If you are from the "third world"

[Coelho]

Post here! Where are you from, and how is your country?

Im from Brasil. Its a very good place, even if there is a lot of misery... its a beautiful country, the weather is very good, mostly hot and sunny, no earthquakes, no hurricanes, no wars... the people are peaceful and nice... and the weed is not the best in the world, but good enough... :rastasmoke:

[BUZz UK]

I doubt in the 'third world', people will be sitting with laptops in their huts...

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

I thought Brazil was dangerous. I have friends that have been to Rio de Janeiro and said it was the craziest place they have ever been. I also remember seeing a special on these guys that ride the subways like a surfer but some of them were dying..

As for me, I do not live in a 3 rd world country...I have been to quite a few....Thailand, Phillipines, Somalia, Mexico...it def is a lot different than what I used to.

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

I doubt in the 'third world', people will be sitting with laptops in their huts...


There are the privliged in the 3rd world though

[Nochowderforyou]

God hates the people in third world countries but loves the wealthy instead. :p

I'm from Holland, so I guess I don't have much to say.

[NextLineIsMine]

I work in a Brazilian restaurant. A Brazilian guy I met there told me a story of three gunmen coming into his house and robbing his family. Sounded sketchy

[Blitzed]

I live in a third world country... the USA :(

[birdgirl73]

I was reading about Brazil just now because I kept feeling troubled about it being termed a "third-world" country. I've been there three times, and it was quite sophisitcated. But I know it is what's considered a country of "medium" development because there are plenty of aspects of its society that still have progress to make. I prefer the term "still-developing, newly industrialized country." Economically, it's the strongest country in all of Latin America.

[Coelho]

Well... where are the another ones? Im sure i did see members from equador, bolivia, colombia, mexico and so... where are they?

Anyway... The great cities of brasil (rio de janeiro, sao paulo, etc) are dangerous indeed. Our police is not so good, so there is a lot of robbery, and also there is the favelas (ghetto?), the poor areas of the cities which are controlated by drugs dealers, and where is dangerous to enter even under daylight.
But, as in almost everywhere, the violence is greater in greater cities. In the smaller (or richer, in the south/southeast) cities of here, the violence is far smaller, and they are good places to live.
As most of cities of here are small/medium, in average i would say its a peaceful enough place, and very peaceful for a "3rd world" one.
Birdgirl, i agree with the term "still-developing country", and only used "3rd world" because its still the more known. In fact, brasil is a very large country, and full of contrasts, so its hard to correctly "classificate" it.
And, yes, i must agree that im a "privileged"... i went to a university, i have a computer with internet, and its a greater privilege because im from the middle class, and here most of this things i had are privilege only of the rich ones...
I would risk that less than 10% of people here have this. But, strangely enough, this 10% of "privileged" have the most part of all the money, there is a lot of poor people and few very rich ones.
Anyway, politcs aside, thats still a very good place.

But where are the another ones?

[Reefer Rogue]

I'm living in England now, which is an MEDC, (more economically developed country) I plan to move to the Netherlands by next year. I think Brazil is an LEDC (less ...) It definately has dangerous gangs but gorgeous beaches and women ;) Legandary footballers too, i wonder what the weed is like :stoned:

[thekhoso]

i'm a proud pakistani. it's a third world country but many of them are also privileged. the only thing that pisses me off about the place is the corruption. i live in tunisia these days. the goverment doesn't even allow free media.

[thekhoso]

i'd like to add more. we have forest and fauna, a typical desert, mountains, deltas.. hmm okay no, just one delta.

if you want me bragging about us people.. well.. we're one of those early civilisation on this planet. it's called moenjedaro... different people spell it differently. people of the south are very humble and hospitable which i'm damn proud of. :D

[king of the world]

I thought Brazil was dangerous. I have friends that have been to Rio de Janeiro and said it was the craziest place they have ever been. I also remember seeing a special on these guys that ride the subways like a surfer but some of them were dying..

As for me, I do not live in a 3 rd world country...I have been to quite a few....Thailand, Phillipines, Somalia, Mexico...it def is a lot different than what I used to.

could you tell me how it was like in somalia please?!

[TMusic]

I live in a third world country... the USA :(

wow... that's some ignorant shit.

[RedLocks]

wow... that's some ignorant shit.
duh

[iNHALE.xHALE.]

straight from Ecuador here

Quito to be exact..

Big Exporters of Bannanas

[woooooo]


:rastabanna:

[tootsie roll]

There are the privliged in the 3rd world though

For sure! Lool at Kim Jong Il
North Korea lives in poverty, afraid to walk the streets becaues of all the war machines, Tanks etc and they are brainwashed from birth.
He lives like a King, his Nation lives in poverty thanks to him.
Pretty sad.

[toozlah]

wow... that's some ignorant shit.

What he's trying to say is that USA is messed up politically in a way we are not accustomed to. Third world? Far from it. Supremely fucked? Absolutely

[TMusic]

What he's trying to say is that USA is messed up politically in a way we are not accustomed to. Third world? Far from it. Supremely fucked? Absolutely

...I still think he's ignorant...you're just ungrateful.

...and in case you didn't notice, the "messed up" politics of the United States of America has nothing to do with this thread. But, thanks for the random explosion of uneducated, misguided anger. It was a good laugh.

PEACE!

[rebgirl420]

^I was thinking the same thing. Even at the U.S's worse were still not NEARLY as bad as a lot of countries. Be grateful your not in some shit hole country were the women dont have any rights and diseases are rampant.

[couch-potato]

I'd go to Brazil just for the women...

[Coelho]

I'd go to Brazil just for the women...

And im sure you would be more than satisfied... women here LOVES foreign people... and they are HOTTT... in this aspect i can say im privileged... walking in the beach here is a delight for the eyes... :4:

[Divestoned]

Can anyone explain to me, what is a third world country????? in lay mans term's please.

Dive:stoned:

[Coelho]

Well... these names are somewhat out-to-date, but are still utilized:

First world was the capitalist and rich/developed countries : u.s., japan, most countries of europe, and some few others.
Second world was the socialist countries... when this classification were used, it meant russia and cuba.
And the third world was the rest. The poor and/or undeveloped ones. Or, in another words, the rest.

[RedLocks]

Way to get all worked up over a silly comment that I interpreted as a joke some of you guys.. and even turning it into an opportunity to insult peoples level of intelligence, I'm proud of you guys! Surely someone must have a lack of Education if they have any ill feelings towards the US.. Yet another thread turned petty and volatile for all the world to see... let it go, who gives a shit

[toozlah]

AGREED! Let's not blow stuff out of proportion, savvy?