Yeah, well said Amos. Seems to me that corruption is in the eye of the beholder.

In The Middle East we often had to pay some 'Baksheesh' to get things done. It was pretty much an accepted thing and people were open, or should I say honest, about it.

Thing that gets me over here, is that our local borough charges a 'fee' for a permit, which you 'have to have' if you want to change a washer in your faucet. I think that's corruption in it's worst form. Or maybe I'm wrong and it's those wicked home owners who change their washers without a permit that are corrupt.

As Amos said "It would be interesting to see how the questions were posed"

Bert. (BTW, for another example of REAL corruption, read the BOCA Code)