Comments on: Drug Violence Gets Weird, Heads North http://peterbrice.com/drug-violence-gets-weird-heads-north.html updated every Monday in the wee hours Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lupita de culturlingua http://peterbrice.com/drug-violence-gets-weird-heads-north.html#comment-201 lupita de culturlingua Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:06:41 +0000 http://peterbrice.com/drug-violence-gets-weird-heads-north.html#comment-201 Hola Pete! cómo estás? todo bien en méxico y tú? espero que todo esté bien en donde te encuentres. uuuyyyyy que amarillista te ves con todo lo que pones sobre méxico y el narcotráfico y asesinatos y todo lo demás... si es cierto que la violencia aunada al narcotráfico está para llorar, más la situación económica, pero tambien no olvides que estados unidos está consumiendo cada día más drogas, lleva el primer lugar como consumidor, así que, qué hacemos Peter? donde sea está la violencia, ya viste lo de alemania? ponte a leer mas de la nota roja de estados unidos, aparte de drogadicta la gente en estados unidos está loca, imagínate, que bueno que dejaste atrás Michoacán, estás a salvo en estados unidos..... saludos............bye......... Hola Pete! cómo estás? todo bien en méxico y tú? espero que todo esté bien en donde te encuentres. uuuyyyyy que amarillista te ves con todo lo que pones sobre méxico y el narcotráfico y asesinatos y todo lo demás… si es cierto que la violencia aunada al narcotráfico está para llorar, más la situación económica, pero tambien no olvides que estados unidos está consumiendo cada día más drogas, lleva el primer lugar como consumidor, así que, qué hacemos Peter? donde sea está la violencia, ya viste lo de alemania? ponte a leer mas de la nota roja de estados unidos, aparte de drogadicta la gente en estados unidos está loca, imagínate, que bueno que dejaste atrás Michoacán, estás a salvo en estados unidos….. saludos…………bye………

]]> By: Brian Hall http://peterbrice.com/drug-violence-gets-weird-heads-north.html#comment-200 Brian Hall Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:46:25 +0000 http://peterbrice.com/drug-violence-gets-weird-heads-north.html#comment-200 No doubt that these are scary times, however I don't think it's without hope. I just got back from a weekend in a tiny pueblito south of Ensenada, and I asked an older local woman what she thought about the news reports, and she said "Yes, they're awful, but it's sort of blown out of proportion. It's bad and violent, but it's not as wide-spread as people think..." We crossed the border twice (coming in Tiajuana, returning in Otay Mesa) and while security seemed beefed up, there was no looming danger of violence. It felt the same as it has the past 6 years. The truth of the matter is, I believe, that the violence is taking place because Calderón is stepping up to the plate, in a way that his predecessors had not. I don't doubt it's bad, and I hate that human lives are being lost, but I just want to make sure we're not blowing something out of proportion just because it's getting closer to the border. Drug cartels, violence, and injustice have been part of the broad-Mexican way of life now for some time, and I believe this is the beginning of a new guard... No doubt that these are scary times, however I don’t think it’s without hope. I just got back from a weekend in a tiny pueblito south of Ensenada, and I asked an older local woman what she thought about the news reports, and she said “Yes, they’re awful, but it’s sort of blown out of proportion. It’s bad and violent, but it’s not as wide-spread as people think…”

We crossed the border twice (coming in Tiajuana, returning in Otay Mesa) and while security seemed beefed up, there was no looming danger of violence. It felt the same as it has the past 6 years.

The truth of the matter is, I believe, that the violence is taking place because Calderón is stepping up to the plate, in a way that his predecessors had not.

I don’t doubt it’s bad, and I hate that human lives are being lost, but I just want to make sure we’re not blowing something out of proportion just because it’s getting closer to the border. Drug cartels, violence, and injustice have been part of the broad-Mexican way of life now for some time, and I believe this is the beginning of a new guard…

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