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10/21/2007: "Brazilians desire authoritarian police force"

The film "BOPE: Tropa de Elite" is rocking Brazil right now. Despite leaking to the internet and (more importantly) to Brazil's vast network of street DVD dealers weeks before, it hit theaters nationwide this past weekend and is breaking records.

The film's explosive success and the way it resonates with practically everybody in all corners of Brazilian society make it certain to have a profound influence on the subject it tackles: society's response to corruption, crime, and drug use.

Since BOPE's protagonists are elite Rio police who shoot drug dealers, kill for revenge, summarily execute corrupt police and freely use torture--sometimes on children--this is a very scary possibility.

[ People are tired of disorder. Anarchy leads to Democracy leads to Oligarchy which leads to Authoritarianism which leads to Anarchy, an eternal cycle. ]

http://bopeblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/bope-tropa-de-elite-torrent-with.html