USA, love it or leave it

> that, too, but seriously, alberto, basic instinct is just a
> movie.  there are a lot countries where you really can
> get away with murder by seducing the cop.  in some
> countries a woman is arrested and beaten for showing bare
> ankle.  i think, in brazil, you can beat your
> wife.  in some countries you can even kill your wife.
> something to do with honor? TANJ!~) 
> jon mann

> > > No, the message is "The USA is such a free place
> that a murder suspect can be brought to a police
> > > station without panties, cross her legs, and get 
> away with it".
> > > Alberto Monteiro

> > The USA really IS a place where a 
> celebrity can get out of a limo,
> > in a mini, without panties, 
> SPREAD her legs wide so the
> > paparazzi can snap her bare beaver. 
> > Jon Mann
 
> Jon Louis Mann wrote:
> > i think in brazil, you can beat your wife.

> No, you can't. Maybe you could, back in 1825.
> Alberto Monteiro


http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/205-june-2009/10195-in-brazil-a-culture-of-violence-sees-wife-beating-as-no-big-deal.html
I meant no offense,Alberto.  I have only heard wife beating is tolerated in Brazil, as it is in many countries.  In some countries honor murders are still tolerated.  The point I was making is that no country is unique when it comes to aberrant behavior.  Japan has a high rate of suicide, but very few homicides.  Here in the USA we have celebrities who beat and even murder the mothers of their children, molest their child fans, flash their private parts, etc.  Fame and money doesn't always get them off any longer.  The press is relentless in exposing scandalous behavior nowadays, even presidents are exposed for having affairs.  I am not defending my country, but I would rather live here than Mexico, North Korea, or Saudi Arabia...
Jon Mann