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Date Posted: 05:27:23 10/06/06 Fri
Author: Patricia Minelli
Subject: Re: Brazilian Elecions
In reply to: Tei Farr 's message, "Brazilian Elecions" on 10:14:20 10/03/06 Tue

Hi Teri,

I already thought about this freedom to vote too. In fact, I don't know if it is the right thing to do, because sometimes people in Brazil seem to have a short memory everytime has a new election. They simply forget many bad d things people did in Brazil. And if the election wasn't something forced, just the middle class or who has an interest on it will vote. According to this people, the new Brazilan president should be Geraldo Alkimin, not da Silva. A big example of it is that Fernado Collor de Melo, Brazil's president who was whithdraw of his government in 90's, was elected as a Senador of Alagoas (Brazil State) :(
He almost "destroyed" Brazil economically during 2 years he was in office. That's why I didn't know yet if freedom is the best choice in terms of election. Did you get it?

Bests,
Patricia Minelli

>Teri Farr
>Cara Kozma
>English 1050
>2, October 2006
>Dear Mr. Smith,
>The various articles I read, about Brazilian
>elections, revealed some very disturbing information.
>First, and probably the most disturbing, is the fact
>that when you turn eighteen you are forced by law to
>vote. This, to me, is not the freedom that democracy
>is supposed to represent. If you do not wish to take
>part in the appointing of the governing body of your
>country, you should not be forced to, especially by
>the laws that are set up to protect such freedoms.
>Another thing I discovered is the huge scandal
>involving the president of the Brazilian Senate. He
>admitted to spying on secret voting on the Senate
>floor. This is because the voting system is all on
>computer which allows for corrupt people to get a hold
>of secret information. I believe that if the system
>reverted back to a more �manual� technique, it would
>be harder for the results to be tampered with in
>anyway.
>
>Sincerely,
>Teri Farr

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