Comments for Pan-American Games Open in Brazil with Olympic Boos for Lula, US and Argentina at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 20 out of 29 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:00:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10047 The Olympics (and the Pan American games I'm sure) would bring $ and jobs to Brazil even if its temporary. That would be nice if it was correct. A friend of mine was offered a job that would pay him less than 50% that the market pays!!! He is an interpreter! Just imagine! - Armando R. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:45:01 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10046 why in the earth your nickname is written in English? I was not in Maracanã, I'm not even from Rio de Janeiro. If I was there I would accompany the others booing Lula, and next time there's a public event with Lula and I ever attend it, I will make sure to bring eggs with me. I don't agree that people boo other countries athletes, that's shameful ridiculous and veery childish! All this stupidity is product of a country with a poor education. Demand from your politicians qualilty education to the people! I've read at a carioca journalist say right after the event that the carioca people have revenged the fact that their state gave more votes to Lula amongst the others and after that Lula turned his back to the them. That gives me a bad impression of cariocas (it is said they are historically bairristas i.e. cares about their place exclusively) just like they (and Lula for that matter) begged people to vote for cristo redentor as a way they can have loads of tourists back. It would be better they demanded their mayor and governor that the city is safe, traffic dealers dont rule the city, that they keep the city clean, that they prevent pollution from killing thousands of fish in Lagoa de Freitas, that would bring tourists back (roll eyes). - mmdc Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:38:28 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10043 [quote]Lula deserves to be booed, many of our politicians are thieves, we are not a nation of people who cares about politics, ok. [/quote] John, I disagree with you. Lula did not deserve to be booed. He did not deserve to be elected at the first place and since we are not a nation of people who cares about politics, we elected him ( I did not vote for him) and then reelected him! Then in an international event which cost almost 7 times the original budget (for the tax payers), the people who could afford to buy tickets for the games decided to boo him. As for the rest of the comments, you made, I wholeheartedly agree with you and my congrats. Brazil should care about politics its one of the biggest problems Brazil has to solve. Well said Gomez and it coincides with the thoughts of John,me and many other people.We should not only scrutinize the candidates for the elected offices but demand more action from them,once they are elected.The biggest reason for that "incident" in Maracana was that those three big shots were competing for cheap popularity without having minimum interest in the welfare of the ones who elected (or rejected) them at the polls. btw, you guys should participate more often in this forum. - João da Silva Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:09:18 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10041 Hi, I attended the opening ceremony with my wife, daughter, mother-in-law and grandson. My impressions. Overall, I thought the whole ceremony and event went exceptionally well. Well orchestrated, etc. Booing the athletes from several countries was sad, save it for the politicians. What amazed me, was I went to and from Maracana by taxi, it took less than 30 minutes to get there and ditto going home to zona sul, so the traffic management was just superb. I thought overall it was exceptionally well done, the music and singing was very good, the right balance of homage to the athletes, officials, and link to the Olympic movement with the right amount of culture and Brasilian influence of singing, dancing, samba, etc. Well done. PS. Rio is very safe at the moment, I hope it will continue to be like this, but I sense it cant continue at this level of military presence in the streets, its a shame, I love the feel of safety we have at present in the streets of Rio. - John Miller Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:34:41 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10035 Harts and minds are in the right place now have to get the gov out of your pockets like the rest of us - forest Brown Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:08:18 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10033 Brazil should care about politics its one of the biggest problems Brazil has to solve. Solving that would solve so many other problems. So much easier to say than accomplish... Brazils politicians are thieves and in turn that makes desparate people do desparate things not because they are bad people, because they don't have a choice. The Olympics (and the Pan American games I'm sure) would bring $ and jobs to Brazil even if its temporary. The display at the Pan America Games could have destroyed that opportunity. Thats why I say too bad. Brazilian passion went to far in the wrong direction. But when it goes in the right direction, thats the irrisistable beauty of the Brazilian culture. - gomez Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:13:14 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10031 [quote]I think Brazil has blown its chance at the Olympics with that display. Too bad. [/quote] We, the Tax payers are relieved that Brasil has blown its chances of staging the Olympics.What benefits any events in Rio bring to the ones outside that city? - Paulo Cunha Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:57:42 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10028 (Lula, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela and USA were not all booed at the same event, but they were all booed during the games. So as Sergio Cabral, Rio's State Governor. People think Cesar Maia, the mayor, orchestrated the boo, because Lula and Cabral were supossably taking credit for what they didn't do. Honestly, I doubt any of the three has the right to complain about the others, given what politicians, including them three, have done recently. But that would be another topic.) - John, brazilian Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:03:09 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10027 A Brazilian male 24-year-old speaking here. Lula deserves to be booed, many of our politicians are thieves, we are not a nation of people who cares about politics, ok. But: 1) That was not the time or place to boo Lula (even if I felt good about people booing him). 