Comments for Smiles, Misery and Crack in the Favelas of Brazil at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:35:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_21124 Thanks Needa for the encouragement! And to Jonathan, Thank you for the veiled compliment I detected in your comment! Although I was irked at first, really I can't be mad at how you opportunistically focused on one word in the whole essay, and to promote your book, blew it totally out of proportion in an effort to position yourself as some sort of expert on drugs in brazil. In spite of that, I actually I hope people buy your book and read it, they might learn something. I looked it up, and I might even buy it myself. But I wrote this while I was living in a favela, it was my experience at the time, and I wrote to express the emotions I felt, both sadness at the conditions and wonderment at the resilience of the people. It was not meant to be a source of factual data, it could be argued that maybe I should have kept it in my journal instead of putting it on the internet. And I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet. But I hope maybe someone who has the power to change conditions for the people in Brazil will read this, and decide to ease the people's suffering there. They don't deserve it. - Justin Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:57:59 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_20233 this is really good info i think you should add some more good info to it!!!!!! ;) :) :D ;D 8) :-* - Needa Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:08:37 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_19699 Do get your facts straight .at least. Heroin in brazilian favelas? absurd! There is no heroin trade in brazil. Never has been, not to speak of outside of a negligably tiny group of elite rich people... i just published a book about the world of crack addicts in rio de janeiro called ''Narcisa" -- feel free to check it out if you want the real story... I am a recovering brazilian crack addict, very active in local recovery programs, so i do know whereof i speak. Such crappy mis-information takes away credibility from what, otherwise, might have been a pretty good -- albiet somewhat gringo-pomorphic -- piece of writing. JONATHAN SHAW -- WWW.SCABVENDOR.COM - jonathan shaw Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:22:28 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_3692 rubbish - Guest Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:53:28 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_3694 when i read this i was shocked. i you sure you havnt exadurated. im sure it cant br that bad - Guest Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:32:00 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_3695 AMAZING. SO MUCH EMPATHY, YOU CAN RELLY FEEL WHAT THE FAVELAS ARE LIKE - Guest Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:27:02 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3194/1/#pc_563 really captures the experience of the favelas in Brazil! - Guest Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:09:06 +0100