aren’t you also now holding this up as the reason to not be concerned about these signs?
I’m concerned and pissed off about the signs for a host of reasons no matter who put them up.
Insofar as your concern is for the poor bastards that tried to do this
I have little or no concern for the safety of whomever did this.
I just didn’t realize you were completely serious
about it and responded in a half serious tone myself.
No worries, it’s always hard to tell online who is serious or not without inflection and a facial expression behind it all. ![]()
Oh and about the public putting up with any shit: About this part, I’m sorry to say, you are clueless and its a little bit insulting for you to say it …
Did you not watch the video? You honestly think cartels can stop traffic and/or direct traffic while armed with weapons in the USA and nothing would happen to them?
Like I said, we wouldn’t put up with that shit here. Trust me, the American public embarrasses me for plenty of other reasons, so I’m not just picking on Mexicans here.
That said, the cartels can stop and direct traffic in Mexico while they hang threatening banners in broad daylight? Seriously? You can’t put all the blame on the USA for that. You can place most of the blame, perhaps… but not all of it.
That said, I apologize for being insulting as I could have been more tactful.
especially since a lot of this has come about in your name
I see your point, but it takes two to tango. I certainly blame the USA for the situation and as I’ve repeatedly said I think our drug war needs to stop right now. That said, I also think the Mexican people are also to blame for not getting their shit straight either.
I understand there are plenty of brave Mexican vigilantes (who aren’t corrupted by the cartels) that have had enough and are fighting, but much more of the Mexican public needs to stand up against corruption.
The USA obviously has a horrendous problem with corruption and that needs to be addressed (as it adversely affects the world and Mexico as well), but we don’t have the massive issues that Mexico has within its own house (that I do agree is seriously exacerbated by the USA).
I’ll just finish by letting you know that I am from Mexico, living in Mexico and acutely aware of the way the US intervenes here, like for example how the violence has escalated BECAUSE of the US war on drugs, and funnily enough, this proves you right, when you talk about blow back.
Yes, my post touched on how the U.S. negatively affects Mexico including training the cartels by proxy and even directly in some cases. I think the USA is doing despicable things to Mexico in the name of a failed (but profitable for some) drug war. It’s sick.
so long as the bloodshed stays on our side, once it reaches your soil though… like you said, blow back.
Some bloodshed is already within the USA, but it’s mostly constrained to those already involved in illicit drug trade with the cartels, etc. - Unfortunately, I’m not sure enough Americans are concerned about it because it doesn’t directly affect them and that’s certainly a shame.