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Well, the Bahraini protests were to do with human rights in general in the country. The Rio thing appears to be about dealing with armed drug gangs who use the people as human shields and also prey on those same people. So, no, not really the same thing.
However, the use of kill squads acting as judge, jury and executioner based on "he looked like a bad 'un, honest" is somewhat troubling. Maybe it'll clean up the favelas and make life better, but maybe it's the first step to wiping out the favelas. "Everyone looks like a drug dealer so shoot them all"...
If you are more fortunate than others, build a larger table not a taller fence.
perhaps open the can of worm and head out to azerbaijan too. russia. mexico. abu dhabi?
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
Shortly after Jamal Khashoggi was hacked to death the FIA was holding a race in Saudi Arabia so I wouldn't look to the FIA for any human rights morality.
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Sir Stirling Moss
