Brazil is far from a third world country. If you fly on any regional airline in the U.S., like American Eagle, etc. you are likely flting on an Embraer Regional Jet. Made in Brazil. Brazil is an industrial power worldwide.JerryK wrote:The problem here is that you are using the ethics of our country on a (possible) third world country. I am sure Brazil has some issues with what we do in this country (as do I) but that is a different thread. Not all country's have the same value for human life that we have. If our crime was as bad as it is down there (read Chicago) and they had a lawyer under every rock their values may change..I'm not that impressed by them. Using the helicopter that way is a dandy but unnecessarily dangerous piece of theater. It's easy to be a cowboy in a country where even the police do not respect the rule of law.
I was taught TOS (the other side) put yourself in their shoes and you may welcome someone in a heli shooting at bad guys. After a while you would get tired of all the crime they have. I have heard it is the wild west 10 fold.
As for crime, they do have a lot in the big cities. Sao Palo for example has a population of 20 million +, and like most major cities worldwide it has a high crime rate. That said, i always felt safer in Sao Palo than I did in Chicago.
As far as value of human life, once again, thay are no different than us. If we used Chicago as the measurement as to regard for human life in the U.S., how would we look? The Brazilian people I have interacted with in Brazil, are no different than folks here in Texas. They are warm, respectful, fun loving people. The Flavelas (slums) seen on the hillsides of cities like Rio, are the result of an economy where there is vertually no lower middle class. There is rich, upper middle class, and poor. The gov't, like here in the U.S., gives them just enough in welfare to get their vote.
Fortunately, i have had no interaction with the Brazilian police, other than a traffic stop in a taxi, and it was pretty intimidating, but no harm no foul. In the end, everything I had "heard" about Brazil proved untrue once I made my first trip over there. Besides, who could resist Brazilian barbeque at a Churrascaria?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Brazil
