Follow-up:
Drugs: Our Misunderstood Friend
Well, I must say I am truly flattered. I had no idea that the Mexican president reads my blog but apparently he does. If you haven't heard the story yet Mexico will legalize the possession of small quantities of drugs. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/03/world/main1575608.shtml
Now this is not certain at this point. United States officials are trying to push the Mexican government to not do this. Which is funny in a way. All Mexico is really doing is closing a loophole in their law. These quantities of drug possession is dropped by judges but the police still have to arrest the people before the judge drops the charges. With all that extra income and financial security that Mexico has I can certainly understand why they want to close this loophole.
In the article listed above here is a snippet:
On Friday, Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego, said he was "appalled" by the bill. The city of 1.3 million people is a short drive from the Mexican border town of Tijuana. "I certainly think we are going to see more drugs available in the United States," Sanders said. "We need to register every protest the American government can muster."
Here is something else the mayor said, “I view this as a hostile action by a longtime ally of the U.S.,” the mayor said at a new conference, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Here's another politician:
“Mexico is becoming the second Columbia,” Rep. Henry Cuellar, D.-Texas, told The Post. “This is a serious and a ruthless situation.”
Another one:
Earlier Wednesday, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said U.S. officials had "urged Mexican representatives to review the legislation urgently to avoid the perception that drug use would be tolerated in Mexico, and to prevent drug tourism."
Something else:
Bryan said the U.S. government wants Mexico "to ensure that all persons found in possession of any quantity of illegal drugs be prosecuted or be sent into mandatory drug treatment programs."
Okay I am going to ask small children to look away, because I am about to use profanity. It is the only way I know to truly express my outrage at this point.
What gives us the fucking right to now look at Mexico and try to tell them what to do. What gives us the right to tell them how to govern their people. People that we have decided in this country that we want nothing to do with. This law does not affect us and still we try to force our will on other people. Every country does not have to be America, every country does not have to hold to our ideals. Are we fighting the crusades again a few hundred years later. Mexico can pass whatever law they want and it does not fucking concern us. They could pass a law that states that every Thursday at noon everyone in Mexico has to stick a blue dildo in their ass and sing Tutti Fruitti. And you know what, that's right, it does not fucking affect us.
This is abso-fucking-lutely in-fucking-sane. Truly it is. We have been yelling at Mexico like a bastard child for the last few months. Telling them that they better mind their children, we don't want to deal with them. Demanding that they do something to keep those horrible Mexicans out of our country and for them to stop stealing our jobs. We tell them that we don't want their people and we don't want anything to do with their people and then we try to tell them how to govern their people. That is bullshit.
Hey I know what this is really all about it has been referred to in the articles above. We are worried about "drug tourism" we are worried about Americans going down to Mexico to get high. Well so fucking what. For years people have been going down to Mexico for cheap booze, drugs, and hookers. Will that increase with a law like this, yeah probably, but so what. People can go to Amsterdam and get high if they want, but most people don't have the money for that kind of trip, but a few buddies can pile up and head for Tijuana easy enough. So once again we have class warfare here. Because the poor and middle class can do it now, we have to stop it. It is bad enough when we tell our fellow citizens in our own nation what they can and can't do because we don't want it to influence people, but now we are imposing ourselves on a soveriegn nation, a nation of democracy, an ally, and one of the few friends the United States has left in the world.
America's message to Mexico, "Hey if you want to sit by us in class you have to do what we tell you to." If I were you Mexico I would cave to the pressure though, don't forget if there is anything America is good at it is putting big holes in countries where brown people live.
During the writing of this article I found this follow-up story on CNN. Well, it looks like the big bully gets its way as usual.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/04/mexico.drugs.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Drugs: Our Misunderstood Friend
Well, I must say I am truly flattered. I had no idea that the Mexican president reads my blog but apparently he does. If you haven't heard the story yet Mexico will legalize the possession of small quantities of drugs. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/03/world/main1575608.shtml
Now this is not certain at this point. United States officials are trying to push the Mexican government to not do this. Which is funny in a way. All Mexico is really doing is closing a loophole in their law. These quantities of drug possession is dropped by judges but the police still have to arrest the people before the judge drops the charges. With all that extra income and financial security that Mexico has I can certainly understand why they want to close this loophole.
In the article listed above here is a snippet:
On Friday, Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego, said he was "appalled" by the bill. The city of 1.3 million people is a short drive from the Mexican border town of Tijuana. "I certainly think we are going to see more drugs available in the United States," Sanders said. "We need to register every protest the American government can muster."
Here is something else the mayor said, “I view this as a hostile action by a longtime ally of the U.S.,” the mayor said at a new conference, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Here's another politician:
“Mexico is becoming the second Columbia,” Rep. Henry Cuellar, D.-Texas, told The Post. “This is a serious and a ruthless situation.”
Another one:
Earlier Wednesday, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said U.S. officials had "urged Mexican representatives to review the legislation urgently to avoid the perception that drug use would be tolerated in Mexico, and to prevent drug tourism."
Something else:
Bryan said the U.S. government wants Mexico "to ensure that all persons found in possession of any quantity of illegal drugs be prosecuted or be sent into mandatory drug treatment programs."
Okay I am going to ask small children to look away, because I am about to use profanity. It is the only way I know to truly express my outrage at this point.
What gives us the fucking right to now look at Mexico and try to tell them what to do. What gives us the right to tell them how to govern their people. People that we have decided in this country that we want nothing to do with. This law does not affect us and still we try to force our will on other people. Every country does not have to be America, every country does not have to hold to our ideals. Are we fighting the crusades again a few hundred years later. Mexico can pass whatever law they want and it does not fucking concern us. They could pass a law that states that every Thursday at noon everyone in Mexico has to stick a blue dildo in their ass and sing Tutti Fruitti. And you know what, that's right, it does not fucking affect us.
This is abso-fucking-lutely in-fucking-sane. Truly it is. We have been yelling at Mexico like a bastard child for the last few months. Telling them that they better mind their children, we don't want to deal with them. Demanding that they do something to keep those horrible Mexicans out of our country and for them to stop stealing our jobs. We tell them that we don't want their people and we don't want anything to do with their people and then we try to tell them how to govern their people. That is bullshit.
Hey I know what this is really all about it has been referred to in the articles above. We are worried about "drug tourism" we are worried about Americans going down to Mexico to get high. Well so fucking what. For years people have been going down to Mexico for cheap booze, drugs, and hookers. Will that increase with a law like this, yeah probably, but so what. People can go to Amsterdam and get high if they want, but most people don't have the money for that kind of trip, but a few buddies can pile up and head for Tijuana easy enough. So once again we have class warfare here. Because the poor and middle class can do it now, we have to stop it. It is bad enough when we tell our fellow citizens in our own nation what they can and can't do because we don't want it to influence people, but now we are imposing ourselves on a soveriegn nation, a nation of democracy, an ally, and one of the few friends the United States has left in the world.
America's message to Mexico, "Hey if you want to sit by us in class you have to do what we tell you to." If I were you Mexico I would cave to the pressure though, don't forget if there is anything America is good at it is putting big holes in countries where brown people live.
During the writing of this article I found this follow-up story on CNN. Well, it looks like the big bully gets its way as usual.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/04/mexico.drugs.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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