July 10, 2005
Brazilian View of the Fourth of July
About every day, I go to a Brazilian humor website to check up on current events, and see if they have any funny pictures. Some of the Caption Challenges I have published have come from that site. The site also publishes flash animations spoofing current events in Brazil and around the world.
I was surprised to find today a Fourth of July animation. This holiday is not celebrated in Brazil, and so I was interested to see what they would have to say about it. You can see for yourself by clicking the image below, and then clicking the "play" button:
In case you do not read Portuguese, here is the translation to the text, which is accompanied by the Star Spangled Banner playing in the background:
The Fourth of July commemorates the independence of one of the greatest nations on world.
This nation, with much struggle, achieved it's victory based on the principles of Equality, Fraternity, and Liberty (I think they got us mixed up with the French there...), and has become one of the greatest examples of democratic ideals...
Now all that is missing is for them to put those ideals into action.
(At this point the words "Independence of the USA" appears, and then fades into the phrase "Dependence on the USA", which is crossed out.)
The reality is that in Brazil today the US is not looked on very favorably. A Brazilian friend of mine yesterday explained to me that right now in the Brazilian press it is fashionable and politically correct to badmouth America.
It is in times like these that missionaries need to realize that they are in Brazil (to paraphrase the director of our mission board) to say "Thus saith the Lord" and not "this is how we do it in the States". Pray for your missionaries--myself included--that we will remember this, and resist the temptation to discuss politics, when there are much more important issues at hand.
Posted by Andrew on July 10, 2005 11:05 PM.
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Posted by: Davad at July 10, 2005 11:59 PM
That is, of course, unless you run with your fists clenched, which would make it impossible for air to get in between your fingers.
Or perhaps you are insinuating that there is something more important than the eternal state of one's soul--in which case I would have to respectfully differ.
Posted by: Andrew at July 11, 2005 12:05 AM
i have to say. that was some good animation..
but not only is brazil badmouthing america.. but alot of other countries too..
but ill be praying for the missionaries in brazil.
Thanks for the insight cool dude
Shanna
Posted by: Lil Rie at July 11, 2005 12:19 AM
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There's plenty more important than politics, to be sure, but there's just as much more important than missionaryism, too, like the feel of air between your fingers when you run.