The fallacy in the opinion is
this:
He did not defined what is meant bu
the 'system'.
Kesu khandiboloi sesta korile, ason
xap.tw wlai poribo.
I explained this
before.
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
>
> 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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