Someone mentioned to me recently that she would not be happy to live in a country where corruption went on daily and though everyone know's about it no one DID anything to stop it, I said where on earth did she live then (as I was under the impression she lived in UK). "Yes", she said, "of course I live in the UK", "and there's no corruption going on here?" I asked, "well, maybe a bit, but certainly not on the large scale that it is elsewhere" she conceded.
It boiled down to the fact that she was miffed after her last trip abroad where in a hot and stuffy airport she saw some passengers go from the rear of the long queue straight up to the barrier where they were warmly greeted by an immigration official and let through without waiting.
I think we have all witnessed similar ocurrences to some degree and possibly thought how unfair it seems, or maybe how lucky those passengers are? (if we're being honest?). So yes, I sympathised a little BUT to say that there is no corruption going on in the UK? This is not just naive it's stupid! The coverups that go on in policing, government, the royal family, the nhs, social services, education, not to mention if you have cause to sue a person then a barrister will ask if they could be a member of the Freemasons, as it's not worth it, because the case will not be successful!
Weighing it all up against the above I yearn to live in a place where I may get a little frustrated due to waiting in line, after all if I were in their place would I really say "no, it's ok, I prefer to wait here for the next 45 minutes rather than passing all these other people!" - I do have principles, I'm being honest!!!
Wherever we choose to live in this world I think we have to realise it's very much WHO you know not WHAT you know that matters EVERYWHERE however flawed that may seem to the idealist.
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