> In fact, to my
> displeasure, we have been a very "relaxed" country, sort of "tropical" 
> wich
> has leaded us to a corrupt society but not to an abusive or oppresive
> regime, yet.

Corruption is sad. It slowly leaks into all levels of society and is said to 
be one of the greatest barriers to overall development. And one of the 
hardest things to root out. Once everyone depends on "corruption" 
(kickbacks, bribes, ...) as part of their standard income then any serious 
attempts at removal tend to make life impossible for the average person.



        Russell McMahon

PS
Just for information - more normal English usage in the above sentence would 
be "... has lead us to a ...". 

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