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And the rest of Zihuatanejo?

by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Thursday, September 11, 2014, 13:17 (4068 days ago) @ katherine

Yes, Katherine, BUT I am trying to avoid having Por Los Niños create more impoverished uneducated niños that add to Zihuatanejo's problems. This very important point apparently keeps getting lost on the organizers and their cheerleaders. I regret that instead of trying to understand what I'm saying foreigners rush to paint me as "the bad guy" and apply foreign standards to a Mexican problem. Apparently most of you don't realize how much damage the squatters' communities have caused to the rest of Zihuatanejo's residents and visitors, and you don't appear to appreciate the sentiment of the rest of the residents. Never mind the central problem with endorsing a hundred tiny schools that will NEVER have sufficient operational funds or resources. We'll just leave that discussion for another time. When Larry allows his organization to be used as a tool to further the interests of unscrupulous politicians because HE believes he is helping children and doesn't see the larger picture where he is in fact potentially and unwittingly helping to create more and more impoverished and uneducated children, then I feel obliged to speak out. And each time you cheerleaders pull this Machiavellian crap that the end justifies the means. Well I and most of my fellow Mexican citizens who aren't squatters or politicians or totally ignorant beg to differ.


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