Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 20:15:40 -0800
Reply-To: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Head Lamps
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> In the last 10 years I have driven tens of thousands of miles in Mexico
> without observing this. There are cars with headlight problems that's
> for sure but it is not that they are not turned on. Mexicans are humans
> also and they need and want light to see by.
Well don't believe me.... the author of People's Guide to Mexico (forgot his
name) has been going for 30 years and he points out that they do sometimes
drive without headlights on....
> > The simple fact is that poor, hungry people are tempted to crime more
that
> > people who are well fed... that, of course, includes poor neighborhoods
in
> > the U.S..... but the subject matter was Mexico.
>
> The class of people who commit crimes is the criminal class.
Circular argument. Like saying the people who drink water are the thirsty
ones.
>The only
> place I have ever had parts stolen from my VW vans was in Lake Tahoe,
> California. That is hardly an area known for poverty and hunger.
Mark.... You're a statistic of one.
Tell you what... .you leave you van parked on the street in Richmond, Ca
for a week and I'll leave mine on the street in Lake Tahoe for a week....
we'll report back to the list the results... okay?
>Drug
> and alcohol use is a better predictor of crime than is economic status,
> at least in North America. Mexico is our neighbor and friend.
Perhaps. But that doesn't negate my proposition that there is more crime
committed by the hungry...
But back to the subject. And the subject was Mexico and the FACT that things
do get ripped off of vehicles... Hey, don't believe me... read any of the 50
or so travel guides... I don't think you'll find any of them recommending
that you leave your van parked on the street in Mexico city....
>Please
> don't be an ugly American.
Mark,
Your condesention is unwarranted. You have no idea what my beliefs are about
the people of Mexico or the people of any other country for that matter...
Leave you van on the street in Mexico City for a week... perhaps you can
prove my advice to be wrong.
Bill
