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Brazil: I want to live in Second Life

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 @ 19:44 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Elections, Governance
Languages:: Portuguese

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Português:	Brasil: Eu quero viver no Second Life...
Español:	Brasil: Quiero vivir en Second Life...

Wanderley Filho [pt] compares, ironically, Brazilian politicians achievements to life on Second Life: a parallel world. “The election air time on TV is a balm to comfort those citizens who imagined that their past elected governments had not done any work for the past 4 years. In a few minutes the mistake is clarified and with surprise we find out that we had misunderstood and things are happening at a hallucinating pace (…) with a little help from computer graphics, it's possible to create a parallel administration”.

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