This "rouba mas faz" only works for you if you are not affected by what
he steals and get the benefit of what he does.
Best regards
		Luis



-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Gerhard Fiedler
Sent: 13 March 2008 12:43
To: piclist@mit.edu
Subject: Re: [OT] Education reform:

Apptech wrote:

> [[What can one man do?] tm]]]. 

I live in a place where one of the most successful politicians has the
(inofficial, but probably most widely known) campaign motto "rouba mas
faz"; approximately translated as "steals but achieves". The "steals"
part
implies corruption, and a lot of it. He continues to be one of the most
successful here, IMO not despite but because of that motto. And it's not
only the lesser educated that find this cool; you find admirers with all
kinds of education.

My personal conviction is that honesty is the most important trait when
thinking about for whom to vote. The rest may be important, but this is
the
one that overrides all others. It is rather obvious that a majority of
voters doesn't agree with me, and not only here.

But to get back to what one (wo)man can do: talk to one (wo)man at a
time.
I think that's about the most one can do. It is not a "little" thing;
it's
just not done enough.

Gerhard

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