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Clare Shepherd wrote: > Looks like the Nigerian Government has done the right thing. In a > country were a common mindset, according to a friend, who was a > lecturer there, is that if you can get something, just take it, it's > understandable why the dealer took the bribe. Remember there's a lot > of deprivation there, even if the country is rich in minerals etc. In many cases I think it's a case of not even being able to do business *unless* you're prepared to bribe people. I know many companies working in Africa and (particularly south-east) Asia actually have line items in their project budgets specifically for the payment of bribes. James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html