The other day I read a single, brief, article that an entire band and their entourage, about 20 people, were kidnapped by a band of armed men near Monterey, Mexico, from the club where they had just performed. Some of the bodies, 9 or 10 so far, were found, tortured and murdered, at the bottom of a well. I've heard or read nothing further; evidently this is not news in Mexico, and is a happening of little interest in the U.S. Every national station this week has delved into the mystery of T'eo's lovelife, and of Beyonce's lips, while every local media outlet is re-obsessed about pit bull pups and their missing toes.
Other countries, such as Mexico, are gun-ridden, drug-centered lawless societies. If the U.S. continues its efforts to allow and decriminalize drugs, if gun control measures are abandoned, and if its citizens follow through on their insistence that it is permissible to disobey any laws enacted that they do not agree with, then the United States may well be on its way to creating a society similar to that of Mexico. Stories of hapless puppies and freezers full of dead cats will no longer have a place in the news, not after some of our favorite musical groups are disposed of. (Come to think of it, I do recall that years ago, Frank Sinatra's son was kidnapped, but he was not found at the bottom of a well.
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