tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8146413918070739027..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52902763113934727792010-12-15T12:22:28.124-05:002010-12-15T12:22:28.124-05:00Tim,
I was thinking about your pun this morning i...Tim,<br /><br />I was thinking about your pun this morning in the shower.<br />And laughing out loud.<br /><br />Everybody Else,<br /><br />If you didn't get it, think juvenile=Juvenal and Google the headline of this post.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9504697061561678772010-12-07T07:46:36.960-05:002010-12-07T07:46:36.960-05:00Oh, now you're just being juvenal :-)Oh, now you're just being juvenal :-)Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1453569732174525542010-12-06T12:35:55.729-05:002010-12-06T12:35:55.729-05:00The US Marines raised the flag at the highest poin...The US Marines raised the flag at the highest point on Iwo Jima in 1945. There was little, if any, chance at this point in the war that the Japanese could be in a position to re-take the island.<br /><br />Unfortunately, that is likely not the case in the favelas. In that it took 800 military and more than 2000 cops from various law enforcement departments, how likely will it be that the favela remains clear of the dealers?<br /><br />I don't think it is possible for the average person to grasp the street value of 40 tons of marijuana and 300 kilograms of cocaine. How long is it going to remain untouched in the evidence lockers?<br /><br />Brazil isn't the only country where drugs and the money they represent is too big a temptation for those entrusted with protecting the community from the ravages caused by addiction and the willingness to do anything to get the money for the next dose.<br />Prohibition was an unmitigated failure in the United States because people wanted alcohol. Prohibition created the mafia in the United States. It also made the Kennedy family very wealthy. The cost of whiskey can't be compared to the cost of cocaine but there was a considerable amount of bloodshed between the groups vying to control the market.<br /><br />How long can that mother protect her children from forces on both sides of the law when the line is erased? <br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91695185600936152322010-12-06T09:22:10.604-05:002010-12-06T09:22:10.604-05:00I was going to attempt a funny comment about the c...I was going to attempt a funny comment about the cop caricature, but saw the photo above it of the mother fleeing with her children. There is nothing humorous about this aspect of our world. <br /><br />Good work!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35426727784282547712010-12-06T02:03:01.257-05:002010-12-06T02:03:01.257-05:00Leighton--
Cursed conditions for the residents of...Leighton--<br /><br />Cursed conditions for the residents of the favelas, blessed soil for the novelist. I don't know how it seems to the rest of you, but for me, on the personal and global level, the micro and the macro, so much of what's significant in life seems to be be framed as galling, fascinating contradiction.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-42531296021233606642010-12-06T01:43:12.279-05:002010-12-06T01:43:12.279-05:00Leighton, this staggers the imagination. Thanks fo...Leighton, this staggers the imagination. Thanks for the update, scary though it may be.<br />How do cops and crooks get away with that stuff since apparently it's all over the press, with photos worth a million words?<br /><br />Pat BrowningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com