Maloghurst
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That’s what she said.
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Dan92119
Mame
One of the things I noticed is that there are people from all over the world. Sometimes it’s hard to be aware of cultural differences. What is acceptable some place might be taken the wrong way to people that aren’t familiar with a different frame of reference. I have been shocked by some things that have been said but it makes me much more aware of how different people are.
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
It's not a country to be proud of really. I mean, we bought New York for a bag of Dutch herbs and spices and put a wall around it (now Wall street). Now someone is copying our ideas at the Mexican border. It's better not to be associated with that.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Cultural differences have been around for hundreds of years, thats including America. Of course on the European continent culture goes back thousands of years. We have no idea about that.
The biggest fly in the ointment I see in the last thirty years is the outspokenness of the youth of today. I remember my Mom telling me to be seen and not heard, speak when spoken to, and to respect the age of those that came before me. We don't practise that anymore and with both Mom and Dad working, there is not a lot of oversight in the home any more. Couple that with social media telling young people to stand up and be heard, which they do, makes it even harder to be a civilised society. I love the man on the street segments when a reporter goes to a protest and asks the young people what they are protesting or what they stand for, and they always look like a deer in the headlights. Or they do speak up and remove all doubt, because they have no understanding for that which they protest against.
That my friends is pervasive even right here on this forum..........
substratum
Shohin
I have quietly left a couple of forums I was very active on over the years, simply because of the weird need some members have to demonstrate how truly reprobate they can be on a keyboard. It's like a pathological need to escalate every discussion into something that is over-the-top inappropriate or abusive to somebody, or some group of people. <-- Typically, these sorts of people don't contribute much to the topic of discussion, rather, it's like having Bevis and Butthead participating in every discussion. I leave only if there are too many of them for the "ignore" feature to adequately winnow them out of view.
Candid, blunt, and sarcastic people don't faze me, particularly if they are knowledgeable, so that is not what I'm talking about. Some forums have a strategy to deal with abusive or crude folks, and some don't/won't. Of those two I left, I did inform the administrators as a courtesy, but would never engage in a public "bitch quit" (not related to gender, rather it's the act of publicly whining about why you quit, and announcing it in a post), because I find that somewhat childish. I've also signed up for and functionally left a dozen other forums where I was just a lurker, and never really engaged because I was there to decide if I wanted to learn more. In those instances, no one will ever miss me, though I still get "Happy Birthday" emails from some of them, LOL.
Candid, blunt, and sarcastic people don't faze me, particularly if they are knowledgeable, so that is not what I'm talking about. Some forums have a strategy to deal with abusive or crude folks, and some don't/won't. Of those two I left, I did inform the administrators as a courtesy, but would never engage in a public "bitch quit" (not related to gender, rather it's the act of publicly whining about why you quit, and announcing it in a post), because I find that somewhat childish. I've also signed up for and functionally left a dozen other forums where I was just a lurker, and never really engaged because I was there to decide if I wanted to learn more. In those instances, no one will ever miss me, though I still get "Happy Birthday" emails from some of them, LOL.
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bonsaichile
Omono
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Dude, did you live through the 1960's in California? C'mon...
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Some know how "culturally different" I am from other members here.
But I have a lot more in common with anyone here than what would make us "different people". If this ex-member thinks that having an argument with someone is just unbearable, I wonder what's it's like in his/her real life !
There's a time for ranting, and I've had my share, with some
and and 
, but I still post 
and 
to what some of them AlainK's haters post in other sections of the forum.There's freedom of speech here, like it or not, that's democracy. And when it really gets sour or off-colour, the moderator does a good job to calm things down.
So, sorry, but I will stay, from my dead hands, er... Not really the quotation I was looking form, but you know it's the first rain for weeks here, and the smell of the wet earth enabriates me. Actually, I don't care a fig
I would be much more sad if Vance, or Foresoothe, or others left : we don't agree on all subjects, but I respect them for their contributions.
