This is a 12-minute video from a recent TED conference in San Miguel de Allende. The presenter is Emiliano Salinas, the son of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, perhaps the most polarizing and disliked politician in Mexico's modern history. The son makes a very effective presentation about the apathy and denial of many Mexicans to the crisis facing the nation. He says Mexicans must move from portraying themselves as victims and denial of the crisis into phases of anger and nonviolent action. He notes right at the beginning that some will dismiss his message because he is the son of Salinas de Gortari. TED, by the way, has been around for more than two decades. The nonprofit operates under the slogan of Ideas Worth Spreading. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. I don't know exactly when this conference in San Miguel was held.
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06/29/2011
'We are a nation of victims'
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young salinas cites the
lebaron brothers in chihuahua as an example of an appropriate "nonviolent" citizens' response to the criminals in their community. but i seem to recall i read somewhere that the lebarons obtained permission from the mexican government to arm themselves and to arm members of that farming community. if that was the case, then they weren't really taking the ghandi nonviolent approach there in chihuahua. nor should they. mexico doesnt need more ghandis. it needs to allow its citizens to arm themselves... to protect their families and their lands ... if mexico cant keep the citizens safe then allow the citizens the right to arm... just like the lebaron brothers in Chihuahua.
Posted by: sobo | 07/04/2011 at 11:43 AM
by the way, TED is a great site, I did not know it was that old!...also, October, 2010 is when young Salinas' speech was aired...
Posted by: sean hanny | 06/29/2011 at 11:30 AM
that was a very dynamic speech, very eloquent, nice, in all seriousness...and he is right.....as he said, however, it is hard to seperate the speaker from the fact that he is Rat Pig's son...
Posted by: sean hanny | 06/29/2011 at 11:29 AM