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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
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It's more sad than bizarre. Only thing I can think of is that using Mexico as a whipping boy is a distraction from what's going on in their own
backyard.
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Mexico is far far down that whipping boy list I think. Mexico is like a mosquito biting one arm of the USA while the economy and
Iraq/Iran/Israel/Afghis/Pakis are like an alligator tearing the other arm off. It only gets a little media attention and it's all bad.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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fdt
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A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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Bajahowodd
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Whatever attention Mexico gets is a distraction from the big problems you cite, Woooosh. Just like the tabloid crap. Mainstream media, despite being
labeled with liberal bias, seems to do a helluva job keeping the real stories away from the eyes and ears of most Americans.
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Terryboo
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I could not ignore this thread. FDT, you do wonderful work in your town and should get good credit for it. Heres the thing, you would be doing it a
great favor by not being a knee jerk protector of TJ. Ensenada is the A-hole of the planet and TJ in 30 miles up it.
Crime is everywhere in the world but here is what makes for a comfort level we as americans need. When crime does happen,in the USA,the people of
the states call the police and they show up and deal with the perps and they go to jail most times if they are guilty. The police do not demand a
payoff,bribe,sexual favor nor does the prosecuter or the judge.
As bad as the crime gets there,people are not afraid to call the police as the police at least are trained and are sent to prison if there is even a
taint of scandal.
To the person who started this thread, every 3 months or so.Someone starts a thread whose only purpose seems to be about justifying why they are in
Baja and they think comparing the USA and Mexico is the way to do it. It is not. Please compare apples to oranges here as there is no,no,no
comparison between the two countries and I am sure anyone with any intellectual honesty will agree with me.
Mexico is great to visit and most of the people are wonderful but it is now sub thirdworld status and its because the authorities do not care about
the common man.
Just my .003 pesos worth.
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El Comadante Loco
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Terryboo it seems to me that your are doing exactly the same thing that your a accusing FDT of doing being a "protector"
Your generalizations of Americans and there response to crime reporting is not totally accurate. Likewise, your implied generalizations about
Mexicans and crime reporting is not totally accurate either. I do not think anyone can speak for an entire group of people or culture.. I have
"intellectual honesty" but respectfully disagree with you..
I hope we can all agree that there are many unsafe places all over the world and that different cultures have different means to deal with their
problems.. We should stop being judgemental of others and their systems. I see two simple options adapt, adjust, and deal with with it or get out of
where ever you are this not within your comfort zone and not be critical.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE GLOVES OFF
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Bajahowodd
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And just who is it that cares about the common man in the U.S.?
Sorry, buy it seems to me that way too many people join this forum because they have some bug up their arse and feel the need to vent. Maybe there
should be a rule that newbies are forbidden to post negative comments!
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Sorry, buy it seems to me that way too many people join this forum because they have some bug up their arse and feel the need to vent.
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With some 500+ posts since the middle of December you seem to be doing some serious venting yourself.
Ken
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Bajahowodd
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Venting, maybe. Trashing, no. Anyone know the record?
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BajaGringo
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We have had so many trolls here posting under so many different aliases it would be difficult to obtain a true and accurate count...
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
With some 500+ posts since the middle of December you seem to be doing some serious venting yourself.
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I think David K's numbers are in trouble!!!
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Bajahowodd
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I know I should show a little more self-restraint, but those comments about Ensenada, TJ and the sub-third-world status, just ticked me off. It
doesn't belong here, at least stylistically.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
With some 500+ posts since the middle of December you seem to be doing some serious venting yourself.
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I think David K's numbers are in trouble!!!
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Seriously the guy is at a 5,000 annual post clip.
Ken
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BajaGringo
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David K - you'd better get busy!
Actually I did the math and based on their current posting rates, it will take 40 months to overcome David K. That would be around June 2012 and they
each will be at about 39,000 posts.
Just in case you wondered...
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Bajahowodd
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I'm hoping to get a life between now and then.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I hereby nominate David K as the Captain James Cook of Baja Nomad for all his Baja California explorations which he reports here.
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Bajahowodd
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David's posts are certainly more educational.
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Cyanide41
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
David K - you'd better get busy!
Actually I did the math and based on their current posting rates, it will take 40 months to overcome David K. That would be around June 2012 and they
each will be at about 39,000 posts.
Just in case you wondered...
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wow. Bored??
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