modernizing

Dear súbditos,

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The last issue of Visão pictures a somber view of violent crime in your country, namely homicides. One of the most beautiful aspects of your culture is that you are not a violent people. Homicides were rare in your country. Not anymore, it seems.

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As in education and many other sectors of your society your are now importing the criminal culture of Protestant countries. One of the features of such criminal culture is that of killing for almost gratuitous reasons, v.g., for the purposes of stealing your wallet or your car. You have got that now as part of your process of modernization which, since the Marquis de Pombal, never meant anything other than imitating the Protestant countries of Europe.

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You people like modernizing, don't you? It's fun, I believe. I suspect you have a lot of Modernistas in your society.