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1 posted on 01/29/2008 8:10:54 AM PST by rightgrafix
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The leaders of the Viraduoro Association have been hitting the caipirinhas way, way too hard.


2 posted on 01/29/2008 8:16:41 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: rightgrafix

I guess that some things just don’t translate well culturally...?? Seems very odd.


3 posted on 01/29/2008 8:17:33 AM PST by Pablo64 (What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.)
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Extremely offensive.


4 posted on 01/29/2008 8:18:37 AM PST by Dante3
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Barrossaid the Holocaust float would be the only one without dancers on top.

“If we had people dancing on top of dead bodies that would indeed be disrespectful,” he told Reuters.


The parade is about dancing... I don’t get it.
5 posted on 01/29/2008 8:27:52 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Hunter's endorsement makes Huckabee the last credible candidate on FR)
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To: rightgrafix

I don’t think that the Viradouro samba organization is trying to be cruel so much as they’re...tone-deaf. (No pun intended.)


6 posted on 01/29/2008 8:30:06 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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Maybe next year they could honor their African heritage and feature a slave ship themed float.

/sarchasim

8 posted on 01/29/2008 8:35:02 AM PST by Michael.SF. ("democrat" -- 'one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses " - Joseph J. Ellis)
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9 posted on 01/29/2008 8:38:32 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: rightgrafix; Caipirabob

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

12 posted on 01/29/2008 8:52:09 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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>> “Really, it makes no sense addressing this theme with drums and dancing girls,” <<

But it makes perfect sense celebrating the Passion of Christ this way?


16 posted on 01/29/2008 10:21:24 AM PST by dangus
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pingaling


17 posted on 01/29/2008 1:40:06 PM PST by rightgrafix ("Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."- W.Churchill)
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