Living Well
Another sensational crime-ridden story out of Mexico. How sensational this story actually is in comparison to the bloody violence ongoing in the streets and towns and cities of Mexico on a continual basis is questionable. It makes front page news in Canada because yet again it is a Canadian that was targeted.
Yet Mexicans have been slaughtered by other Mexicans at an unprecedented rate. All because of the drug trade and drug cartels. Drugs are smuggled out of Mexico across the border into the United States where their huge market for these illegal drugs is eagerly awaiting their fixes, ready to hand over whatever it takes for their purchase.
The gangs invested in increasing their territory by challenging one another for territorial supremacy are busy slaughtering one another, and by default, any innocent Mexicans who just happen to be in the way. Torture, decapitation, mass slaughter, public hanging of bodies. Areas that were once considered safe from crime are being consumed by fear.
Lawmakers, mayors, police are targeted and slaughtered. No one appears to be safe from the monstrous carnage that has overtaken the country. Mexico had more than enough problems with endemic poverty and mass unemployment. It is a country struggling to bring itself forward, to advance its economic, social and political future.
And it is a country for which tourism ranks high in economic stability and increasing the GDP. It is a beautiful country with beautiful people. A climate the envy of the rest of North America. And people love to vacation there, from elsewhere in North America. And because of endemic and rampant crime, many tourists have become victims.
In this latest instance this was a part-time resident, Judy Baylis, a mature woman who had lived in Mexico for years, the owner, along with her husband, of a very nice residence in an area that was once so safe doors were never locked. It must seem like a paradise to those unaccustomed to such a forgiving climate where living is inexpensive and hired help affordable.
The wealthy live in their protected enclaves and the poor struggle to maintain themselves. With high levels of unemployment the drug trade alone is not responsible for all the crime that exists. Robbery, break-and-enters, beatings-and-thievery, and anger that claims lives.
It is, to begin with, a conundrum of human values and behaviour, to live well as a guest in a country whose population is in distress.
In so doing taking chances with one's own physical well-being, if to begin with, one can surmount a personal psychological aversion to living well while others struggle.
Yet Mexicans have been slaughtered by other Mexicans at an unprecedented rate. All because of the drug trade and drug cartels. Drugs are smuggled out of Mexico across the border into the United States where their huge market for these illegal drugs is eagerly awaiting their fixes, ready to hand over whatever it takes for their purchase.
The gangs invested in increasing their territory by challenging one another for territorial supremacy are busy slaughtering one another, and by default, any innocent Mexicans who just happen to be in the way. Torture, decapitation, mass slaughter, public hanging of bodies. Areas that were once considered safe from crime are being consumed by fear.
Lawmakers, mayors, police are targeted and slaughtered. No one appears to be safe from the monstrous carnage that has overtaken the country. Mexico had more than enough problems with endemic poverty and mass unemployment. It is a country struggling to bring itself forward, to advance its economic, social and political future.
And it is a country for which tourism ranks high in economic stability and increasing the GDP. It is a beautiful country with beautiful people. A climate the envy of the rest of North America. And people love to vacation there, from elsewhere in North America. And because of endemic and rampant crime, many tourists have become victims.
In this latest instance this was a part-time resident, Judy Baylis, a mature woman who had lived in Mexico for years, the owner, along with her husband, of a very nice residence in an area that was once so safe doors were never locked. It must seem like a paradise to those unaccustomed to such a forgiving climate where living is inexpensive and hired help affordable.
The wealthy live in their protected enclaves and the poor struggle to maintain themselves. With high levels of unemployment the drug trade alone is not responsible for all the crime that exists. Robbery, break-and-enters, beatings-and-thievery, and anger that claims lives.
It is, to begin with, a conundrum of human values and behaviour, to live well as a guest in a country whose population is in distress.
In so doing taking chances with one's own physical well-being, if to begin with, one can surmount a personal psychological aversion to living well while others struggle.
posted by Pieface @ 7:13 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home