From: "Gary Britt" 

And the Mexican government is very corrupt.  I've come to believe that one
of the biggest problems with freedom and democracy succeeding in a
particular country or location is the degree to which corruption of police
and fire services and local government officials exists.  I think it goes
beyond the degree of this corruption however to the expectation of the
public in general that police, fire, and local politicians will be or
should be corrupt.  If the population expects these positions to be
occupied by corrupt individuals then its like they lose the will to root
out the corrupt.  Further, any person from the general population who takes
one of these positions is likely to expect to be corrupt and to become a
beneficiary of the corruption as opposed to a person determined to protect
the population and root out the corruption around him/her.

One doesn't have a true appreciation for the level of non-corruption,
honesty, and selflessness of our police forces in the USA until traveling
through a country like Mexico where the police are totally corrupt by
comparison.

Gary

"Geo"  wrote in message news:449cd85b{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote
> in
> message news:449879d8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Geo wrote:
>> > "Adam"  wrote in message
>> > news:4497bf4d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >
>> >> ?? Why is that? We (in the EU) rescue illegal immigrants
drifting in
>> >> boats all the time e.g. at the mo Italy & Spain have
a big problem
>> >> with
>> >> this.
>> >
>> > There is a difference between that and setting up a floating rest stop.
>>
>> Isn't the floating rest stop red & white & doesn't it have "US
>> coastguard" painted on the side?
>
>
> No, the thing I was complaining about was some humanitarian group setting
> up
> water stations to help mexicans who were trying to cross the desert into
> the
> US illegally.
>
>
>> You could try making mexico such a nice place that they worry about
>> white immigration much like those to the north of them did.
>
> The problem with mexico is the government has too much control over the
> people.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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