“ Really, what is the law when it stands in the way of what the government wants to do? ”
This was about more than semantics; it represented a dangerous shift in perspective.Rio was not at war, I pointed out; and even if it were, wars have rules.
~ Juliana Barbassa
You kill one, there was another in his place, and what's worse, his nephew now hated you, his friend now hated you. . . . There was no end.
It didn't take much prompting for Cariocas who were sick of living with violence to advocate violence as a solution.
