I'll keep that in mind next time I head to Florida.

I go windsurfing at South Padre and I always bring the old stuff. If you look like you have money, someone will try to relieve you of some of it.

Mexico is a third world shiathole. Any questions?

dj_bigbird: Mexico is a third world shiathole. Any questions?

where's the g spot?

Wow, they sexually assaulted his girlfriend in front of him for 45 minutes while someone held a gun to his head?

Worthless without pics


/kidding, thats terrible

It doesn't take much to reach $7,000 of gear these days, especially if you use high end equipment.

It is not like they were carrying it on their person, they had a trailer. I think subby is a bit harsh on this one.

The trailer alone could have easily been worth that.

True Story:

One time during a port call in Puerta Vallarta a guy and girl from our ship decided to drunkly head to the beach for a little fun. While hitting up the ATM on the way to the next bar the girl is casually standing behind us waiting, when asked if she wanted to head to the bar with us she said she had something to do and would meet us there.

Turns out she was emptying the guys account as he was being held at gunpoint on the beach by the local cops. She turned over the cash and left to join up with us, never even said a word about it until the command questioned her upon returning to the ship.

In her defense the party WAS jumpin'.

/guy was fine, jst a little bruised.

Weber, who has taught dozens of students in Mexico over the last 10 years, plans to surf in Costa Rica or New Zealand. "No more Mexico," said Hoffman,

Come to Australia, better surfing and our surfers / beach thieves are too busy beating jetskiers (no problem there) and stealing girlfriends (a small problem there)

Build the damn fence already.


I hate saying this. I used to live in Mexico and have visited many, many times. I love Mexico and its citizens, most of which are good, honest but poor citizens.

This shiat has to stop. 16 million illegals and counting...

The trouble with Mexico is that it's full of Mexicans. Perhaps the time has come to reinstitute an old custom. Grant Americans prima noctes: first night.

/joke
//sad I have to clarify for the oversensitive farkers
///shark-jump-plunge

brian7dog: Come to Australia, better surfing and our surfers / beach thieves are too busy beating jetskiers (no problem there) and stealing girlfriends (a small problem there)

Although Jaco Beach in Costa Rica is awesome.

Subby makes the couple sound retarded but they didn't wear $7k of gear on the beach, their RV was looted at gunpoint. If I were traveling for a long time in an RV, I'd have stuff like a TV, computer and cameras that would add up to the value of the theft. I'd only consider them dumb if they stopped their RV in a bad area (although, almost all of Mexico could be considered a bad area for foreign tourists).

RTA: Most of it is about how sucky it is for the locals in Baja Mexico that feed off the tourist money that is no longer coming in. Mexico really needs to get their arses in gear with their police corruption. Crime doesn't pay unless the cops are all bribed, or killed if they're too honest.

SoothinglyDeranged: dj_bigbird: Mexico is a third world shiathole. Any questions?

where's the g spot?

not in the shiathole. try the other one.

Seacop 2008-01-06 12:36:41 AM
brian7dog: Come to Australia, better surfing and our surfers / beach thieves are too busy beating jetskiers (no problem there) and stealing girlfriends (a small problem there)

Although Jaco Beach in Costa Rica is awesome.


Very true, damn it's been a while. Don't buy a house and get married, ruins dive / surf trips.

Subby comes off as a huge asshole after reading the article.

/has been robbed at gunpoint

Once the North American Union is in place we will bring these people to justice!

brian7dog: Don't buy a house and get married

Too late

jsmilky = Internet Tough Guy


How's that workin' for you?

They try to look like cops? How about admitting that those are the cops committing the crimes. Mexicans don't bother reporting crime because they know the cops are behind it. Drug trafficking is #1 but kidnapping is #2 throughout Mexico and even though people like to pretend that the illegal aliens aren't going to turn on the US like the fabled Mexican rat/dog it's just a matter of time until the big barrios in the US like Santa Ana and east LA become armed La Emme kidnapping centers. You want your kid back, take out a second mortgage on your house and send it to us or we'll start sending him back one piece at a time, testicles and eyeballs first. Nobody remembers that the sitting president chose TJ to assassinate the front running candidate to be his replacement a few years back just because it is such a corrupt hole.

Dellirium: Build the damn fence already.

What is a fence going to do about crime on the Baja Peninsula?

/DEY TUK ER JAAABS!

Wow, they got $7k worth of stuff stolen. That's terrible. What a crime.

Oh, btw she was raped at gunpoint in front of him. I guess that stings a little too.

caalro33: Once the North American Union is in place we will bring these people to justice here, to fark up THIS place!

ftfy

Rosarito Beach? Yeah, I had a brush with federales back in, omg, way too long ago..1986 maybe. That place has been corrupt forever!!

My advice, just don't go there in the first place...go surf Hawaii or Aus, go dive Cayman...you can hire me as dive guide for Cayman ;-)

/snorkelsnorkel
//slashiefish=^-

Dellirium: jsmilky = Internet Tough Guy


How's that workin' for you?

Heh.

catfishdog: Rosarito Beach? Yeah, I had a brush with federales back in, omg, way too long ago..1986 maybe. That place Mexico has been corrupt forever!!

fixed

caairo33:

Not a thing. Keeps the crime DOWN THERE.

