Mexican presidential candidates are advocating a new approach to the war on drugs. In an attempt to reduce the extreme levels of violence in their country, candidates have suggested that their policies will focus on reducing violence, rather than on arresting narcotraficantes and otherwise disrupting the criminal cartels that rule the drug trade.
Certainly understandable. If I were in their shoes, I, too, would make public safety my top priority. Nevertheless, I have concerns about one candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, because he has too many names.
No, that's not it: I am concerned because of his campaign slogan, "Abrazos, no balazos." Sure, it sounds all nice and rhyme-y in Spanish, but the slogan translates to "Hugs, not bullets." Is the man running for president or head Carebear?
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