A conversation took place recently on a social networking platform in which someone bemoaned the bad news that we're bombarded with by a specific television program. All we seem to hear about is corruption and crime and all the other "good" things this country has to offer. Several people agreed and offered the sage advice... don't watch it then. Up until this point it was all good.
Then someone commented that there is so much corruption in this country and that there needs to be some accountability... before blithely going on to state that they had recently had to pay a corrupt police officer a large amount of money as a bribe. They were outraged at the amount he'd asked for and eventually managed to get away with paying him a mere fraction of the requested amount.
I'm going to pause while you take that in.
Of course, if you're a logical, law-abiding citizen, the first question that you're going to ask yourself now is this:
If this person did nothing wrong then why would they be having to pay a bribe in the first place?
What law did they break to allow a corrupt policeman the opening to bribe them?
Why not report the policeman to a higher authority and simply take their punishment for their own crime?
The truth is that they would NOT have been bribed if they had done NOTHING wrong. If they were cornered by a corrupt officer threatening to make something up, they should have reported it. They did not. Instead, they congratulate themselves - publicly for successfully paying less!!!
This is someone who not only broke the law twice, but then bragged about it while trying to sound suitably hard done by and put out. They also enabled another criminal to continue with their own crimes and did nothing to stop it. This means that they are a HUGE part of the problem and NOT the solution in this country.
EVERY law should be obeyed and enforced, no matter how big or small. Jay-walking is against the law and should be punished. I know it may sound ridiculous, but how can you expect to win the war against thieves, thugs, murderers, extortionists and rapists if you allow people to break all the so-called "small" laws?
Until next time...
If this person did nothing wrong then why would they be having to pay a bribe in the first place?
What law did they break to allow a corrupt policeman the opening to bribe them?
Why not report the policeman to a higher authority and simply take their punishment for their own crime?
The truth is that they would NOT have been bribed if they had done NOTHING wrong. If they were cornered by a corrupt officer threatening to make something up, they should have reported it. They did not. Instead, they congratulate themselves - publicly for successfully paying less!!!
This is someone who not only broke the law twice, but then bragged about it while trying to sound suitably hard done by and put out. They also enabled another criminal to continue with their own crimes and did nothing to stop it. This means that they are a HUGE part of the problem and NOT the solution in this country.
EVERY law should be obeyed and enforced, no matter how big or small. Jay-walking is against the law and should be punished. I know it may sound ridiculous, but how can you expect to win the war against thieves, thugs, murderers, extortionists and rapists if you allow people to break all the so-called "small" laws?
Until next time...
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