Monday, August 25, 2008

Traffic in Mexico

Sometimes I feel helpless.
It's about 3/4 into the year, and Mexico has already surpassed the number of deaths related to drug violence that occurred in 2007. I wanted to create a petition to lobby for change, but then the question is: Who do I direct this to? The government has at times less power than drug cartels. And the Mexican police is a joke. How do you negotiate with drug traffickers whose main form of communication is violence?
This is the main reason I refuse to engage in recreational drugs. I refuse to support an industry where people are terrorized, kidnapped and killed just so some rich white kids can get high.
He looks a bit disappointed he's not able to fly.