Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by Pat L. on November 20, 2014, 6:12 pm Los Angetes Times Op Ed Mexico reels, and the U.S. looks away http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-martinez-mexico-students-massacre-20141116-story.html ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by Daniel H on November 20, 2014, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.148.171.179 Hi Pat, Thanks for posting this, actually it is part of this thread. http://members5.boardhost.com/lamanzanilla/msg/1416242884.html Yesterday and today I ran across some interesting additions to this unfolding part of Mexico history, but I hesitated to post them due to some expressing the opinion that this is "not the place for that kind of information". When the printing press came to pass there were those who said that the general population would not be able to handle the increase in information. When the radio came to pass there were those who said that it eliminated the existing level of entertainment (people entertaining each other) and it was considered a bad thing. Now we have the Internet which is presenting a similar situation as those mentioned above. I don't know how to respond to those who have expressed discontent at National level events in Mexico being posted to this message board, other than to say "don't click on them" which seems to be a disconnected (lack of courtesy) response. At best I could apologize for the world changing as fast as it is and for there being too much information (which presents its own set of issues.) Bottom line... stay informed or don't, live life and don't panic Having said that, here are a couple of related links. One thing is for sure, things are happening and it will be interesting to see where they lead. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/20/mexico-protests-anti-government-anger-violence-students-president http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2mw2ld/mexico_on_the_brink_thousands_expected_at_mass/ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/good-mexico-vs-bad-mexico-iguala-students/382949/?single_page=true ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by mayama on November 23, 2014, 4:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.146.17.196 This is quite distressing-both about Mexico and the U.S. We have been impressed on this year's driving/camping journey through Mexico--at the lack of U.S./Canadian visitors. Surely this isn't helping. The comments on the U.S. relationship are appreciated. Thank you for posting this. We are so glad to be here and happy that we have Calif. friends who feel comfortable visiting this winter. ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by David Dagoli on November 23, 2014, 5:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.148.43.2 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-missing-students-tens-of-thousands-protest-across-country-1.2844278 ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by Daniel H on November 23, 2014, 5:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.148.135.146 "Whenever masked protesters tried to join Thursday's march, demonstrators shouted them down with chants of "No violence!" and "Off with the masks!"" First time I read something like that. It stops infiltratrors who use violence which then gives police the excuse to use violence back. It keeps the protest from being hijacked by oposing interest. A lesson most probably learned from social media. ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by David Dagoli on November 23, 2014, 5:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.148.43.2 There are many photos on the Internet now of hooded and masked young men riding in government troop carriers and talking with police behind riot lines: ----------------------------- Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away Posted by David Dagoli on November 23, 2014, 6:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Mexico Reels as Americans Look Away" 187.148.43.2 You can see why the Mexicans are having trouble trusting the police... Look on the far left of this picture from 20 of Nov. In D.F. -----------------------------      « Back to index 455 Post a Response