To those of you who want to attack me - I have thick skin and don't hide behind an internet alias. But I will say now that I am not going to continue to come back and argue with idiots who want to twist and turn my words/post and/or who want to attack me basically for being alive and having an opinion.
I'm sure your heart is in the right place and you clearly love Mexico. But, honestly it seems like half your posts on SB remind me of listening to Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. No secret what you're going to say or what side you're going to come down on. Not exactly an objective source of information.
That's your right of course but don't expect it not to be noticed.
I know many are envious of those of us who live in this beautiful paradise and I suspect that fuels some of these ridiculous statements towards those of us wanting to defend it against false beliefs SOME have of our island.
Yes we're all just jealous, nice counter argument.
Any of you would do the same thing (I would hope) if your town, company, industry, friends, family came under false attack.
Of course, any of us would make an emotional appeal if we were in the same situation where our loves/livelihoods were being affected. Are you honestly telling us that the U.S. State department is exaggerating?
What did I do that was so awful? Haha! I shared an article and agree that the article does a great job of putting things in perspective, specifically by showing those who are geographically ignorant where the trouble areas are in relation to Cozumel and the Maya Riviera - because SO MANY people blanket the entire country when speaking of the crime without realizing it is a big country!
I couldn't agree more, which is why the U.S. State department website on Mexico has separate sections for those areas. The information I posted applies to ALL OF MEXICO
My point to sharing this article as my original post says (I'll be more precise for those of you with reading comprehension issues and who like selective reading and cannot figure out the intent ), was for those who have family and friends that think Cozumel is a dangerous place to go simply because it is Mexico - share this article with them and show them the map so they can understand how big Mexico is and that it is not the entire country under attack with the drug cartel bloodbaths.
Sure if you're looking for a way to calm your loved ones fears regarding border violence that's great. Its also incomplete as can be expected from a simple newspaper article. Clearly that simplistic viewpoint doesn't bother you (i.e. Yucutan is in the safe zone, therefore, its safe)
I'll continue to take the state department's word for it thanks
Do I have a vested interest and want to protect the islands reputation, of course I do
Ya think?
...but I am not lying or sugarcoating facts with relation to Cozumel - I'm telling it like it is. If I didn't feel that it was a safe place, and/or if I feared leaving my house (BTW I live in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Cozumel - which still doesn't hold a candle to some of the safest areas of Austin or Houston where I spend my life before Cozumel), you can bet that I would be out of here like white on rice. But that simply isn't the case. I still feel safer here any time of day or night by myself than in middle/upper class suburbia Spring, TX when I go home to visit family
I agree, I live in Houston and can't tell you how many times I've been warned not to travel on back roads and take only toll roads at night for fear of criminals making impromptu roadblocks. Yeah right, what world are you living in? You really believe its the same?
Obviously your tiny insulated island doesn't have the same scale of problems but that's not exactly what you seem to be saying. you seem to be saying "My tiny, insulated island and Mayan Riviera seem fine, therefore, its perfectly safe. Y'all come on down!"
those who are not looking for, selling, buying, stealing, hanging out with, venturing into areas they shouldnt be late at night/early morning have no more risk than any of us have anywhere.
Again, the state department disagrees with your anecdotal 'evidence'
Of course that lowers your risk of running into problems same as it would anywhere in the world. But, there are specific concerns that do not translate to every other city.
That's all I have to say, I already spent way more time than intended "justifying" my post. I need to go get my afternoon boats out! Some people actually do come here to dive!
Here is my original post again yeh, I dont see anywhere that I claimed all of Mexico was safe I used the word reality, which seems to escape some of you!
Ah yes, its us who have the rose colored glasses on.
Best of luck to you and yours, see you in the next mildly critical Mexico thread