From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 00:55:25 MDT
--- Ramez Naam <mez@apexnano.com> wrote:
> From: Dehede011@aol.com [mailto:Dehede011@aol.com]
> > If we pour money into the countries without
> a decent
> > legal system then I suppose our money goes down
> that well
> > known rat hole.
> > So we are caught between a rock and a hard
> place.
> > Unless the legal system changes the people can't
> help
> > themselves, but they are capable of doing
> > so otherwise, nor can we effectively help them.
>
> Why not bribe the politicians of developing
> countries to establish the
> rule of law and clamp down on corruption?
'Cause corruption pays more, through getting bribes
from all sides. Not to mention, corruption tends to
pay all levels, while if you play honest you have the
tricky problem of remembering to pay your grunts (and
letting go of the money placed into your hands to do
just that).
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