The main ideal in Chilton's essay is reviewing a political cartoon that was done and published about the drug problem of Mexico. Her argument is that the cartoons while very complex in its own right cannot even begin to bring to light the many cause of the overwhelming drug problem in Mexico and the thousands of deaths that it has caused. In my personal opinion i agree that to over simplify the problem is unfair and does not do all the people that have been killed or affected by this problem justice. To jus blame this scary cartooned man for all the skulls that have piled up is igronent when in reality there are so many people and causes to be named and that share a hand in wreaking the already shaky relationship between the U.S and Mexico. There are always other ways to view the cartoon of course maybe in light of the large figure just simply hitting the party piñata maybe the artist is saying that Mexico its self is not taking this growing problem seriously enough and that the deaths that are piling up are being ignored by their own government. That maybe the big scary man is just too much for anyone to face.
Chilton does make a good point about oversimplification. We are always looking for something/someone to blame; unfortunately, the world is messy and sometimes blame is not evenly distributed across all "villains." But, on the other hand, cartoons criticize something. Often they criticize a very specific target. Should we fault the artist for choosing not to consider other factors?
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