Any country that is not ready to host a world event by the time it begins should be
ashamed.

Brazil is not ready to host the World Cup

Therefore, Brazil should be ashamed.

When you think of the World Cup, you think of a lot
of people going into your country. When these people go into your country, the
expectations are high. In Brazil, nothing is different. Since the news that
Brazil was going to host the World Cup this year, high expectations were put
into the country in terms of investment in projects and the execution of these
same projects.

First of all, when you think of shame, what type of
shame? Is it the shame that you can’t stand it and you will leave the country
once the World Cup starts or is the type of shame where you feel ashamed of the
current situation but will still stay in the country and/or protest against
this event?

Well, in this case, it includes both. Both types of
shame are acceptable, meaning the argument is valid, and the analogy is perfect
in itself. There are reasons to prove that people are ashamed of Brazil’s
current situation. The syllogism above is correct because not only me, but all
Brazilians are ashamed because we are not ready to host the World Cup. One
example that proves that Brazil is not ready is that all stadiums should have
been ready by December 2013. However, we do not see this. There are still 6
stadiums to be concluded, and the FIFA organization is already beginning to say
that one stadium (the one in Curitiba) will not be ready for the World Cup. Not
only this, but the infrastructure reforms that were promised to be invested are
late. Airports are still being re-modulated, roads are being constructed, and,
most importantly, the public security is still improving. Imagine if tourists
come to Brazil and this lack of security is still evident? Finally, according
to Estadão, in an article publicated in January 27,2014, 8.9 billion reais was
spent on stadiums, and only 2.9 billion was spent in infrastructure. When
Brazil was appointed as host in 2007, the government promised to spend the
money the way around, with 8.9 billion reais in infrastructure and only 2.1
billion in stadiums. This is probably the best example that proves this
syllogism to be correct as a whole. However, is it totally correct?

The second thing to put in mind about this syllogism
is that does this “Brazil” include all Brazilians? It inducts us to think that
it does include all Brazilians, which is incorrect. Not all Brazilians are
ashamed that Brazil isn’t ready. A great example is the politicians. They are
not ashamed of their own country, and yes, are interested if their own personal
belongings (mainly money) is in order. Politicians are Brazilians right? Yet,
they are definitely not ashamed. It is ironic because they are the ultimate
responsible for Brazil’s situation, and still, they have no shame in
themselves.

Another thing to put into question is what “ready”
is? Does it mean to be totally ready or only the stadiums? If it means to be
totally ready, then Brazil will not be ready because of the reasons above.
However, if it means that some things are ready, than Brazil is ready in this
case. Something many people don’t know is that in way or the other, the
stadiums are going to be ready for the World Cup. If they are not to be ready,
then there will be no World Cup… But wait: it is too close to the actual event
for the host to change. In other words, either it is Brazil or we won’t have a
World Cup this year. And FIFA doesn’t want that. FIFA wants to continue to keep
this fake “good” image associated with them. So they will try in every manner
to make this happen, either through making tickets more expensive or making the
Brazilian government impose higher taxes. Also, if Brazil has the stadiums,
many of the other things that are more important (public health, safety,
transportation and education) will be forgotten in some matter. Sure, it will
be a huge chaos. But that is part of a country that is not fully ready to host
an important event. FIFA thinks that if there are stadiums, then the rest won’t
matter.
The final thing to put in mind is that “any country that is not ready should be ashamed”. South Africa, for example, was not ready, yet, they were not ashamed. They are extremely passionate about their country, and, at no point, they felt ashamed. It is a

huge honor to host an important and major world event like the World Cup. In
this case, the syllogism is wrong.
           In other words, the syllogism is half wrong half right. However, for it to be correct, all the premises and arguments have to be correct. So, in other words, this syllogism is not

correct.