O  Laurentino  tinha  razão!
Autor: Ao Pé do Brasileiro | Publicado: 2011-10-13T15:41:00-07:00

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Laurentino&nbsp; Gomes&nbsp; profetizou&nbsp; em &nbsp;um&nbsp; de&nbsp; seus livros&nbsp; que&nbsp; o&nbsp; Brasil&nbsp; era&nbsp; um&nbsp; país&nbsp; que&nbsp; nunca daria certo,&nbsp;eu&nbsp; nunca&nbsp; fui&nbsp; muito&nbsp; otimista&nbsp; quanto&nbsp; ao&nbsp; nosso&nbsp; "paraíso&nbsp; tupiniquim",mas&nbsp; daí&nbsp; a achar&nbsp; que tudo estava&nbsp; perdido era&nbsp;bem&nbsp; diferente.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Um país que&nbsp; gerou&nbsp;&nbsp; cabeças&nbsp; como a&nbsp; de&nbsp; Darcy&nbsp; Ribeiro, Anisio&nbsp; Teixeira, Lúcio&nbsp; Costa, Betinho,&nbsp; etc, um&nbsp;dia&nbsp; acharia&nbsp; o caminho&nbsp; para&nbsp; eliminar&nbsp; seus&nbsp; problemas. Um país&nbsp; com&nbsp; os&nbsp; nossos recursos naturais,&nbsp; com&nbsp; a&nbsp; nossa extensão&nbsp; territorial, um&nbsp; dia&nbsp; eliminaria a miséria de&nbsp; uma vez&nbsp; por&nbsp; todas&nbsp; da&nbsp; sua sortida&nbsp; lista&nbsp; de&nbsp; problemas.Haveria&nbsp;um&nbsp;jeito, não&nbsp; sei&nbsp; qual,&nbsp; mas haveria.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mas,&nbsp; eu&nbsp; tinha&nbsp; que&nbsp; ligar&nbsp; a&nbsp; tv&nbsp; naquela linda&nbsp; manhã&nbsp; de&nbsp; terça&nbsp; e&nbsp; me topar&nbsp; com&nbsp; aquele&nbsp; bando&nbsp; de&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bárbaros agredindo um&nbsp; pai&nbsp; de&nbsp;família&nbsp; por&nbsp; causa&nbsp; de&nbsp; uma droga&nbsp; de&nbsp; uma&nbsp; bola, dizendo&nbsp; que&nbsp; exigiam&nbsp; respeito&nbsp; com &nbsp;os&nbsp;torcedores do&nbsp; palmeiras. Como&nbsp; se&nbsp; eles soubessem&nbsp; o que é ser&nbsp; torcedor&nbsp; de &nbsp; algum&nbsp; clube. Milton&nbsp; Neves&nbsp; costuma&nbsp; dizer&nbsp; que&nbsp; o&nbsp; futebol&nbsp; é&nbsp; a coisa&nbsp; mais&nbsp; importante&nbsp; entre&nbsp; as&nbsp; menos&nbsp; importantes, pelo&nbsp;menos&nbsp;é&nbsp; assim&nbsp; que&nbsp; as pessoas&nbsp;&nbsp; debem&nbsp; deveriam&nbsp; pensar,ops&nbsp; lembrei,&nbsp; aqueles&nbsp;&nbsp;caras&nbsp;&nbsp;não&nbsp; eram&nbsp; gente&nbsp; de bem.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Penso&nbsp; que&nbsp; as pessoas de bem&nbsp; estavam &nbsp;trabalhando&nbsp; ou&nbsp; procurando&nbsp; emprego, enquanto aquele bando&nbsp;de&nbsp; vagabundos&nbsp; atacavam um&nbsp; trabalhador&nbsp; que&nbsp; fazia&nbsp; compras&nbsp; com&nbsp; amigos. Mas,&nbsp; nos&nbsp; já&nbsp; estamos&nbsp; acostumados com&nbsp;este&nbsp; tipo&nbsp; de&nbsp; coisa,&nbsp; gente&nbsp; que quebra&nbsp; patrimônio alheio, faz&nbsp; baderna,&nbsp; por&nbsp; que&nbsp; o&nbsp; time&nbsp; perdeu&nbsp; uma&nbsp; partida de&nbsp; futebol,muitas&nbsp; vezes&nbsp; com o aval&nbsp; da&nbsp; diretoria&nbsp; do clube, aliás&nbsp; é&nbsp; só no&nbsp; futebol,&nbsp; que&nbsp; os&nbsp; comandantes&nbsp; incentivam as &nbsp;manifestações&nbsp; da&nbsp; massa.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Depois&nbsp; de&nbsp; mais&nbsp; uma&nbsp; cuia&nbsp; de&nbsp; chimarrão&nbsp; comecei&nbsp; a&nbsp; acreditar&nbsp; na&nbsp; tese&nbsp; do&nbsp; Laurentino. Um&nbsp; povo que&nbsp; tem&nbsp;milhões&nbsp; roubados&nbsp; do&nbsp; seu&nbsp; bolso&nbsp; todos&nbsp; os&nbsp; dias, que&nbsp; vai&nbsp; pagar&nbsp; por&nbsp; uma&nbsp; copa&nbsp; feita as pressas&nbsp; o&nbsp; equivalente&nbsp; a três,&nbsp;que&nbsp; reforma&nbsp; o maracanã&nbsp; a cada&nbsp; dois&nbsp; anos, e que&nbsp; vota&nbsp; em&nbsp; políticos que&nbsp; saem&nbsp; da&nbsp; cadeia&nbsp; para&nbsp; ir&nbsp; ao&nbsp; comício,&nbsp; não&nbsp;tem&nbsp; como&nbsp; tornar-se&nbsp; uma&nbsp; verdadeira&nbsp; civilização. Um lugar&nbsp; onde se&nbsp; observa&nbsp; mais&nbsp; Felipão do que o Sarney,&nbsp; e o Mano&nbsp;Menezes&nbsp; sente-se&nbsp; mais&nbsp; pressionado&nbsp; que&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp;Dilma está mesmo&nbsp; fadado&nbsp; ao&nbsp; fracasso.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;O&nbsp; problema&nbsp; está&nbsp; nesta&nbsp; habilidade&nbsp; peculiar&nbsp; do&nbsp; nosso&nbsp; "amado"&nbsp; país,&nbsp; capaz de&nbsp; produzir&nbsp; gênios&nbsp; como os já&nbsp;citados&nbsp; e&nbsp; os&nbsp; seres&nbsp; acéfalos&nbsp; que ganham&nbsp; cada&nbsp; vez&nbsp; mais&nbsp; destaque no &nbsp;noticiário&nbsp;&nbsp;cotidiano.


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger&nbsp; Maciel