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CaboRon
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Boo Hoo
The government has denounced what it considers "acts of discrimination against the human rights" of Mexicans.
Stigma
Whether or not there are medical reasons to justify the global reaction to Mexican travellers, here in Mexico City it is seen as exaggerated and
"xenophobic".
Mexicans feel that their image abroad has suffered a terrible blow.
"Our jobs have vanished," a taxi driver who works at Mexico City Airport told BBC Mundo.
Francisco Abundis, the director of Parametria, a consulting firm, believes that the image of the average Mexican citizen is being more affected than
that of the country.
"The problem is that the animal associated to this epidemic is not really nice. The term 'swine flu' has a connotation that could activate prejudices
about Mexican's hygiene," he says.
We should call it Mexican flu 
[Edited on 5-7-2009 by CaboRon]
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woody with a view
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mexicans don't seem to take the blame for much, these days.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
mexicans don't seem to take the blame for much, these days. |
¿What did any Méxican do to deserve any blame?
[Edited on 5-7-2009 by rpleger]
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*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Cypress
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Gosh? This whole flu "epidemic" was blown way out of proportion. Don't blame the Mexicans for being PO'd about it.
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woody with a view
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i was refering (primarily, the list is long) to the fact that it's the US's apparent fault for the drug violence, for the world economic problems, for
all of the weapons flowing south, for the cruise ships not docking, for the wind blowing the wrong direction.........
i guess i can admit speaking in generalities.....xenophobicly (sp?)
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Yea! Put the blame on the good old USA. Why not? Everybody else does.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
mexicans don't seem to take the blame for much, these days. |
¿What did any Méxican do to deserve any blame?
[Edited on 5-7-2009 by rpleger] |
That's the problem .... they do nothing except blame others for their own problems
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Bajajack
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
mexicans don't seem to take the blame for much, these days. |
¿What did any Méxican do to deserve any blame?
[Edited on 5-7-2009 by rpleger] |
That's the problem .... they do nothing except blame others for their own problems |
Well, I could say something about
Swilling Beer and Fornicating, but I won't.
\"take what you can, give nothing back!\"
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people.\'
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We can have no \"50-50\" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
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bajajudy
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Ron
Good riddance to you!
We dont need you here among all these horrible people about whom you have never had anything nice to say.
No wonder you didnt last
Sorry but you really dont get it.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Ron
Good riddance to you!
We dont need you here among all these horrible people about whom you have never had anything nice to say.
No wonder you didnt last
Sorry but you really dont get it. |
   
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CaboMagic
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Judy, you have a marvelous way with words.... with thanks and all best, L
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Let's not blame the country that is the single greatest consumer of illict drugs. Let's blame Mexico. Would there be a supply, if there was no demand?
Fact is that the Mexicans, with their shared border are just being enterprising. If, for some reason, the government of Mexico were to totally
eradicate the drug traffickers, people from elsewhere would take over.
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SKIDS
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WOW !! CON AMIGOS A SI NO NESSICITA ENAMIGOS !!
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Mex Snit
Reading the SD Union-Tribune ayer, there was a letter from the Mexican Consul-General in San Diego crying over a previous SD Editorial page Cartoon
(which I didn't see) that had "Insulted" their National Symbol (the Chihuahua ?) and their Flag.
BOO HOO.
Did anybody see the offensive cartoon ?
Good thing they aren't Moslem.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajack
| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
mexicans don't seem to take the blame for much, these days. |
¿What did any Méxican do to deserve any blame?
[Edited on 5-7-2009 by rpleger] |
That's the problem .... they do nothing except blame others for their own problems |
Well, I could say something about
Swilling Beer and Fornicating, but I won't. |
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I really didn't think that Doug started this forum with the idea of hosting people who constantly rag on Mexico. Mexico is what it is. Flawed. Anyone
truly think that the United States is not flawed? Interestingly, over centuries, there have been a number of times when Mexico and the United States
might have actually become one country. Obviously never happened. Given the social cultural differences, we must adopt a sibling mindset. Mexico and
the US have the opportunity to forge a relationship that will benefit each nation.
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woody with a view
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care to indulge us on what those opportunities may look like?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Ron
Good riddance to you!
We dont need you here among all these horrible people about whom you have never had anything nice to say.
No wonder you didnt last
Sorry but you really dont get it. |
I so totally agree!
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Forging a Relationship (or foraging)
I thought at one time we were creating a GREAT relationship with the Maquiladoras, but they ended up wanting better wages than the Vietnamese.
Ingrates.
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woody with a view
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just wait 'til the chinitos get a grip on worldwide wages!
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