Twenty-One Killed in Mexican Violence

On Thursday, a toddler died after the car he was traveling in crashed during a gun battle and a businessman was killed after leading a protest against violence. Besides that, four men were shot dead in front of a crowd at an amusement park. Within 24 hours across Mexico, 21 people died during 24 hours all together.

Mexico, which is waging a fierce battle against drug traffickers and other criminal gangs does not seem to be making much progress from the looks of it. In Ciudad Juarez, across the border from el Paso, Texas, the four men were shot inside a go-cart rental at the Xtreme amusement park Wednesday night. The park had been filled with teenagers, bicycling through obstacle courses, skating and rappelling.

So far the Police have no suspects and have not disclosed possible motives for the shootings. Elsewhere in the city, a used car salesman was shot to death while driving down a main boulevard hours after leading hundreds of other business owners in a protest against kidnappings and extortion. It looks to me like they have a great deal more to do before the violence is stopped.

Emergency Threat in Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone President has threatened to impose a state of emergency if election violence between rival parties does not stop. Two days of clashes have marred campaigning for the second round of Sierra Leone's presidential elections. In a TV address, Mr. Kabbah said the country, which endured a brutal civil war, had suffered too much to allow chaos and civil unrest again.

Sex, Violence, Language

What happened to the clean family shows on TV? It's almost impossible to let your kids watch anything anymore. Violence has become the norm and blood and guts are everywhere. We need some good shows with education in manners, treatment of adults and minding their parents for kids to grow up into decent adults. And I believe all the shows will still be good if you just cut out the swearing and vulgar talk. What do you think? It's getting so you have to be afraid to walk the streets with young people as you don't know what they will do next and they seem to have no conscience.