2) Not all brazilians are stupid, politically careless or against free speech. Nor all americans are stupid enough to write "welcome to Congo" on the chalk board during international interviews, like some did. Every country has bad people. 3) It is shameful to boo Venezuela, Bolivia, USA and Argentina (more recently, after the Copa America, and not Pan-American Games, soccer finals Brazil 3x0 Argentina, Brazil laugh of Argentina's gymnastic team, who had no relation to the soccer team of a different competition!). Sports are not the occasion for political or ideological protests. Let's not be blindly proud of our countries, nor blindly attack other people's nations. Let's be reasonable and judge actions by their contexts. That's to ALL: brazilian, US's, swiss and all others. - John, brazilian Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:59:02 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10022 I think Brazil has blown its chance at the Olympics with that display. Too bad. - gomez Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:08:48 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_10003 Seriously man, you should be on a mental institution. Magnus,my boy,you are wrong.He (or she) is doing a great demolition job. Why interefere, when somone is doing a great work? Be wise and think well about what I said.btw, the Brasilians in this site know that we are smart and why bother about the adverse comments made to our irresponsible politicians? - Paulo Cunha Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:40:54 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9998 [quote]- are you against free speech ? Normal...you are Brazilian ! - are you the owner of this site ? Do you feel to have the right to police what doesnt belong to you ? - I have been on this site for years before you started. If one has to leave....it should be YOUUUU....not me ! You just prove time and again how idiots Brazilian are !!! but contrary to you, I tell you : feel free.....to post on this site ! It is not mine and I am pro free speech !!!!!! [/quote] .....YESSSSSSSSSSSSS,NOOOOOOOOOSSSSS, YOU,YOU,YOU..........LAUGHS,LAUGHS,LAUGHS Bla,bla,bla. Seriously man, you should be on a mental institution. - "Magnus Brasil" Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:38 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9994 Hey Mate, don't even waste one brain cell on these dimwits.... the idiots.......Pual Cunha and Magnus Brasil Sugar Daddy, you are an idiot kissing the arse of ch.c. and calling me and Magnus dimwits. In spite of your request,ch.c is not going to stop wasting his brain cell on us. He loves to be in touch with us and btw, he,Magnus and I are much smarter than you think we are. Be smart and analyse the entire situation and STOP giving advice to ch.c or calling us dimwits.Cant imagine that you are a big dumbfuck. - Paulo Cunha Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:45:31 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9990 Hey Mate, don't even waste one brain cell on these dimwits.... the idiots.......Pual Cunha and Magnus Brasil I too have been around for years on this site and free speech has done quite well here even though the odd hacker and some miserable Brazilians has shown his or her real face. As you know Brazil is not an "Knowledge Based' country and never will be in this decade or the next few for that matter. - doggydaddy Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:57:05 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9985 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... it was mostly against Lula. Never said the opposite. And I'm glad he was booed so many times. - "Magnus Brasil" Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:37:13 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9982 Excuse moi ch.c, you're affirm Brazilians are crooks liers and cheaters but using your logic you probably would know that Americans are the biggest cheaters liers and crooks on earth? I've noticed all your Americans friends defend you saying you are not American but swiss. You react so strongly when it comes to criticize Americans, perhaps your American friends, and yourself, are those cheater, crook and lier Americans? It's impossible to laugh on this site... - be honest once in your life Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:30:02 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9965 against Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela AND Lula...as you wrote OR mostly against Lula.....AND Argentina, Bolivia, Veneuela.????? Quite a difference, since Lula was booed so many times that he ended up skipping the speech he had prepared for the occasion. - ch.c. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:28:38 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9964 Except that : - in Romania the President was a dictastor, and in Brazil the President has been democratically elected......and re-elected ! - In Romania the President was hatred, and in Brazil the President is loved and second only to God. Whatever Lula lies are, you swallow them ! - in Romania they wanted a change for the better, In Brazil you want a continuation of higher corruption. The more someone is corrupted, the more he will be guaranteed to be re-elected from the people he stole the money ! More masochists than Brazilians....difficult to find ! Here is what a Brazilian (not me....for Magnus the idiot) said recently : Rafael Kalil, 26, a singer in a Rio band "Even when there is a protest against the politicians, hardly anyone goes. You can't even get 100 people to go to a demo against a politician who's stolen $10m of public money." Yessssss......sad truths !!!! - ch.c. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:18:36 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9963 1) Is my " Do I am......" more wrong thsn YOUR " Do am that wrong" ?????? Laugh....laugh....!!! 2) Your " boos were addressed to the US, Bolivia, Venezuela AND Lula" ...where does it say so...in the article ???????? laugh....laugh !!!!. 3) Your " Hey sick, it was not for you to answer" and "Stop posting in this site, would you, king of the truth? " - are you against free speech ? Normal...you are Brazilian ! - are you the owner of this site ? Do you feel to have the right to police what doesnt belong to you ? - I have been on this site for years before you started. If one has to leave....it should be YOUUUU....not me ! You just prove time and again how idiots Brazilian are !!! but contrary to you, I tell you : feel free.....to post on this site ! It is not mine and I am pro free speech !!!!!! That is our FIRST basic differnce ! - ch.c. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:01:48 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8454/54/#pc_9959 [quote]N.Ceausescu. RIP. Footnote: The Minister of Sport later said the protest was orchestrated.... [/quote] Thanks for narrating the history of Romania (?). I remember this true story. - Wilson Lima Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:03:29 +0100