I’ve been out for a week visiting a client, and now I was just catching up on the news from Brazil. I read this news that makes me feel really, really sad (I’ve searched by couldn’t find any English version of it to post the link here):  

Last week, in Rio de Janeiro, some robbers stopped and stole a car driven by a woman, and two of her kids were in there: a 14-year old girl, and a 6-year old boy. The woman and the daughter got off the car, but the boy wasn’t so happy; he got stuck on the seatbelt, and before her mom could help him, the robbers started driving the car really fast and dragged the boy for 7 kilometers throughout many streets. The boy’s body was mutilated.

What kind of sick society is this?

Losing a child due to some sort of natural death is already bad enough; losing a child in such a barbaric way is totally unbearable.

Three of the robbers are over 21 years old, and one of them is 16. The other part of the story that just flips me out is that if this under aged robber is ever caught, his sentence will be mere 3 years serving the community, and that’s it. This is because of some stupid Brazilian law that doesn’t treat under aged people like adults in these kinds of matters. This is ridiculous. How come people over 16 are allowed to vote for president, but can’t be punished for his or her own barbaric acts?

I normally say I’m happy Brazil is a peaceful country that doesn’t bother about going into war with other countries; but then this kind of thing happens, and that gets me thinking whether the kind of war among drug dealers and other sick member of society isn’t an even worse situation.

I sincerely hope this mother and all of her family find the strength to get through this and get to see the responsible for this getting punished as they deserve.