[AzJP]

"Corruptions is the norm in the latino ethic?"

Are you really a de-barred attorney with eight marijuana convictions?

Quite a credential for an expert on corruption.

[ventana]

Very good AzJP. Sheesh! V's wife.

[zarf]

Pot smoking is a personal thing. Payoffs and bribery are of a different order......par for the course in the Latin business community.

I would defend the rights of anyone who chooses to use substances in their own homes.

[CatoRenasci]

The logical fallacy demonstrated by your response is ad hominem, an attack against the person rather than the position.

I doubt you will find any serious scholar or person who would dispute the fact that corruption, especially petty corruption in everyday life, is endemic in Latin America, part of the woof and warp of the culture. It is not endemic in North America above the Rio Grande, nor is it endemic in Scandanavia, the British Isles, the Low Countries, German or Switzerland, and perhaps France and Austria. Japan is not corrupt. Italy and Spain are notoriously corrupt, as are the Balkan countries. Indeed, once you leave my short list of countries, corruption is more the rule than the exception.