Reports of shooting at Las Salinas

Esperemos que aquellos que se oponen al Estado o al Gobierno no estén recaudando fondos del país o del gobierno al que se oponen.

La hipocresía es cuando critican la 4T pero aceptan sus beneficios. En los EE.UU. la hipocresía es cuando maldicen al socialismo pero acuden a escuelas públicas, usan parques públicos, caminos públicos, usan un sin fin de servicios públicos y aceptan su Seguridad Social que literalmente los hacen socialistas. Los mejores gobiernos usan una mezcla de socialismo con capitalismo para frenar los excesos del capitalismo. Pero por el momento el gobierno de los EE.UU. practica un capitalismo sin frenos para el beneficio de una puñada de multimillonarios mientras la gran mayoría sufren. Es muy triste de ver.

One word changes your equation-“bystander.”

I'm sorry you missed my post where I said I was mistaken and that it was apparently targeted attack against the two men who were shot, one who survived.

Actual data does tell a meaningful story. It removes our " feelings" on a topic. As a nation the USA has a murder rate of about 6.5 per 100,000 Mexico's homicide rate for 2025 dropped to 17.5 per 100,000 people, a significant 30% decline from the previous year, with 23,374 total victims recorded. IN the US 60-70 % of murders at not random at all but done by someone known to the victim. In Mexico about the same % are cartel involved. Like your story about the Beatles , a persons perceptions are colored by the media reports. In the south we "feel" the US is very dangerous , in the north , they "feel" that way about Mexico. In the US I lived on a " rough" part of town. Here , I'm in La Ropa. Mexico seems safer to me

My "feelings" are based on a lifetime of experience and knowledge not covered by data. Statistics never tell the whole story or paint a complete picture, and it's always an error to assume they do whenever discussing sociological phenomena. Statistically speaking, Guerrero should be considered one of the most dangerous states in Mexico. Yet "magically" those stats almost never have anything to do with Guerrero's visitors or people not involved in the narco trade except for reporters and ecologists.

I don’t like thinking this way, but I compare killings in Mexico to killings in war zones like present day Iran and Lebanon.

In each place there are armed combatants. They seek to do damage to other armed combatants. They know that they may kill others and that they may be killed.

In war zones like Iran, Lebanon, and other recent wars, the number of non-combatant deaths outnumber the deaths of combatants. It seems that In Mexico, non-combatant deaths are much lower than combatant deaths.

I am not interested in being a combatant. Neither am I interested in being a non-combatant fatality. But I think the latter is a low risk in Mexico as it is when I am home in Canada.

The US? I don’t know. Others would have more useful comments than I do about the number of “random killings”, “soft target” killings at places like schools, churches, synagogues, etc. there are.

Sadly, if these incidents escalate it will impact tourist vacation decisions. Acapulco was already impacted before the storms as gangs were fighting for dominance.

Where you are actually safer doesn’t matter in terms of deciding on a vacation spot. It is the individuals PERCEPTION of safety that will make the decision.

Exactly, it will be a huge challenge to attract new tourists.

Where you are actually safer doesn’t matter in terms of deciding on a vacation spot. It is the individuals PERCEPTION of safety that will make the decision.

I agree wholeheartedly, which is why I must carefully balance truth against sensationalism. I offer a webpage with news sources, but most of what passes for local news I don't consider newsworthy for potential visitors.

Yes, irrational decision making has always been a blight on humanity. Whether it is superstitious beliefs in supernatural beings, belief that ancient texts must be adhered to, space alien interventions in history, fear of flying, diseases being caused by evil spirits, or myriad other false beliefs, they have resulted in unnecessary damage.

We can blame ancient irrational beliefs and the behaviours that flowed from it on “unwillful” ignorance.

With the scientific method being taught to even young children, rational scepticism being taught, and ample factual information available, I suggest that current irrational decision making can be considered as “wilful ignorance”. Some people choose to ignore factual information and embrace misinformation and disinformation that supports their irrationality.