It will slow the vast numbers coming into LA, TX, AZ and NM, who ultimately end up in NY, NJ and elsewhere.

I hate border politics and really hate the idea of the wall, but you know, Mexico uses a wall on their southern border to keep out the refugees/ immigrants they don't want. Why don't we?

How can America continue to support endless streams of illegal immigrants who don't speak English, pay taxes or support the system? Let them in if they are willing to go through the process like my ancestors did. No free rides/ amnesty.
reality: it can't. Something has to change.

Seacop: catfishdog: Rosarito Beach? Yeah, I had a brush with federales back in, omg, way too long ago..1986 maybe. That place Mexico has been corrupt forever!!

fixed

I see what you did there, and rightly so...thanks :)

Sigh...:
It is not like they were carrying it on their person, they had a trailer. I think subby is a bit harsh on this one.

Peter Murnik is not impressed. Link (new window) in case you need a memory jog (especially you "Seinfeld" fans)

/too obscure? probably

A friend and I were in Souther California for a while. She wanted to take a day trip down to Tijuana.

I have another friend who was in the Coast Guard. He once told me not to go to Mexico without an armed party of 10 or 15.

I'm glad I took his advice that day.

This is Fark. I should clarify that I told her that it was going to take a lot to convince me to go down there, and she decided not to go without me.

So, we didn't go.

/I'm sure one of you is already typing a response asking how I got 15 armed men to go Mexico.

The racism is strong in this thread, as are the internet tough guys.

Sgt. Expendable: A friend and I were in Souther California for a while. She wanted to take a day trip down to Tijuana.

I have another friend who was in the Coast Guard. He once told me not to go to Mexico without an armed party of 10 or 15.

I'm glad I took his advice that day.

As a fellow coastie I must fully agree with your friend, when we hit Mexico during a port call we usually head out 8 or 9 deep.

yeah but adelitas is still worth the trip

/jaco beach sucks btw

Dellirium: caairo33:
Not a thing. Keeps the crime DOWN THERE.

These crimes are already down there?! The article is not about crime coming up but about crime staying there.

They have a wall because their southern border is much smaller and gets much less traffic. There are more opportunities south of Mexico then in Mexico =P

The racism is strong in this thread, as are the internet tough guys.

Not so much racism as much as experience.

/half-mexican

strange
I though all mexico's predatory criminals were already here

My Mexican friend says that when he goes to visit family in Mexico he fills up his tank in San Diego and drives to the border without stoping, then drives another 200 miles into Mexico before he stops.

DKnight: (although, almost all of Mexico could be considered a bad area for foreign tourists).

This.

/Lived in southern Arizona & southern California over 20 years... always hear bad stories about Mexico. Bad crime, make-you-ill water, corrupt cops. Nevertheless, definitely the place to go if you want to be robbed and/or have your girlfriend raped in front of you.
//Slashy too long?

Lori Hoffman, a San Diego-area emergency room nurse, said she was sexually assaulted Oct. 23 by two masked men in front of her boyfriend, San Diego Surfing Academy owner Pat Weber, who was forced to kneel at gunpoint for 45 minutes. They were at a campground with about 30 tents, some 200 miles south of the border.

At gunpoint, in a crowded area, in their own trailer? I think subby's the dumbass, not them.

/Never been at gunpoint
//Yet

maldinero
The racism is strong in this thread, as are the internet tough guys.

Sorry, the race card isn't going to work this time.

Dellirium: I hate border politics and really hate the idea of the wall, but you know, Mexico uses a wall on their southern border to keep out the refugees/ immigrants they don't want. Why don't we?

How can America continue to support endless streams of illegal immigrants who don't speak English, pay taxes or support the system? Let them in if they are willing to go through the process like my ancestors did. No free rides/ amnesty.

Your ancestors jumped a fence?

Woohoo TJ.
I got shookdown by the cops in TJ once.
I also shot an armed robber in TJ once.

/He said "what" again.

maldinero: The racism is strong in this thread, as are the internet tough guys.

There's nothing racist about calling Mexico a corrupt shiathole. That's just how extremely poor countries work, especially when much of their economy is dependent on much richer neighboring countries.

And HempHead, nice trollin' there.

1. Border towns |= all of Mexico
2. A wall won't keep American tourists safe in Mexico

/just sayin

Mexico, the next great land of glass that shall be created, right after Iran and Iraq.

Don't believe me? Wait awhile. When the corruption turns into a full-scale civil war that threatens our country, we'll lay absolute waste to them. Our leaders, present and future, are that corrupt.

dj_bigbird: Mexico is a third world shiathole. Any questions?

As a mexican citizen I'm getting a kick out of these replies. No, seriously, I am.

Like always, just go where the locals go, tourist traps are exactly that.

/If your ex-pats have learned that lesson, so can you

sounds like a good place to party. can i bring my own gun?

Mexico is not like the US. It's like Philidelphia or Detroit. How many times do we need to say this?

I'm pumped on Giuliani!!!!

Especially when he had hair!



I just cant understand why people think its OK for Mexicans to commit crimes in the US. Don't the realize that sends the wrong message.