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I'm definitely not saying that corruption is less in LOS just the way we view it.
Another example, perhaps less obvious, is the way traffic cops in LOS take cash off of motorists for minor infringements. I don't see the difference between that and the police in the UK siting traffic cameras deliberately to catch speeding - I'm not referring to cameras sited near schools but those placed 20 metres before a deristriction sign. The only difference is that in LOS the money is a direct donation and not an indirect one.
Or the Chancellor of the Exchequer changing the accounting rule so that he can raid company pension schemes and then telling the employees that they need to save more.
I get the impression that when Thais complain about corruption it is less from a desire to stamp it out than from the point that they don't get sufficient opportunity to join in.
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