And the opposite action to Venezuela is

[Great-Kazoo]

Brazil

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...Vg-eqllFIDvzwY




Bolsonaro won the presidency by running on a far-right, law-and-order platform, and often delighted supporters at campaign stops with his signature ?guns up? hand gesture. His maverick presidential run energized a base of rural landowners, Christian conservatives and free-market hawks who yearned for a tougher response to years of rising violence and political graft.







?Studies show that the better armed the population is the less violence there will be,? Lorenzoni told the GloboNews cable channel. He said armed robberies of homes had increased because thieves knew residents could not defend themselves.

[roberth]

I'm watching Brazil to see how this progresses.

[Gman]

"It'll be high noon at the OK Corral!"

"There will be blood flowing in the streets!"

That's the usual leftard response here in the US, which doesn't happen. Let's see what happens there in Brazil.

[Great-Kazoo]

"It'll be high noon at the OK Corral!"

"There will be blood flowing in the streets!"

Depends how serious the citizens are about cleaning up the rampant crime.


I could see small squads of locals cleansing the area. You live for a decade under such "terrifying" conditions. Would one not want to right the ship, so to speak.

[Irving]

There is already a country that's been doing this for a while in Asia. When I remember which one, I'll post it.

[Irving]

Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is who I'm thinking of.

[Great-Kazoo]

Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is who I'm thinking of.

The problem with this is. How does one determine the cleansing is a legitimate / valid one. Not something where a neighbor has a grudge against another?

[waffles]

The problem with this is. How does one determine the cleansing is a legitimate / valid one. Not something where a neighbor has a grudge against another?

You can't. It unnerves me quite a bit when I hear people in the US celebrating Duterte's complete disregard for due process and willingness to murder "drug dealers".

[Irving]

You can't. It unnerves me quite a bit when I hear people in the US celebrating Duterte's complete disregard for due process and willingness to murder "drug dealers".

Yup

[Gman]

I could see small squads of locals cleansing the area.

This has happened in Mexico.