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To: elmatador who wrote (34634)	5/10/2008 5:11:43 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217677

I agree that Brazilian police and government officials are corrupt and take bribes because they they want more money. The question is - will they ever have enough money to become honest? I'd suggest money rarely makes dishonest people honest. When prison officials asked Willie Sutton why he robbed banks, he said "Because that's where the money is." This Brazilian-style logic is indeed compelling. It would also be nice to agree with you and believe that Brazilians will stop murdering and robbing each other, if only they had more money. But there's a different perspective. The dramatic rise in Brazil's crime rate did not begin until two years before democracy returned to Brazil, a period when the societal controls imposed by the military dictatorship were fading. It seems obvious that the crime rate in Brazil will continue to rise exponentially until Brazilians demand a return to a strong dictatorship - which they will do as conditions become increasingly unbearable. Brazilian culture is merely incompatible with democracy. .