[...] Brazil is a nation with a lot of problems. Horrifying poverty, crime, a government always in some stage of proving itself corrupt, etc. But there is one other thing Brazil has proven itself to be: Progressive. They see the truth, and they are fighting long-standing biases to act on it. [...]
[...] Brazil is a nation with a lot of problems. Horrifying poverty, crime, a government always in some stage of proving itself corrupt, etc. But there is one other thing Brazil has proven itself to be: Progressive. They see the truth, and they are fighting long-standing biases to act on it. [...]
[...] There is much to admire about Brazil. The homophobia that’s so ingrained in the culture is not one of them, however. [...]