Message-ID: <3518F7C4.7690F1CD@persocom.com.br> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:25:40 -0300 From: Joaquim Moura <mailto:joaquim.moura@PERSOCOM.COM.BR> Subject: Violence among youth in Brazil and US To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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Very recently (last week) the InterAmerican Development Bank declared that violence in Brazil causes an annual loss around US$ 80 billions to the fragile Brazilian economy. 10% of our GNP. Half of this money goes in direct losses and half more indirectly - money that doesn't come to Brazil - for the foreign investors choose other and safer countries to invest their money.
Through the last three weeks, Brasilia has been shocked by especially cruel crimes done by youngsters. Coincidentally I had wrote an article published by Brasilia's main newspaper just on the eve of the first of this crimes happened (a couple of university students killed and burned inside her car by a group of three youngsters aging 21, 16 and 15 years. I wrote it before the crime that shocked the city because I has noticed that everyday a youngster killed somebody or was killed by somebody, in Brasilia, (in Rio or Sao Paulo, many more than one kid a day) but nobody discussed it deeply enough.
Soon other extremely violent crimes came and violence today is the main issue in the city. But the discussions and the governmental plans insist to neglect exactly the cultural and physio-psychological aspects involved. They just talk about more police and sports, maybe more jobs... Too superficial... But I insist and maybe soon someone will perceive that the points I suggest should be considered... (Yesterday I was invited by the officers who work with the vice governor of Brasilia to meet them tomorrow to discuss how we could implement a cultural project for Brasilia's popular youth that could show them that life can be much more than dying a bit every day, trapped in our current cultural and environmental decadence)
I translated this article *Seeds of Violence* and you may read it at: http://www.partners-bsbdc.org/seeds.htm if you please...
Now, when also in the USA (and in Europe and Japan) juvenile crimes become incredibly cruel and senseless, maybe the issues I try to call your attention on should be discussed and proposed as a more effective way to reduce violence to a next to zero level. Everybody would enjoy it, so why not to try it at once??
Please let me know how these issues are being discussed in your countries, in your communities. I need (someone needs) to keep a global view of these socio-cultural and political trends to fight crime and reduce violence.
Thank you very much.
Joaquim Moura _____________________________ http://www.partners-bsbdc.org http://www.partners-bsbdc.org/joaquim.htm
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Dear Friends,
Very recently (last week) the InterAmerican Development
Bank declared that violence in Brazil causes an annual
loss around US$ 80 billions to the fragile Brazilian economy.
10% of our GNP. Half of this money goes in direct losses
and half more indirectly - money that doesn't come to
Brazil - for the foreign investors choose other and safer
countries to invest their money.Through the last three weeks, Brasilia has been shocked by
especially cruel crimes done by youngsters. Coincidentally I
had wrote an article published by Brasilia's main newspaper
just on the eve of the first of this crimes happened (a couple
of university students killed and burned inside her car by a
group of three youngsters aging 21, 16 and 15 years. I wrote
it before the crime that shocked the city because I has
noticed that everyday a youngster killed somebody or
was killed by somebody, in Brasilia, (in Rio or Sao Paulo,
many more than one kid a day) but nobody discussed
it deeply enough.Soon other extremely violent crimes came and violence
today is the main issue in the city. But the discussions and
the governmental plans insist to neglect exactly the cultural
and physio-psychological aspects involved. They just talk
about more police and sports, maybe more jobs... Too
superficial... But I insist and maybe soon someone will
perceive that the points I suggest should be considered...
(Yesterday I was invited by the officers who work with the
vice governor of Brasilia to meet them tomorrow to discuss
how we could implement a cultural project for Brasilia's
popular youth that could show them that life can be much
more than dying a bit every day, trapped in our current
cultural and environmental decadence)I translated this article *Seeds of Violence* and you may
read it at:
http://www.partners-bsbdc.org/seeds.htm
if you please...Now, when also in the USA (and in Europe and Japan)
juvenile crimes become incredibly cruel and senseless,
maybe the issues I try to call your attention on should be
discussed and proposed as a more effective way to reduce
violence to a next to zero level. Everybody would enjoy it,
so why not to try it at once??Please let me know how these issues are being discussed
in your countries, in your communities. I need (someone
needs) to keep a global view of these socio-cultural and
political trends to fight crime and reduce violence.Thank you very much.
Joaquim Moura
_____________________________
http://www.partners-bsbdc.org
http://www.partners-bsbdc.org/joaquim.htm
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