The war on Christmas, Brazil-style.

2007-12-20 01:44:46

#1

BVC: Member; +325|7132

Brazilian gangsters are taking the "war on Christmas" to a new level.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4329776a4560.html

Jingle-bang! Santa's chopper shot up over Rio slum
Reuters | Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Not even Santa Claus is safe as the violent Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas season.

Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said on Tuesday.

"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.

The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack. Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage.

Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighbouring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.

Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents.

Most of Rio's 700-plus slums are controlled by drug traffickers and are not regularly patrolled by police, who instead go into the slums in military-style raids, often using helicopters and armoured vehicles.

2007-12-20 02:03:42

#2

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6992

That's not very politically correct...

2007-12-20 02:08:15

#3

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7211|Noizyland

It's the NZ media, what do you expect?

[Blinking eyes thing]
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2007-12-20 03:42:59

#4

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6987|CH/BR - in UK

Hey, I'm Brazilian... I resent "jingle-bang".
Hate the fucking slums... Brazil has one of the worst Gini Coefficients - only poverty stricken African countries are worse off... It's embarrassing. Need better wealth distribution.

-konfusion

2007-12-20 03:44:37

#5

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7194|Argentina

konfusion wrote:
Hey, I'm Brazilian... I resent "jingle-bang".
Hate the fucking slums... Brazil has one of the worst Gini Coefficients - only poverty stricken African countries are worse off... It's embarrassing. Need better wealth distribution.

-konfusion

It's a shame really. Rio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

2007-12-20 03:55:35

#6

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6987|CH/BR - in UK

sergeriver wrote:
It's a shame really. Rio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Not if you wander into the favelas it isn't : /
For that matter, Rio only starts getting beautiful after you're about an hour away from the airport. The airport is surrounded by open sewage, favelas and heavy smog.

-konfusion

2007-12-20 03:58:41

#7

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7194|Argentina

konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
It's a shame really. Rio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Not if you wander into the favelas it isn't : /
For that matter, Rio only starts getting beautiful after you're about an hour away from the airport. The airport is surrounded by open sewage, favelas and heavy smog.

-konfusion

I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.

2007-12-20 04:00:23

#8

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +697|6727|Washington St.

Jingle-bang!

roflcopter

2007-12-20 04:12:27

#9

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6987|CH/BR - in UK

sergeriver wrote:
I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.

True... what I can really recommend is going to the beach, and going with one of those paraglider guys. You can fly over most of the city that way, and it looks quite nice
Oh, and I highly recommend Churascarias.
I love chicken hearts

-konfusion

2007-12-20 04:13:31

#10

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7058|London, England

konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.
True... what I can really recommend is going to the beach, and going with one of those paraglider guys. You can fly over most of the city that way, and it looks quite nice

But what if they think it's a police paraglider and start shooting at you

2007-12-20 04:16:10

#11

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7194|Argentina

konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.
True... what I can really recommend is going to the beach, and going with one of those paraglider guys. You can fly over most of the city that way, and it looks quite nice
Oh, and I highly recommend Churascarias.
I love chicken hearts

-konfusion

And I highly recommend Garotas laying on the beach of Ipanema.

2007-12-20 04:17:15

#12

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6660|Escea

Mek-Izzle wrote:
konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.
True... what I can really recommend is going to the beach, and going with one of those paraglider guys. You can fly over most of the city that way, and it looks quite nice
But what if they think it's a police paraglider and start shooting at you

Strap some rocket pods and return fire!

2007-12-20 04:21:18

#13

krazed: Admiral of the Bathtub; +619|7217|Great Brown North

i suggest napalm

2007-12-20 04:37:37

#14

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6987|CH/BR - in UK

sergeriver wrote:
And I highly recommend Garotas laying on the beach of Ipanema.

Definitely. In Brazil there's something we call the beach test. If you just started going out with someone, and you want to see if she's "physically worthy", you take her to the beach, and... well, you get the idea

-konfusion

2007-12-20 04:40:29

#15

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7194|Argentina

konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
And I highly recommend Garotas laying on the beach of Ipanema.
Definitely. In Brazil there's something we call the beach test. If you just started going out with someone, and you want to see if she's "physically worthy", you take her to the beach, and... well, you get the idea

-konfusion

Here we have the bitch test. If you started dating a girl and you want to see if she's physically worthy take her to the bed, and...well, you get the idea.

2007-12-20 04:41:14

#16

G3|Genius: Pope of BF2s; +355|7063|Sea to globally-cooled sea

CameronPoe wrote:
That's not very politically correct...

LOL political correctness..

just a way to brainwash people. Rhetoric is a dangerous thing when the user is unaware that it is rhetoric.

2007-12-20 05:08:00

#17

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7111|Canberra, AUS

G3|Genius wrote:
CameronPoe wrote:
That's not very politically correct...
LOL political correctness..

just a way to brainwash people. Rhetoric is a dangerous thing when the user is unaware that it is rhetoric.

Wut?

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-12-20 06:35:48

#18

lowing: Banned; +1,662|7088|USA

konfusion wrote:
Hey, I'm Brazilian... I resent "jingle-bang".
Hate the fucking slums... Brazil has one of the worst Gini Coefficients - only poverty stricken African countries are worse off... It's embarrassing. Need better wealth distribution.

-konfusion

I bet if they outlawed guns it would make everything better.

2007-12-20 07:04:07

#19

Cubefreak666: I kill you in future, too; +34|7069|Germany

yeah, because everyone would follow the law...

2007-12-20 09:48:46

#20

IRONCHEF: Member; +385|6928|Northern California

konfusion wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
I've been there, I didn't visit the favels, but I saw them. But the city is beautiful.
True... what I can really recommend is going to the beach, and going with one of those paraglider guys. You can fly over most of the city that way, and it looks quite nice
Oh, and I highly recommend Churascarias.
I love chicken hearts

-konfusion

Valeu cara! Churrascarias FTW! Tem uns 3 ou 4 deles perto de minha casa! Vamos rangar dos coraçoes de galinha! *snaps forefinger on middle finger from upper lip position*

Kon,
You think it was CV who shot up that helocopter?

Here's CV in Rocinha in Rio...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qJsM9BwgfOM& … re=related

Last edited by IRONCHEF (2007-12-20 09:50:51)

2007-12-20 14:32:05

#21

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6987|CH/BR - in UK

sergeriver wrote:
Here we have the bitch test. If you started dating a girl and you want to see if she's physically worthy take her to the bed, and...well, you get the idea.

Well, I meant before you get to that stage... I don't personally like people who put out on a first date...

@IRON - Not familiar with the gangs - I only visit Brazil once a year : /

-konfusion

2007-12-20 14:35:25

#22

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6842|North Carolina

konfusion wrote:
Hey, I'm Brazilian... I resent "jingle-bang".
Hate the fucking slums... Brazil has one of the worst Gini Coefficients - only poverty stricken African countries are worse off... It's embarrassing. Need better wealth distribution.

-konfusion

Brazil strikes me as a vision of what America may become in the future. It's a very scary thought indeed....

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