Can't remember anything interesting that "Moved On" posted.
So, adieu, farewell, hasta la vista baby.
parhamr
Omono
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Nothing like being blunt and to the point.
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
To be fair, that's pervasive everywhere. I've seen plenty of "man on the street" segments filmed at Trump rallies that leave me shaking my head. And those are mostly older folks like yourself.
Dan92119
Mame
What people don’t realize is that a wall to keep people out is also a wall to keep people in. I am much more concerned about being kept in with what is happening in the world today.
No need to reply to this particular statement. It’s just my opinion and not trying to start a war here.
GGB
Masterpiece
This thread is wild
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I have absolutely no desire to go to Mexico....
Dan92119
Mame
Lol. I don’t either. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the East Germans thought the same thing about West Germany.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
No they didn't. Take it from someone who has been there and hung out with some of them before the wall came down.
In fact, when the wall came down, what did the East Germans do? They all walked over into West Germany, went shopping, gasped at the nice buildings... and then walked back to their cold war era apartments in East Berlin and said - we want our part of Germany to be like THAT. And then they made it happen.
Anyone who goes to Mexico needs to have their head examined. Not only is it dangerous, but it is as expensive as #@$#^@. The country is filthy, you run the constant risk of getting shaken down by the Police, and if you are lucky, the booze you are drinking in the bar is poisoned with ethanol. I used to take day trips down to Mexico. Hop in the car, pick up a day's worth of insurance at the border, and then drive down to Rosarito for a marguerita and some langostinos
The quaint beach town Mexico of 30 years ago only exists as a distant memory. Too many horror stories from friends and neighbors, where people are truly saying they felt lucky to get out of the country alive. Last time I was in Cabo, four members of our party got so sick they ended up in the emergency room. The problem? Heavy rain that backed the sewers up into the drinking water supply and poisoned all the ice with raw sewage. I happened to be the only smart one that night drinking beer. This was at a big resort too - not some hole-in-the-wall time share. No bueno!Go to Hawaii. Nicer, friendlier, and cheaper.
bonsaichile
Omono
speak for yourself. Mexico is a beautiful country inhabited by extraordinary people, full of natural, culinary, and archeological wonders. Every time I go down there, I have a blast.
substratum
Shohin
I attended a business insurance trust meeting in Acapulco about 20 years ago, where the hotel was a series of casitas built up the mountainside, each with a private pool. Cool place. I felt safe at the resort, and at the mall, but pretty anywhere else I went, I was obviously being “sized up” as a target. A few years back I saw on the news that a drug cartel had a big meeting at the same resort; the police attempted to make some arrests; leading to a 10-hour shootout between the cartel and the cops. Never going back to Mexico.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
You need to tell the State Department (note the bold text is NOT from me):
Exercise increased caution in Mexico due to crime and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.
Violent crime, such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery, is widespread.
The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in many areas of Mexico as travel by U.S. government employees to these areas is prohibited or significantly restricted.
U.S. government employees may not travel between cities after dark, may not hail taxis on the street, and must rely on dispatched vehicles, including from app-based services like Uber, or those from regulated taxi stands. U.S. government employees may not drive from the U.S.-Mexico border to or from the interior parts of Mexico with the exception of daytime travel within Baja California, and between Nogales and Hermosillo on Mexican Federal Highway 15D.
Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.
Do Not Travel to:
- Colima state due to crime.
- Guerrero state due to crime.
- Michoacán state due to crime.
- Sinaloa state due to crime.
- Tamaulipas state due to crime and kidnapping.
bonsaichile
Omono
Greg, I've always disregarded the SD's warnings unless it is a war zone. I have never had a bad experience in Mexico; the only place I have been mugged is here in the US. Same goes for family and friends. My wife lived in Mx for a year, many of my friends and family vacation there regularly. if you do foolish things, of course, bad things will happen to you. But like any other destination, if you apply some common sense caution, you are for the most part fine.
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