I watched all of the videos that I saw. I shouldn't have but I'm very desensitized to violence for reasons I don't understand and not a lot of stuff bothers me, but most of all I wanted to know why this happened. If you didn't watch them you probably shouldn't. There are literally hundreds of violent guys beating people to death in these videos. Random guys fly in out of nowhere to kick someone in the head once and then they run away. Sometimes the guys look dead after that, sometimes they're clearly already dead and 20 people run over to loot their body, take their clothes off, or kick them even more.
You know, what sucks is that when you've been to Mexico and you know what it's like, it's hard to not defend Mexico when these subjects come up. I've been to the border and I loved it. I've been to Puerto Vallarta and thought it was great. I want to go back to Mexico too. There are things you can do there that you can probably do elsewhere but not for as cheap. The only bad thing I have to say about my experience is that I saw a couple men beating the shit out of some guy who was harassing tourists. My brother traveled the whole country and loved it. I think it's a great place, great culture, lots of things to do, but and this is a big but, there is a veneer to things that can easily be pulled back if you wind up in the wrong place. When you're white you only see this when you're looking but I have a lot of Mexican friends who won't go back there. I have a friend from Tijuana who goes back, a friend from Mexico City who goes back, and one from the coast who goes back...but I don't know anyone else from the interior who wants to ever go back there. They're afraid they're going to get killed somewhere and it isn't worth it. I wouldn't go to Guadalajara ever among other places.
The country is great for tourists, might be one of the safest places on Earth if you're a tourist, but for the average Mexican person it is incredibly violent. Mexico is where we were in the late 80's. There are a lot of young men there who have nothing to live for. People with nothing to live for can be pushed into doing just about anything, people with nothing to live for are dangerous, and there are a lot of people there like that who a tourist won't always see unless they're going into dives. Cartel violence is also something I think is directly tied to this. A lot of people with nothing to live for want to be like them. After they were done beating people up and killing them they posed for a picture on the pitch. I really don't know what to say, what do you even say about that? I'm not victim blaming here, but also, away fans need to be banned. They're basically banned in Colombia as well, they're banned for a reason. You put too many young men who oppose each other, who have nothing to live for in a stadium and some bad shit is bound to happen. The thing with the naked bodies is a narco thing btw.
As for the game at Azteca, anyone who would go to that has lost their f***ing mind. Part of getting through life and living to be old is avoiding situations that aren't good. Well, I don't think anything will happen at Azteca but that's not a risk I'd take. There were "guards" at this game opening gates for people to get attacked. That shit is not something I would ever want to deal with, and I feel bad for everyone who got attacked. I feel most bad for those who just stood there watching what was going on only to get attacked for having done that, but that's why I never hang around anywhere in the world when I see people fighting. Not worth it. I'd love to go to Mexico City but you'd never see me at that game. The fan culture is rotten, but usually there's a lot of riot police at the games. Didn't look like there was any at this one.
No comment on if they should take the WC out of there. It will be a big subject and will come out a lot over the next few days. We'll see about that.
