It’s difficult not to grin mischievously about this story, but for the partners involved it must be an awfully trying time.
An unknown Brazilian blogger has begun a crusade against unfaithful men and women by posting, on Google’s social network Orkut, a list of names of people he/she claims have been unfaithful.
The list contains 300 supposed cheaters from the small rural city of Lagoa da Prata in Brazil. As you would imagine, particularly in such a small community, the list has caused somewhat of a stir amongst the people involved and others living in the area.
Sadly since the list was made public, a woman is being said to have been beaten by her husband. A housewife, who asked not be identified because her husband of 28 years was in the list told a local publication that she and the husband had to meet the alleged lover and talk for a long time before things would go back to normal. “This is someone who wants to do us harm. The reason why I don’t know,” she said.
The boyfriend of Juliana Oliveira, a businesswoman, appeared in one of the lists. Talking to MGTV, a local TV station, the woman told about her frustration and embarrassment: “People comment when I walk by and I end up feeling uncomfortable. This is not a funny joke and I don’t know what to say.”
Police are attempting to find a way to reveal the blogger’s identity but in the meantime are asking residents to remain calm.
Several other copycat lists – entitled “The cuckolds of Lagoa da Prata” – have also emerged.
via Guardian
It’s a bit like when I was outside a Wellington Hotel during a fire alarm and saw many people coming out together in dressing gowns who really shouldn’t have been together :-)
Reminds me of a recent Facebook group that sprung up for residents of Luton (which, for my sins, I’m one) entitled ‘LTown Hoes Exposed’.
Twice-daily features of… allegedly loose women and what they ‘provide’ for a Big Mac and a bottle of Frosty Jacks.
A good laugh for most involved.. Facebook didn’t agree and took it down. 4k members in 3 days should be celebrated IMO!
So what’re they planning on doing if or when they catch the person who posted the list? From what this article says he’s on target. It would be hard to prove that what he posted is untrue, and based on the reaction of the town I would say it’s all true. No one likes to have their dirty laundry aired in public, but hey… You have to lay in the bed you make.
It appears that this blog does not actually exists. This is a hoax. There is no mention of the city on the site Orkut, or of any “love cheats”. My first clue was that the article itself does not cite any sources, but if the blog actually existed, citing it would be really easy.
Shame on you Zee!
That’s pretty funny. I hope they dno’t catch that guy.
Sure…that would be great. Busting those filthy cheaters…but wait…where’s the proof? Do they have photographs? Voice recordings? Eye Witness testimonies? NO?!? Then it’s all BS.
You have to give your partner benefit of the doubt. Why are you with that person if you can’t even do THAT.
Ya, of course it never will but then you just have to deal with the consequences.
Why is anyone even listening to what this one person is claiming? Big deal. There’s no way to prove or disprove the claims. Besides, any cheating going on is the business of those directly involved and nobody else’s, especially the police. Any pursuit of this issue is just going to turn into a crazy ass witch hunt with nothing to be gained except more pain. If people were smart, they would have immediately followed up this blog with other anonymous blogs listing even more town people’s names at random until everyone in the town is listed.
Fuck them.
just a small town kind of thing
OMG!! 300 cheaters in a town of how many? 150??
So where’s the nearest airport?
Seriously, I want to thank Paulmeirense for the short course in Portugese. It may be the only Portugese I ever need. I HOPE!!
muito obrigado, amigo!
I thought it was online poker…… oh it was…. BAZING!
The problem is, a husband beating his wife is never a good thing and this was a direct cause of that.
Personally, I don’t think he should be sent to jail or anything, but to be asked to stop I think is respectable of anyone to ask. It is obviously harming more than just peoples relationships.
What’s wrong with you? That’s spousal abuse and people have a right not to be beaten like they’re living property that’s been disobedient, no matter what “justification” you try to use. That woman had rights as a human being and beating her was violating those rights. Divorce or couples counseling, not beating someone, are acceptable ways to react.
And all that was posted was a list of names with no evidence whatsoever. What if she hadn’t been cheating and still got beaten? Is it still okay?
Think before you condemn people for insubstantial evidence next time, especially if what’s done to them as a result far exceeds any sort of “punishment” they could ever deserve.
Or the other option is that people stop cheating.
Like that’ll happen.
If you found out your dad cheated on your mom once would you tell her? Perhaps they would be able to work through the problems and stay together or perhaps you would have to deal with divorced parents for the rest of your life. And of course they would have to deal with the fact that you know what happened. That in and of itself could make it to hard to reconcile. No anonymous blogger should be making those kinds of decisions for families.
Whatever , loser…there’s a special ring in hell for tools like you, with a trip into the Okefenokee swamp to be turned into gator shit prior to your aforementioned destination.
The crime? Well, libel for one, if even a single one of the people named is not cheating on their significant other, spouse, or what have you.
Also, potentially malicious mischief and a few other laws that are pretty much ubiquitous around the world.
Whenever you cheat on your spouse there’s the chance that you’ll be found out. Whether that information get passed around by word of mouth or posted on the Internet, there’s a high chance that other people are going to know about your indiscretion. When you decide that new pussy (or dick) is more important than raising your kids together with your wife, then you have to be ready for the eventuality that your spouse will find out about it.
What I mean is, you have to be ready to take responsibility for your actions. If you don’t want to destroy your family and have your kid raised in a broken home, then don’t cheat. Plain and simple.
Did I ever say I thought it was good that the woman got beaten? That’s another issue entirely. Regardless of the circumstances you should never beat your significant other, whether or not you think he/she ‘deserved’ it. The fact that it happened is sad, but has no real bearing on the rightness or wrongness of exposing cheaters publicly.