Where is the deterrent component? WHY would these monsters not kill again? As I have said before, crime over there is worth it, or at least that seems to be the message being sent by the penal code of the land. When justices cite to the code as the reason behind their incomprehensible decisions to release these menacing animals back into society I say "then code needs to change". You can't reward these people, who day after day and crime after crime prove themselves not able to be rehabilitated. And you can't expose society to these people because they have proven themselves apathetic towards others, and capable of the most heinous acts of violence.
I just want the American media to start reporting on these incidents. I don't think that any help will come from any foreign nation, but I do think that once Americans know of this, and once tourism slows down, then the local government will do something because the universal language of money and profits is able to translate the need for change better than the popular shouts of "enough".
not that i want to bring iraq into this at all, but if the americans get involved, wouldn't it be construed as them just meddling where they are not wanted? or are you talking a passive stance by not actively going in there and trying to change brazil to conform to american standards? while i would love to see these injustices disappear, i wonder if american intervention would cause more problems than it would solve. o que vc acha?
ReplyDeleteIt is true that many people will see the US as interfering, somewhat like Iraq, but the way I see it is more in relation to the media. All that should happen is the media start reporting these news so that there is some pressure on the Brazilian government to change the penal code.
ReplyDeleteok, that's fair. also, that's not to say that *i* would see it as an iraqi thing necessarily -- just that, i guess, i wonder if brazil/brazilians would want american interference.
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