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In reply to the discussion: When Men Hate Women: Femicide in Ciudad Juarez [View all]BainsBane
(53,180 posts)I gave information about the murders and suggested possibilities. You don't seem to be able to distinguish between a theory and an accusation. As the Harvard piece points out, others have suggested the theory. I'm not familiar enough with the evidence of the case (such as it is since there has obviously been little effort to solve the crimes) to know what those precisely those theories are based on. Christ, the Harvard piece even names a suspect. I don't see any outrage on your part about that, presumably because he wasn't American. You've got some serious trip going about nationality.
One of the reasons I suggested the possibility that Americans might be involved is because I didn't want people to read it as all about evil Mexico, since so many people are imbued with that kind of deep-seeded prejudice without even realizing it. I get tired of mal-educated posters going on about how evil this or that culture is.
I don't know why you find the idea that the killers might be American so preposterous. The US has had more serial killers than any other country.
I don't find that source satisfactory. The numbers may be accurate, but there is no way to examine what they died from. Since they describe it as part of the drug war, I'm guessing, like here in the US, most were killed by guns, which would shoot to hell your whole argument about gun control being responsible. Clearly there is no such thing as an effective gun ban anywhere in North America.
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