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<div>I witnessed a total lack of respect for the environment when a
group of American Missionaries from Curitiba (Brazil) rode the cable
car in Rio de Janeiro last month. One cowboy booted man threw
his trash, and the trash of his wife, out the open window some of
which blew back into my face. I was ridiculed by them when I
objected to this piggish act and for his "trashing the
planet". In Portuguese the Brazilians on board thanked me
for speaking out.</div>
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<div>BTW - they were definitely American missionaries. These
people were being the ugly American. </div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#0000FF"><b>It is both, a
lack of education and respect. I am in the Sierra Club and we members
always pick up trash on our hikes, although it often seems like a lost
cause.</b></font></blockquote>
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color="#0000FF"><b>L</b></font></blockquote>
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