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I had a reality check visiting Brazil, where my wife is from. Over there, you are rich or poor. The poor are very poor and seeing kids on the stret begging for food and being forced into crime breaks your heart.My wife never had air conditioning before living here.
In Full Metal Jacket, wasn't it Missouri that the drill inspector mentioned when he said only steers and qeers came from there? It was either Missouri or Iowa, I can't remember.