Arms, farts and bribe fairies: activist comedian Mark Thomas is on the warpath.(ARMS TRADE)
From: New Internationalist
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Date: 12/1/2006
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Author: Thomas, Mark
John Entwhistle, the now dead bass player for The Who, once said that liking heavy metal music was akin to passing wind; you didn't mind the smell of your own farts but object to everyone else's. Given Entwhistle's proclivity for cocaine it is a small miracle that he could smell anything. However, in the world of government and big business nowhere is this analogy truer than with regard to bribery and corruption. For some reason governments cannot stomach bribery unless their ...
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