Poster boys for white privilege lie and denigrate Brazil

[Edu]

Has the OP actually denied that Brazil has problems? because it seems to me that a lot of people on this thread are imagining it.

I mean, what does the country having crime has to do with this people making a mess and making a completely false story? Of course, crime, as in lots of other Latin American countries is a highly media inflated problem, especially for foreigners. Brazil already has a lot of bad press with stuff that actually happens, adding to it with lies is pretty awful.

And lol at the guy saying that only Syria and Congo are worst places to host olympic games. I would normally take the comment as an hyperbolic joke, but it's guineapig we are talking about, so it's probably a serious post

[Edu]

Given his inebriated state, general cluelessness, and what I can only imagine is not a firm grasp of Portuguese, is it possible he thought he was being robbed?

Apparently there was a translator.

http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17349549/gas-station-translator-says-ryan-lochte-swimmers-gun-pointed-them





By the way, I'm perusing the hilariously terrible youtube and random news websites comments about this event. I suppose that some people are just trolling but it seems that there is quite an amount of people out there who think Brazil is some kind of very dangerous warzone, LOL.


I'm just glad I didn't really listen to the dipsh**ts that were baffled as to why I was going to spend 10 days in Mexico City. Murder, drugs and DECAPITATIONS was the common hypochondriacal warning. A lot of them even said: what are you going to do in Mexico City? there is nothing to do!

I came back last week and had a great time. Spent time with friends who live there, visited a great deal of the city (which has a great number of things to do, obviously) and I don't think there was even a moment where I felt the sh**t hit the fan.


I can understand why a lot of people would be mad at the media in general hyping up crime (it helps the ratings you see), and I also understand why someone would be even more pissed off by this fabrications.