Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by David Dagoli on November 17, 2014, 10:48 am 187.148.43.2 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-martinez-mexico-students-massacre-20141116-story.html ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by Tim Edwards on November 17, 2014, 11:46 am, in reply to "Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" 198.0.232.54 How is the US different than Canada in this situation? ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by Daniel H on November 17, 2014, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" Edited by board administrator November 17, 2014, 12:53 pm I don't run across many (or any) articles which say how Canadian's feel about this situation in Mexico. I would imagine it would be less than the reaction from the US just due to the distance from the border. From what I have seen in the past I would expect the Canadian press to at least use the story to reinforce fear of Mexico. politics of fear. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on the hivemind of the readers) there were no comments on the LA Times op ed. Here are a few from reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/worldevents/comments/2mi6pp/mexico_reels_and_the_us_looks_away_the/ Here is an Opinion & Analysis from Vice News https://news.vice.com/article/americans-support-mexicos-anti-government-protests-as-long-as-they-stay-in-mexico http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2mdq3f/americans_support_mexicos_antigovernment_protests/ ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by Larry Field on November 17, 2014, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" 189.164.204.28 Daniel, if you are going to suggest that the Canadian press promotes a fear of a Mexico mentality, you might want to include in your long list of links, a Canadian story that does just that. I note that, in this part of Mexico, there are more Canadians than Americans. Therefore I can only assume that either that the Canadian press does a dismal job in promoting fear of Mexico amongst us; or, Canadians don't read or watch the media; or, we don't believe what they say; or, we don't really think it is any of our business. Mexicans will solve their own issues around this without angst from us foreigners. See you on the beach. ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by Larry Field on November 17, 2014, 8:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" 189.164.204.28 Daniel, if you are going to suggest that the Canadian press promotes a fear of a Mexico mentality, you might want to include in your long list of links, a Canadian story that does just that. I note that, in this part of Mexico, there are more Canadians than Americans. Therefore I can only assume that either that the Canadian press does a dismal job in promoting fear of Mexico amongst us; or, Canadians don't read or watch the media; or, we don't believe what they say; or, we don't really think it is any of our business. Mexicans will solve their own issues around this without angst from us foreigners. See you on the beach. ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away Posted by Daniel H on November 17, 2014, 8:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" 187.148.135.148 Ahh, citation needed, good call Larry. My statement will be difficult to back up with just a link or two and even more difficult seeing as I don't do much Canada news. I would say the citation would come mostly from statements of Canadian's themselves during some events of the past e.g. when Robin Wood was killed and other negative news. Here is one thread from this message board highlighting one such thread and isolating a post by you which has been echoed by others numerous times. http://www.lamanzanilla.info/la_manzanilla_message_board/11-12-14_to_12-04-28/msg/1325953274.html I am sure Mexican's will solve their own issues but I also think they would like to know they have the support of others in that endevor. One way to sum up what is happening is "Too much corruption, we want regular corruption". The solidarity comes from others experiencing the same thing where they live. Notice it is not "we want to elliminate corruption completely". To be really honest with ourselves we are each corrupt, just not as much as "they". ----------------------------- Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy Posted by Daniel H on November 17, 2014, 12:12 pm, in reply to "Mexico Reels, and the U.S. looks Away" Edited by board administrator November 17, 2014, 12:55 pm Thanks David. Here is another oped from the Times last week which I found interesting. Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/opinion/enrique-krauze-mexicos-barbarous-tragedy.html?smid=re-share http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2lvcuf/mexicos_barbarous_tragedy/ A couple other related links from my past weeks reading Mexico Student Protests Evolve into Anti-Government Movement http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexico-student-protests-evolve-into-anti-government-movement-1474228 http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2lyi0y/mexico_student_protests_evolve_into/ Crisis in Mexico: The Protests for the Missing Forty-Three http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/crisis-mexico-protests-missing-forty-three http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2mhfon/the_little_man_of_los_pinos_small_and_weak/ Here are a few other links on other Mexico topics from my virtual travels in the past week or so. What is the Mexican Attitude Towards Education? http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2lx246/what_is_the_mexican_attitude_towards_education/ How Chinese Mining Companies Sustain Organized Crime in Mexico https://news.vice.com/article/how-chinese-mining-companies-sustain-organized-crime-in-mexico http://www.reddit.com/r/mexico/comments/2m26qf/how_chinese_mining_companies_sustain_organized/ Forget boots on the ground, half of US-Mexico border watched via drone http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/forget-boots-on-the-ground-half-of-us-mexico-border-watched-via-drone/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2m9snu/forget_boots_on_the_ground_half_of_usmexico/ TIL Mexico has only one gun store. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122803644.html http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2mfqj6/til_mexico_has_only_one_gun_store/ ----------------------------- Re: Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy Posted by David Dagoli on November 17, 2014, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy" 187.148.43.2 Great references Daniel. The title of the article was a bit of a red herring. It has nothing do with What country you're from. As the writer said, this is possibly the biggest trigger of mass protest in Mexico since the Revolution. ----------------------------- Re: Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy Posted by Lyn on November 17, 2014, 9:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico’s Barbarous Tragedy" 75.106.61.173 There were articles on this in both our Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Ore) and our local paper (coos Bay World) the last 2 days. Lyn -----------------------------      « Back to index 438 Post a Response