| Cultural values are contagious, corruption is contagious. The fact that the Nomad community values every life regardless of how close we are is a sign
of our values. We seek to build our communities with these values in Baja however there are many forces that shape culture, including education,
family values, societal values and respect for community rules or laws. Baja suffers from a long term lack of societal controls that support people
equally whether rich or poor, so now we see the results, machine gun occurs often, high power gunfire, people go missing, politicians, police and
military are indicted but rarely suffer consequences and common criminals suffer no consequences as well. Now we have a completely lawless region
where kids with guns do the dirty work of larger gangs/cartels and there are no consequences. People go missing at the hands of the military or police
and there are no consequences. It's one thing to hear about, or read about the next town. But when you see the sicarios arrive and gun down someone
you know because they wouldn't do the work of cartels or you see the consequences such as this, an innocent, positive, contributing family to the
community, gunned down for nothing other than the theft of sport equipment than it becomes quite clear, Baja has degenerated into a highly dangerous,
lawless society on the brink of collapse or revolution due to corruption and it's based around lack of individual rights to protect yourself with arms
and lack of rule of law. This is not going to change anytime soon and the changes that come will be hard fought with many more lost lives. It's a very
sad story but one that will not change until Mexican people take pride in themselves as independent people who determine their future and no longer
let corruption be the norm. Every person here on Nomads should be fighting for the resolution to this case, asking questions of politicians, police
and marines as well pursue as any other clearly identified case of innocent victims. |
you really gotta love yellowtail!
says this guy from Gary, IN 
... Staying focused for 7 pages is not a small feat for this
particular forum.
