On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You mean, if I a politician has convinced me that if s/he comes to power, > we > will get good roads/food/whatever and I vote for hem because of that, > that's > a form of bribery? Hm...isn't that taking the definition too far? As much a free TV is. You vote based on your self-interest, and different things do it for different people. The question to ask is, why do some people care more for a promise of a free TV than for a promise of good governance? Is is because one of those promises is simply not credible anymore? If not, why not? -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com
