Burt wrote:
I read the same boards as Burt does, and what is posted on other boards and this one are "camp fire" ghost stories, where everybody is suppose to read them and get scared. It goes like this: "have you heard the one about the Little Red Riding Hood monger and the Big bad TJ cop?
The latest coming out of the camps( TJ forums) is a new political party PAN is taking over they mayor's office( PRI) and all the police will be fired. Not just the appointed heads, but all the TJ cops will be replaced. So the story goes there will be free rein, open season on mongers, as TJ cops will be 'rob the gringo' mode until at least till December 1.
Then we also get the other stories that the TJ cops up the chain of command order the rank and file lowly TJ cop to go out and rob gringos and locals alike during Christmas, because they have to do Christmas shopping for the family. Typical big conspiracy theory.
While these camp fire stories certainly sound plausible except for the one about all TJ cops being replaced, as maybe just the leadership of the police are replaced? We do know there is police shakedowns in Tijuana, and no doubt some TJ police feel a little bit more pressure to rob tourist during the Christmas season. What we don't know if it's a conspiracy with orders from the top, or just TJ cops taking advaneforum.xxxe of a situation before him like a drunk Gringo who has lot of cash.
What these 'conspiracy theorist' lack is evidence, as they don't provide one bit of evidence as it's all speculative and conjectural, based on perhaps what some drunk Mexican told them in a bar and they then took it as fact? Even the anecdotal evidence of police shakedowns during Christmas season is weak, as I doubt anybody could show that police shakedown reports are more frequent during Christmas, and I seriously doubt we will see an increase in police shakedown reports on these forums now till what does Burt say? Three Kings day?
But hey if you want to be scared about these ghost stories that's your call. Personally I'll continue to visit TJ and seriously doubt there will be stepped up activity for police shakedowns, nor do I expect to be shaken down anytime soon?
I read the same boards as Burt does, and what is posted on other boards and this one are "camp fire" ghost stories, where everybody is suppose to read them and get scared. It goes like this: "have you heard the one about the Little Red Riding Hood monger and the Big bad TJ cop?
The latest coming out of the camps( TJ forums) is a new political party PAN is taking over they mayor's office( PRI) and all the police will be fired. Not just the appointed heads, but all the TJ cops will be replaced. So the story goes there will be free rein, open season on mongers, as TJ cops will be 'rob the gringo' mode until at least till December 1.
Then we also get the other stories that the TJ cops up the chain of command order the rank and file lowly TJ cop to go out and rob gringos and locals alike during Christmas, because they have to do Christmas shopping for the family. Typical big conspiracy theory.
While these camp fire stories certainly sound plausible except for the one about all TJ cops being replaced, as maybe just the leadership of the police are replaced? We do know there is police shakedowns in Tijuana, and no doubt some TJ police feel a little bit more pressure to rob tourist during the Christmas season. What we don't know if it's a conspiracy with orders from the top, or just TJ cops taking advaneforum.xxxe of a situation before him like a drunk Gringo who has lot of cash.
What these 'conspiracy theorist' lack is evidence, as they don't provide one bit of evidence as it's all speculative and conjectural, based on perhaps what some drunk Mexican told them in a bar and they then took it as fact? Even the anecdotal evidence of police shakedowns during Christmas season is weak, as I doubt anybody could show that police shakedown reports are more frequent during Christmas, and I seriously doubt we will see an increase in police shakedown reports on these forums now till what does Burt say? Three Kings day?
But hey if you want to be scared about these ghost stories that's your call. Personally I'll continue to visit TJ and seriously doubt there will be stepped up activity for police shakedowns, nor do I expect to be shaken down anytime soon?