http://mexfiles.net/2008/05/21/a-new-national-record/ ¡COMO MEXICO NO HAY DOS! The "Real Mexico" -- high-brow, low-brow, masked transvestite wrestlers, machete-wielding naked farmers, WalMart shoppers, Socialists, Capitalists, Big business and the weirdness that floats down from the north. Mexican art, history, Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mexfiles.net/2008/05/21/a-new-national-record/#comment-15377 chaotic order Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:55:26 +0000 http://mexfiles.wordpress.com/?p=2058#comment-15377 Well, as we see throwing the military at the narcotics problem only destabilizes Mexico and increases violence. I really think that legalizing recreational drugs or at least decriminalizing them would be the best thing for Mexico. I also think that all the money that is used now in Mexico on the war against drugs would be better used for other things such as better education, generation of jobs, improvement of healthcare or just about anything else which does not include the use of the military or violence. Mexico has its problems, but also has its good points. There is really a lot of beautiful things in Mexico and it is really sad to see it being militarized and watching the military commit human rights abuses on their own people. Now that Calderon has declared the war on drugs, Mexico has lost some of its beauty it once had. I really hope, for Mexico's sake, that in some way this can change. I hope the people start to realize the damage this war is causing and start to stand up to Calderon. There are non-violent, less costly, and more positive solutions to the drug problem--namely legalization. I hope that in my lifetime this can be achieved, for the sake of Mexico and the world in general. Well, as we see throwing the military at the narcotics problem only destabilizes Mexico and increases violence. I really think that legalizing recreational drugs or at least decriminalizing them would be the best thing for Mexico. I also think that all the money that is used now in Mexico on the war against drugs would be better used for other things such as better education, generation of jobs, improvement of healthcare or just about anything else which does not include the use of the military or violence. Mexico has its problems, but also has its good points. There is really a lot of beautiful things in Mexico and it is really sad to see it being militarized and watching the military commit human rights abuses on their own people. Now that Calderon has declared the war on drugs, Mexico has lost some of its beauty it once had. I really hope, for Mexico’s sake, that in some way this can change. I hope the people start to realize the damage this war is causing and start to stand up to Calderon. There are non-violent, less costly, and more positive solutions to the drug problem–namely legalization. I hope that in my lifetime this can be achieved, for the sake of Mexico and the world in general.

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