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Same, the thoughts seems at least inspired by those events. The same insight could be labeled "How to bribe someone by making it seem like friendship."
by ipsin 3y ago
Same, the thoughts seems at least inspired by those events. The same insight could be labeled "How to bribe someone by making it seem like friendship."
- jameshart 3y agoI think the author might be making the assumption that ‘if you don’t feel awkward receiving the gift, it can’t be bribery’ - which I don’t think is what the law says, and hardly seems like a sound moral standard either. I suppose the idea is ‘if you don’t feel awkward, then there can’t be any sense of obligation, so no quid pro the quo’. But of course that’s not true. Although I suppose the author only said this makes it look like it’s not a bribe. Presumably it might still actually be one.