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Your username is particularly appropriate. Of course there is crime everywhere. There's probably even crime in Antarctica. But it's totally nonsensical to claim

by qq66 15y ago

Your username is particularly appropriate. Of course there is crime everywhere. There's probably even crime in Antarctica. But it's totally nonsensical to claim that a place like, say, Johannesburg, is no more dangerous than Texas.

chaostheory 15y ago
I wouldn't be too harsh. The guy/girl probably just has a lot of pride and love for their country which is understandable. I also doubt that he's lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all.
- qq66 15y ago
  I don't think I'm being excessively harsh, because he/she is blustering inaccurately about something that can be confirmed with a quick Wikipedia lookup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona...
  - clueless123 15y ago
    Ahhh... Wikipedia vs real life experience! I rest my case.
- clueless123 15y ago
  Harsh is ok.. condescending is worse, specially when "I should be the one doubting that you have lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all. " Lived 20 so years in the US, 20 so years in South America, and traveled to Asia & Europe. In my whole life I been mugged a whooping 3 times, most scary one in south Dallas in plain daylight. My points are simple: 1. Following simple common sense safety rules it is not terribly dangerous to live in a third world country. 2. You won't get sick from eating in a decent places in a 3rd world country any more than getting sick from eating at your regular cafeteria.
clueless123 15y ago
Talk about clueless! Have you "really" lived in Argentina?? The article is not about a developer going to a shanty town in Johanneseburg or a favella in Brazil! it is about a developer going to a nice area of Argentina where kids who can afford computers can be developers but still work for less as they have a lower cost of living.

by qq66 15y ago

chaostheory 15y ago

I wouldn't be too harsh. The guy/girl probably just has a lot of pride and love for their country which is understandable. I also doubt that he's lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all.

qq66 15y ago
I don't think I'm being excessively harsh, because he/she is blustering inaccurately about something that can be confirmed with a quick Wikipedia lookup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona...
- clueless123 15y ago
  Ahhh... Wikipedia vs real life experience! I rest my case.
clueless123 15y ago
Harsh is ok.. condescending is worse, specially when "I should be the one doubting that you have lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all. " Lived 20 so years in the US, 20 so years in South America, and traveled to Asia & Europe. In my whole life I been mugged a whooping 3 times, most scary one in south Dallas in plain daylight. My points are simple: 1. Following simple common sense safety rules it is not terribly dangerous to live in a third world country. 2. You won't get sick from eating in a decent places in a 3rd world country any more than getting sick from eating at your regular cafeteria.

clueless123 15y ago

Talk about clueless! Have you "really" lived in Argentina?? The article is not about a developer going to a shanty town in Johanneseburg or a favella in Brazil! it is about a developer going to a nice area of Argentina where kids who can afford computers can be developers but still work for less as they have a lower cost of living.