Behold our moral hypocrisy!

Why is everyone making such a big controversy about the alleged(till proven) MP bribery scandal? Sample this:

-One doesn't get his pension unless the babu in-charge gets 'the cut'

-To get a passport, you have to bribe the police to clear your background check. Otherwise they will sit on your papers till the end of time

-One cannot set up and register a company without paying a number of babus in several different departments

-One can easily obtain a driver's licence without ever having to give a test by bribing the officials concerned through an agent

-My mother filed for a government loan through her salary account. The loan was sanctioned but the babu refused to sign the documents unless he got a suitable cut.

-There have been several incidents of crimes done by policemen - Matunga scam, several rapes and encounter killings of innocents.

What makes any of these less outrageous than an MP taking a bribe to vote for the government?

I think the statement that sums up the situation quite appropriately is this - People get the government they deserve.

The babu at the government office has no right to criticise the MPs. The police hawildar who routinely accepts 50Rupee notes from erring (and sometimes innocent) citizens has no right to criticise.

If we ourselves can't resist the lure of money, why blame the MPs?

There are several government departments where bribery is the norm. It is justified on the ground that the elite babus need money to sustain a lifestyle that their position entitles them. Think about the logic here. They think they deserve a lifestyle which the government is not providing them. Hence, it is acceptable to take bribe.

This logic effectively portrays them as a victim.

Let us not indulge in blatant moral hypocrisy.

Since this bribery system is so endemic, why not legitimise it?
A pension office be entitled to 1% of the pension disbursed. Let the police officer who fines a person for errant driving pocket the amount.

Let us have a moral system which discourages people from doing things in private that they can't admit in public.

I am aghast at the level of moral hypocrisy we have come to accept.

Either stop taking bribes or stop making such a fuss about those MPs.
Incidentally, I don't think the people are outraged as much as the media is portraying. That could easily be because many of them lack the moral ground to be outraged.

Incidentally again, I don't condone this behaviour of the MPs. At the same time, I have very little hope that anything is going to come out of all this moral outrage drama.

Lord save this country!