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Saturday, July 03, 2004

Natural little steamrollers

I woke up and was looking for some time at the card left by Mr. Costa. Corporal was the name of the wrestling association. A name that did the association's purposes justice. Physical contact at its finest, people stuck to the mat as snakes rolling entwined in a fight. Kids trying to nail one another to the mat for as long as they could. I started searching for sites to see a bit more of the tribal profile of the players. Honest, brave people, children that would walk out of school at the end of the classes, do homework and run to the associations to practice. There's very little about Brazilian kids and teens, but it's some institution in the States. Strong, pinkish, well-nourished children, sometimes with an insane look on their faces during the wrestle, what I regard as being natural, considering stress and the energy that is spent in such submission rites. The price of the rituals of everyone of us.

I told Mr. Costa I need some more time until I recover from my rib cage injuries. He agreed, but said he wouldn't wait for a long time. As if there were norms making the presence of a psychologist in such associations mandatory from some moment in time on for assistance to child steamrollers.

Later, on TV, the ludicrous scene of Colin Powell singing and dancing to the sound of YMCA, the famous tune of Village People, followed by other big shots of the American administration. I hardly looked at the scene; there are things that positively are a deterrent for those who want to watch TV.

The Making Of A Thousand Gods | Galhardo, Morales, Zangrandi and Figueira

Radio Universal: The Making Of A Thousand Gods.

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