tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post3565639501876035658..comments2023-03-29T01:10:33.929-06:00Comments on Not The News - Life in Mérida, Yucatán: A Fresh Take on the Drug WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-49720823669875292122009-06-18T12:58:11.316-06:002009-06-18T12:58:11.316-06:00so, thinking in reverse here, if the cartels will ...so, thinking in reverse here, if the cartels will be as useless as the united states congress when they become legal, maybe we should make the united states congress ILLEGAL thereby improving their efficiency!<br /><br />just a thought....William Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563360535051219212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-42853427493698081702009-06-18T11:12:49.566-06:002009-06-18T11:12:49.566-06:00Legalizing drugs?? well, how about first legalizin...Legalizing drugs?? well, how about first legalizing online poker before we even get to hardcore drugs...nice seizure of all online poker accounts last week..I would love to see legalization of drugs because i want to see cartels rendered as useless as the U.S. Congress...hijole de madre!!<br /><br />-alamo-FINZ.tvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116423265742272518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-73894317023055877852009-03-22T20:01:00.000-06:002009-03-22T20:01:00.000-06:00True that. Perhaps it is an indictment of the two ...True that. Perhaps it is an indictment of the two societies. Americans WANT to get high in far greater proportions than Mexicans. <BR/><BR/>And supposedly the united states is wealthier, more educated, more modern nation than poor old Mexico. <BR/><BR/>Funny. There's something fundamentally wrong in the 'land of the free', I suspect.William Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563360535051219212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-73982272343547590182009-03-22T17:10:00.000-06:002009-03-22T17:10:00.000-06:00I own a house in Merida and a house in the USA. T...I own a house in Merida and a house in the USA. The house in the USA would be considered a "nice" house. If we are going to be gone from the house past midnight, we pay someone to stay in the house. When we are in Merida, someone stays in our house in the USA on a full time basis. Why would that be? Because the rate of robberies in our area is so high that we would be robbed in a heart beat.lippincottfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932035481737325533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-10111139937257801172009-03-22T17:09:00.000-06:002009-03-22T17:09:00.000-06:00I own a house in Merida and a house in the USA. T...I own a house in Merida and a house in the USA. The house in the USA would be considered a "nice" house. If we are going to be gone from the house past midnight, we pay someone to stay in the house. When we are in Merida, someone stays in our house in the USA on a full time basis. Why would that be? Because the rate of robberies in our area is so high that we would be robbed in a heart beat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-14211712498858493722009-03-22T09:36:00.000-06:002009-03-22T09:36:00.000-06:00It's so screwed up and it seems impossible to over...It's so screwed up and it seems impossible to overcome this mentality. It's like their brains are constipated. <BR/><BR/>The only thing left is to keep talking and writing about it and maybe someday, someone that is in a position to change something will get it. <BR/><BR/>Cheers!William Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563360535051219212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-51884092648339545342009-03-22T08:19:00.000-06:002009-03-22T08:19:00.000-06:00Dear Neurotic Gringo: How is it that you have mor...Dear Neurotic Gringo: How is it that you have more sense than the reality-denying gringos north of the border? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Simply put: Prohibition didn't work. Immigration Enforcement doesn't work. "War" on Drugs doesn't work. <BR/><BR/>Whereever there is a market demand, the solution is never law enforcement. The solution is to moderate, affect, direct the market demand in such a way that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-29911380940404226832009-03-17T11:17:00.000-06:002009-03-17T11:17:00.000-06:00What we need here is law enforcement.Example:The '...What we need here is law enforcement.<BR/><BR/>Example:<BR/><BR/>The 'Reglamanto de Vialidad para el Estado de Yucatan'says:<BR/>Titulo VII, capitulo II:<BR/><BR/>Art. 104. Por transitar con vehiculo en mal estado....<BR/><BR/>75 % of the cars, hop! grua.<BR/>The streets would be safer.<BR/><BR/>Art. 105. Por no usar cinturón de segirudad....<BR/><BR/>As long as the police allows parents to use Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-49572402750045957822009-03-16T11:28:00.000-06:002009-03-16T11:28:00.000-06:00I like that idea - to respect the law, we need law...I like that idea - to respect the law, we need laws we can respect. This applies not only to the drug war, but even to lowly traffic laws (especially the non-sensical, whimsical, illogical, poorly thought-through Mexican ones)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Norm for stopping by.William Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563360535051219212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-20817243589618154652009-03-16T11:20:00.000-06:002009-03-16T11:20:00.000-06:00It is the idea that one rule is stupid that makes ...It is the idea that one rule is stupid that makes breaking the other rules easy. In for a penny in for a pound, we have made law breakers out of 50% of the people, for what? Respect for the law is important, we need to have laws that earn respect, our drug laws fail that test in spades, get rid of stupid laws in general and we will all be better off. When the punishment is the same for killing normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-34259561613826567292009-03-04T08:29:00.000-07:002009-03-04T08:29:00.000-07:00Same here. People are writing to ask if we are OK!...Same here. People are writing to ask if we are OK! <BR/><BR/>I think if it were legal, it would still b a solid, moneymaking proposition. Look at alcohol and cigarettes. They seem to be doing alright. :)William Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563360535051219212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19851261.post-68845573660419649272009-03-04T07:09:00.000-07:002009-03-04T07:09:00.000-07:00I have been talking to a few north americans latel...I have been talking to a few north americans lately and they all seem appalled by the amount of crime and drug related violence while thinking of Mexico.<BR/><BR/>I like your idea, only that, if it were legal, i think that it wouldn't be as much of a business for the dealers.Jorgitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045112087694110213noreply@blogger.com