Wed 30 May 2007
Lest you think that all of my Brazil posts will be gushing with unfettered praise, I do have a few improvement suggestions for the country.
- Drop the Visa requirement. I know it’s in place as a result of the reciprocal policy, but it’s counterproductive. That strategy only works in peer situations. Reducing the number of Americans who enter the country only hurts Brazil. It’s not fair, but it’s the best thing to do.
- Make prostitution illegal. Shutdown the Brazilian sex tourism industry. Whatever meager gains are acquired though this reprehensible practice are vastly outweighed by its deficits. It’s morally outrageous, socially depraved, medically costly and psychologically deleterious.
- Put the same amount of effort used in maintaining the beaches into cleaning and repairing the streets. The beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema are pristine, but the roads and sidewalks leave much to be desired.
May 30th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Wow, Byrd, you are quite the traveler. I can’t wait until you post a gallery of all your pictures or are you saving those for National Geographic; I hear you are quite the photographer too!
May 30th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
although some of my photos lean towards the artistic side, to get National Geographic quality I’ll need to splurge for a Canon digital SLR and a few lenses. Ten grand ought to cover it.