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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
Look, I'm not someone with their head in the sand saying that this doesn't happen everywhere. And I'm not afraid to go to countries because there is the chance it might happen to me. I've traveled to many different countries in North America, Europe, Asia and South America, so lay off on the over the top posts.
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How? I'm not being over the top or argumentative as you are representing it.
What you are being though is hypocritical. You say don't go to Mexico because they have a corrupt government, judicial system and police.
I'm saying that you never would have gone to Asia or SA if you actually believed that.
This leads me to believe that there must be some other, perhaps irrational, reason that you hate Mexico. Because justice and morality of their government certainly isn't it based on the places you said you travel.
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The point I am trying to make is that if I have a choice of where to spend my tourism dollars in North America it won't be in Mexico because I disagree with how they have handled this whole situation. That is my right as a consumer.
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Ok that's all fine. No one said otherwise. In fact I've been vocal of people who are preaching about where OTHER people should go, which I believe you did when you stated that anyone who goes to mexico is encouraging this behavior by their police and government.
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How you can sit there and blast me for calling out the handling of this situation by Mexican authorities is actually quite stunning.
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I did no such thing. I'm saying that unless you don't travel at all or only go to a select few places, that you're being a hypocrite. I'm not defending the mexican police. I'm defending the people that YOU criticized by saying that anyone who continues to travel there is part of the problem.
I think that you most likely travelled to a place in Asia or SA very similar to Mexico in terms of their corruption etc. To lay blame on others while ignoring your own advice is hypocritical. By association you support child prostitution in Thailand, religious intolerence and police brutality in Indonesia and Malaysia, torture in China etc. This is all according to YOU.
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Why people get so aggressive in their posts regarding this I don't understand.
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Who's aggressive?
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All I've said since the beginning is my personal opinion. Feel free to disagree with it, but lets keep it on topic. Mexico tourism industry, and more importantly a Calgarian woman who's life was completely changed by a brutal attack at a 5 start resort. (and the subsequent scapegoating of a Mexican national).
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I think debating Mexico as a tourist destination vs other places is entirely relevant to the thread.