Okay, so I took a page out of the salacious media's playbook by posting a SLIGHTLY misleading headline. It's not the entire Mexican government wanting to conduct mercy killings.
But there is a Mexican councilor who went on record saying she believed homeless people should be put to death.
She thinks that's the most humane thing we can do for them.
"Yes, they are a little crazy, but they're harmless. Which is why I think to myself, wouldn't it be kinder to just give them a lethal injection?" Olga Guiterrez Machorro suggested.
Ironically, Marchurro is the chairman of the Commission for Vulnerable Groups in Tecamachalco, Puebla.
Not surprisingly, her remarks were met with anger.
Including my own.
But then I read several different accounts of this story.
And I'm not entirely sure that her comments weren't taken out of context.
She complained about homeless folks being sent to psychiatric hospitals and then released in the middle of busy highways if they were found to be not dangerous. Many ended up being run over by passing cars.
Is it possible she was being a little facetious making her controversial statement following her complaints about the treatment of mentally ill homeless people?
Yes, she should've known better but knowing how sarcastic I can be at times, I could see this easily happening to me.
Of course, I don't KNOW that she was misinterpreted. She may have been serious about euthanizing homeless folk. I don't know.
I do know the media, however.
So I'm giving her the benefit of doubt.
The bottom line is, there are a lot of mentally ill people on the streets and we are failing them as a society. Here in the United States, in Mexico, and around the world. We need to find a solution.
One that doesn't involve murder.
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