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What good is it to be "honest to your principles" if your principles are outdated, damaging or just plain wrong? The event that made me leave was when thieves
by ggambetta 13y ago
What good is it to be "honest to your principles" if your principles are outdated, damaging or just plain wrong?
The event that made me leave was when thieves broke into my house, two rooms away from where my wife and I were sleeping. Thank God the noises didn't wake me up; by that time I was sleeping with a gun in my nightstand, and I really don't want to imagine what could have happened if I had woken up and walked around the house, as I had done many other times. I'd probably be either dead or in jail.
Nope, nope, nope. It took us a whole 5 months from that day to moving out of the country.
- GFischer 13y agoWow :( yeah that's an awful experience (and exemplifies how security has gone down the drain). I'm glad you could find an awesome opportunity in Switzerland, and I can't think of a safer country. I'd love to live there, but it would be very hard to leave family and friends behind, and unthinkable for my girlfriend who doesn't speak English nor German. I do think security will get better here in Uruguay - if the current party doesn't address it, they'll lose the next elections (the ones in 2020), so they will do something. The choice of candidates for the opposition parties is unfortunate, the security issue is big enough for them to make a push in next year's elections (but not enough to win them).