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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| The Bobster wrote: |
Goph, all your citations about corruption in Latin American govts, just a few words in your year :
Liberals are corrupt in Canada, and now we all have to live with Stephen Harper. What fun for us all.
Jack Abramoff in the US, Haliburton sweetheart-deals in Iraq, and cronyism at home ("You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie!"), not to mention the way Bush got into office in 2000, appointed by a Supreme Court composed of several nominees from his father ... the list is longer than this, we both know.
Said it several times before about that "election" in 2000, say it again : if it had happened anywhere south of Juarez, we'd all be winking at each other and saying, yeah, but those places are not REAL democracies ... hey, you know what I'm talkin' about. |
Sorry for not responding to this one in my earlier reply, Bobster.
Corruption is a global problem, and even exists in the U.S., Western Europe, and Canada.
But it is far from as pervasive and institutionalized in these places as it has been in Latin America and the Caribbean for the last five hundred years.
When, for example, was the last time a U.S., Western European, or Canadian head of state left office with a significant portion of the national treasury under his or her belt? And what would happen to them if they did? |
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Eunoia
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Location: In a seedy karakoe bar by the banks of the mighty Bosphorus
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| Gopher wrote: |
Chileans who tend to like Pinochet and approve of his rule tend to be harsh, callous, and self-righteous rightists, and they live in a world of denial about many things.
Chileans who tend to like Allende and approve his administration tend to be harsh and self-righteous and consumed by antiAmericanism, and they live in a world of denial about many things. |
Americans who like Bush and approve of his administration and policies tend to be a harsh, callous, and self-righteous lot who are largely unwilling or unable to listen to any point of view that conflicts with their own narrow-minded "black and white / us vs. them" view of the world, are consumed by mindless, propogandist, pro-American jingoism, and they too live in a world of denial about a great many things. |
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