{"id":26055,"date":"2014-05-31T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T15:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=26055"},"modified":"2014-05-31T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T15:10:18","slug":"scott-feschuk-how-murdered-might-you-get-at-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/05\/31\/scott-feschuk-how-murdered-might-you-get-at-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Feschuk: &#8220;How murdered might you get at the World Cup?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Worried about your personal safety at the World Cup in Brazil? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/authors\/scott-feschuk\/world-cup-2014-scott-feschuks-frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Feschuk<\/a> helps you to be as worried as you <em>should<\/em> be:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Has there been much corruption?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Define \u201cmuch.\u201d If you mean scattered incidents of price gouging to line the pockets of a few local firms and politicians, then yes. But if you mean a grandly orchestrated, systemic pilfering of hundreds of millions of dollars, then yes. Brazilian soccer legend Pel\u00e9 describes it as a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d (By the way, it is mandatory that Pel\u00e9 be quoted in every World Cup article, no matter the topic: RAIN COMING WEDNESDAY ACCORDING TO \u2018FEELING IN KNEE,\u2019 LEGEND DECLARES.)<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>If I go to the World Cup, how murdered will I get?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>British papers have been playing up the threat of violent crime, depicting the cities of Brazil as crime-infested hellscapes through which there is scant hope of safe passage. The way they tell it, Rio is like Gotham before Batman or Times Square before Applebee\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So concern is overblown?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh God, no. But listen: the people of Brazil are well aware of your fears. To their credit, they\u2019ve taken substantive action to address the issue by, um, well\u2009&#8230;\u2009they published a brochure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What \u2014 a guide on how to react when you\u2019re mugged at gunpoint, haha?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yep. Brazilians have a lot of interesting traditions. They speak directly. They touch one another lightly while talking. And their criminals like to kill people who make a fuss over getting robbed. They even have a word for a mugging that escalates into a murder: <em>latrocinios<\/em>. You know people are serious about something when they have a word or phrase for it. Just ask the people at McDonald\u2019s about Kirstie Alley and <em>second breakfast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the brochure recommend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remain calm. Do your best not to cry out. If you stay largely motionless and don\u2019t say a word, it will be over soon enough. Pretty much the same guidelines to follow when losing your virginity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worried about your personal safety at the World Cup in Brazil? Scott Feschuk helps you to be as worried as you should be: Has there been much corruption? Define \u201cmuch.\u201d If you mean scattered incidents of price gouging to line the pockets of a few local firms and politicians, then yes. 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