Cartel Kills 18 In Rehab

American Voices

September 7, 2009 | ISSUE 45•37

A Mexican drug cartel is being blamed for the shooting deaths of 18 patients at a rehab clinic. What do you think?

People are so quick to blame things on drug cartels. Did anyone ever consider that those 18 people might all have the same jealous boyfriend?"

Liam Freiman
Elevator Repairman
As a marketing executive, I'm intrigued by the idea of maintaining product loyalty by threatening former customers with death."

Sarah Shapiro
Marketing Executive
I'm going to use this as a cautionary tale for my children as soon as I figure out what the non-ironic moral is."

Demitri Cervenkova
Systems Analyst

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