At 1:20 PM -0600 11/17/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
He is abosoluetely correct. We must blame the system.
*** Would you like to see me post here what your previous
contention was on this matter :-)? Did you not assert, in fact argue
vif gorousy, that NOTHING was the matter wit the system, that it was
the people who are at fault. Did you not argue that the problem was
with the moral fiber of the people?
USA system is better than Indian system.
**** Really? How? Can you please explain ?
In the same analogy though, within the Indian system we must bllame the Assam state system for Assam being more corrupt than other states.
**** Same analogy? What SAME analogy? And who says Assam is MORE
corrupt than some other state? Is it info. you are privy to? Or are
you parroting another set of Indian statistics, without having a clue
what those statistics are based on, the qualification of the compilers
of those stats, and the quality of the data
used to come up with the conclusions?
And EVEN if it is true that Assam is MORE corrupt than everyone
else, what would YOUR recommendation be in making it LESS corrupt?
How would BLAMING help , if it is expected to, as you imply? If
blaming helps, how come India has been unable to reduce its corruption
even with all the blaming going on for decades?
Finally what is your recommendations on punishment for the people
of Assam, upon whom you have rendered the judgement of being MORE
CORRUPT than the rest of India?
Deny them sovereignty?
**** But the commentary makes interesting reading.Political
Science is the richer for these :-).
Now all we need to find out why the Assam system is inferrior than other state system.
Ureka.
RB.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <assam@assamnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: [Assam] Kamal Deka's Letter
> Fellow Netters' Kj Deka's Letter to Sentinel of today.
>
> Makes a good argument, doesn't he ? Man after my own heart :-).
> cm
> **********************************************************************
>
> System to be Blamed for Corruption?
>
>
> Defined simply, corruption is the misuse of public power for private
> profit. I guess, the human nature all over the world is essentially
> the same and most human beings will rob their country blind, given
> half a chance. Therefore, corruption is not the name of the third
> world disease.
>
> The Americans do it on a grander scale but do it suavely. However,
> it is an undeniable fact that the average citizen encounters more
> petty corruption in Assam than in any State of the USA. The
> assumption that the problem of corruption is solely tied to the coat
> tails of moral character is, perhaps, not true. If it is indeed the
> case that the corruption is the result of character flaws of the
> Assamese people, then it must be widely seen even when they are
> removed from their native system of governance. Strangely enough,
> one does not find that the Assamese in the USA, for instance, are
> perceived to be especially corrupt. If individuals with similar
> backgrounds appear to act differently within two different systems,
> would it not be proper to examine the difference in the two systems
> of governance, which may provide clues to the understanding of the
> difference in perceived corruption in Assam and in any of the fifty
> States of the USA? In my view, it is the system of governance in
> Assam that needs to be overhauled in order to bring the degree of
> corruption to the minimum. But then, why would they kill the goose
> that lays the golden egg of patronage and kickbacks?
>
>
> Kamaljit Deka
> Sugarland, Texas
>
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