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One of the most salient examples of just how propagandized the vast majority of websites and blogs are when it comes to presenting the truth about living in Mexico, is retireinluxury.com. Whether it is a book, a house to sell, or a travel business to promote, the bias is as thick as maple syrup .
The people of Mexico routinely treat strangers with warmth and curiosity. The people here seem to have the ability to enjoy life, be more hospitable, more respectful of their fellow man....And it's not our money that makes everyone so friendly: the people are deeply steeped in a tradition of courtesy, culture, and kindness that goes back centuries...The people are almost always willing to stop whatever they are doing to be of assistance to a friend, a neighbor or a stranger. It seems they welcome any opportunity to be helpful. Isn't that the way life should be? -- www.retireinluxury.com
1) "The people of Mexico routinely treat strangers with warmth and curiosity." -- Go the website, My Mexico Story and read a few of the stories of how these folks were treated when they were strangers in Mexico.
2) "The people here seem to have the ability to enjoy life, be more hospitable, more respectful of their fellow man" -- You should on your next visit to San Miguel de Allende as the owner of the butcher shop, Carnemax, what he thought of this when he was robbed at gun point on Feb. 19, 2010 by his fellow Mexicans.
3) "And it's not our money that makes everyone so friendly: the people are deeply steeped in a tradition of courtesy, culture, and kindness that goes back centuries." -- Either the author of this website, who is trying to sell a book on how sinless it is to live in Mexico, is absolutely mono-cultural, or she is not telling the whole story (Maybe she doesn't know it).
One more than one occasion , Mexicans have told us that from a very early age they are taught that Gringos are to be "taken" whenever possible. They are taught how to do it all along with the rationalizations why this isn't a bad or unethical thing to do. Another told me that Mexicans are your best friends as long as they are getting money out of you. When you stop the cash flow you then become the enemy.
4) "the people are deeply steeped in a tradition of courtesy, culture, and kindness that goes back centuries...The people are almost always willing to stop whatever they are doing to be of assistance to a friend, a neighbor or a stranger." -- What this quote in its whole is trying to prove and failing to do so, is that Mexicans have some intrinsic goodness that sets them apart from the rest of humanity. In many face to face meetings I've had with potential Gringo expats, these wannabes will not believe that any crime occurs in Guanajuato or it is so insignificant as to not be worthy of a single thought.
The Gringo perceived politeness in Mexican culture is probably due more to the cultural need to save face than it is to some ill-perceived Gringo notion that Mexicans know how to treat their fellow man better (Is that even a testable hypothesis?). See the study done on this very point: Click Here
The point is NOT whether there are polite Mexicans in Guanajuato, or in the country at large. The point is whether Gringos who have ulterior motives are telling you the whole picture? Are their perceptions tainted with biases and/or nefarious motives?
To write about something critically never implies any degree of hate. To NOT like something and to say so is NOT wrong.
What is wrong is becoming singularly obsessed to the point of wanting to destroy someone who holds a different point of view than your own.
What is totally insane, and implies the need for professional help, is to believe an author who disagrees with the position that Mexico is something other than just a place with flawed people is out to ruin your real estate business, your money making source. That bias, obsession with filthy lucre, can drive one to paranoia.
That's all I'm saying.
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