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2010-07-31 Caribbean-Latin America

Sonora: "Thundered Solid for 20 Minutes" -- UPDATE 2

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Posted by badanov 2010-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 They're much better shooters than the Arabs. Sounds like the authorities were disappointed the death toll wasn't higher. Nonetheless, it is a mistake for the state to give up its monopoly on violence.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-07-31 06:04|| 2010-07-31 06:04|| Front Page Top

#2 For many years now, Mexican TV and movie violence has been of the "ultraviolent" variety, and its mix of realism and fantasy is different from that of US violence movies.

For example, few if any death scenes involve anyone getting shot just once, or just a few times. Squibs and plastic blood packs are cheap, so they use a lot of them.

This means a lot fewer people are wounded in a real Mexican gunfight. It's either "not a scratch", or "blown to bits". They also bring lots of extra weapons and ammo to a fight, which works. Thugs with combat loads.

They are also very big on ambushes, fights not "being fair", and torture before death with mutilation after death.

And relatively speaking, there is big money in being a fighter. Family is a little less important than pay, and the cartels pay handsomely. It also motivates better.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-31 10:54|| 2010-07-31 10:54|| Front Page Top

#3 that's exactly what the federals should do let the fight oit out and kill as many of each other as possible.

Posted by chris 2010-07-31 12:31|| 2010-07-31 12:31|| Front Page Top

#4 re: #2

You may find these movies at the $5 dvd bins at walmart here in tucson. Que barbaro!

Posted by borgboy 2010-07-31 16:10|| 2010-07-31 16:10|| Front Page Top

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