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Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Post by throw_m239339 »

jgwil2 wrote: post #48
lumberjack wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't buy drugs off the street or promote their use.

To be clear this depends on the drug. Cocaine and heroin are blood-soaked; cannabis, LSD or psychedelic mushrooms not so much. MDMA is probably somewhere in between.

Cartels also deal Cannabis. In Europe, money from Cannabis traffic is then used to set up logistics for bigger operations, like bank heists, prostitution rings, human trafficking and terrorism, and lets not get started about gangs that kill each other and innocent victims when fighting for territory. Illegal Cannabis is as tainted as Cocaine or heroine. That's why it needs to be legalized. Legalization will weaken organized crime.

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Post by jokethrowaway »

cambalache wrote: post #23
Hnrobert42 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US does do better, empirically. I am certainly not endorsing GP’s position, but your false equivalence is a distraction.

It really doesnt, especially when controlled by income the US does a worst job.

I'd rather live in an American city then in a Mexican city. Granted, I'd pick a European city over both (albeit that's country dependant, Southern Europe city life is getting considerably worse)

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Post by jmnicolas »

jokethrowaway wrote: post #52
cambalache wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really doesnt, especially when controlled by income the US does a worst job.

I'd rather live in an American city then in a Mexican city. Granted, I'd pick a European city over both (albeit that's country dependant, Southern Europe city life is getting considerably worse)

And as a European I'd pick a Japanese city any day. So I guess the grass is always greener somewhere else :)

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Post by RickJWagner »

frellus wrote: post #36

Amazing story, and real journalism. If only the news spent more time uncovering the truth instead of opining about politics. I'm so sick of politics.

I found the pointed reference to 'Born Again Christianity' political, and in line with NYT political philosophy.

The NYT will go to great lengths to point out alignment with right-side politics in such matters. Left-side alignments seem not to get much mention, at least as far as I can tell.

Re: Stalking her daughter’s killers across Mexico, one by one

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Post by octonion »

RickJWagner wrote: post #54
frellus wrote: post #36

Amazing story, and real journalism. If only the news spent more time uncovering the truth instead of opining about politics. I'm so sick of politics.

I found the pointed reference to 'Born Again Christianity' political, and in line with NYT political philosophy. The NYT will go to great lengths to point out alignment with right-side politics in such matters. Left-side alignments seem not to get much mention, at least as far as I can tell.

As a subscriber to the New York Times, that's exactly the opposite of what I've observed. A frequent criticism, in fact, has been interviewees not being identified as GOP political agents.

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Post by jgwil2 »

cambalache wrote: post #23
Hnrobert42 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US does do better, empirically. I am certainly not endorsing GP’s position, but your false equivalence is a distraction.

It really doesnt, especially when controlled by income the US does a worst job.

Citation for that?

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Post by knolax »

jiofih wrote: post #4

The US government spends trillions on the military, what stops them from descending with a crapload of police forces into a city like this and putting an end to it?

US police aren't even well liked in America. What makes you think they'd be welcomed in Mexico?

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Post by cambalache »

jokethrowaway wrote: post #52
cambalache wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really doesnt, especially when controlled by income the US does a worst job.

I'd rather live in an American city then in a Mexican city. Granted, I'd pick a European city over both (albeit that's country dependant, Southern Europe city life is getting considerably worse)

Controlled by income? I will pick Mexico every single time. At 800 USD/month you can live a middle class life in plenty of very nice and safe places in Mexico. Try that in America.

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Post by cambalache »

vsskanth wrote: post #39
cambalache wrote: post #21

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Yes! Let's use the tragic stories of these persons as a cheap entertainment for Americans

Sometimes you need engaging entertainment to educate people about the horrors many people face, unfortunately. Narcos from Netflix triggered me to learn about drug cartels and money laundering

As a latino I noticed that Narcos increased the stereotyping of the region, not the other way around.
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